Optimistic Outlook Expressed for U.S. Agricultural Exports

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STILLWATER (JR) -- Some good opportunities exist for a general increase in U.S. agricultural exports the rest of this decade as economic and social situations in some regions of the world continue to evolve.

A strong point of good news is that the United States has successfully made a structural transformation away from a nearly complete dependence on raw commodity exports to a more diversified agricultural export portfolio, said David Henneberry, Oklahoma State University professor of international trade. He notes that more than half of all U.S. agricultural exports now are "value-added" products that provide more income and employment in the United States …