introduction this publication of long term projections for international agriculture is a companion to agricultural baseline 2005 reflecting the 1996 farm act waob 97 1 released in february 1997 it intended provide users usda with detailed foreign supply use and trade that support base line outlook us accordingly report includes review macroeconomic major country policy assumptions along tables analysis demand countries wheat rice coarse grains oilseeds products cotton beef pork poultry these com modities account about 59 percent export value as case domestic component s non presented should not be interpreted forecasts future events rather they indicate expected outcomes given specific on climatic all are designed neutral backdrop making them useful impacts shocks or alternate represent trends key variables but exclude any variations due