this publication of long term projections for interna tional agriculture is a companion to usda agricultural baseline 2007 waob 98 1 released in february 1998 it intended provide users with the detailed foreign supply use and trade that support outlook us accordingly report includes review macroeconomic major country policy assumptions along tables analysis demand countries wheat rice coarse grains soybeans products cotton beef pork poultry these commodities accounted about 58 percent export value 1996 52 1997 as case domestic component s non presented should not be interpreted forecasts future events rather they indicate expected outcomes given specific on climatic assump tions all are designed neutral backdrop making them useful impacts shocks or alternate represent trends key variables but exclude any variations