Basic Assumptions: Working Paper for Analyses Under the Forest and Range Land Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977 (Draft)

Table of Contents: Preface --- Major Changes in Assumptions (Population - Gross National Product - Energy Costs - Beef, Veal, Lamb, and Mutton Consumption) --- Introduction --- Population --- Gross National Product --- Disposable Personal Income --- Institutional and Technological Change --- Capital Availability --- Beef, Veal, Lamb, And Mutton Consumption --- Distribution of Agricultural Trade Among U. S. Ports --- Land Areas by Class of Land --- Projections of Land Area by Cover Type --- Agricultural Technology --- Land Conversion Rates --- Conversion for Pasture/Rangeland and Forest Land --- Federal Grazing Resources – Interest Rates --- Other Assumptions.