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On most measures of prices, healthy foods actually cost less than less healthy foods.

On most measures of prices, healthy foods actually cost less than less healthy foods.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits significantly improve the welfare of low-income households.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits significantly improve the welfare of low-income households.

This report examines both macroeconomic (interest rates, prices of alternative investments) and parcel-specific (soil quality, government payments, proximity to urban areas) factors that affect farmland values.

This report examines both macroeconomic and parcel-specific factors that affect farmland values.

Longrun (10-year) projections for the agricultural sector through 2021.

Longrun (10-year) projections for the agricultural sector through 2021.

Net farm income is forecast to be $91.7 billion in 2012, down $6.3 billion (6.5 percent) from the 2011 forecast.

Net farm income forecast to decline by 6.3 percent in 2012

This study examines global R&D spending by private industry in seven agricultural input sectors, food manufacturing, and biofuel and describes the changing structure of these industries.

Largest eight companies account for at least 75% of private spending on crop seed & chemical research.

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