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March 2009 — Growing Biofuel Demand Could Transform Agricultural Landscape—Past Commodity Price Spikes Provide Lessons
Feature articles in the March 2009 issue include…Growing Crops for Biofuels Has Spillover Effects; Agricultural Commodity Price Spikes in 1970s and 1990s: Valuable Lessons for Today; Grain Prices Impact Entire Livestock Production Cycle; Recent Volatility in U.S. Fertilizer Prices: Causes and Consequences; When Nudging in the Lunch Line Might Be a Good Thing. Other articles cover such topics as…What’s Next for NAFTA? Columbia Becoming a New Ethanol Player; Consumers Willing to Pay a Premium for Organic Produce; Working Parents Outsource Children’s Meals; Higher Food Prices Can Take a Bite Out of SNAP Benefits; Agriculture and Water Quality Trading: Exploring the Possibilities; The Evolving Public Agricultural Research Portfolio; Million-Dollar Farms Dominate Production of Some Commodities; Federal Funding in Rural America Goes Far Beyond Agriculture; and Got Data? Multiple Data Sources Track U.S. Food Consumption. The issue also includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, farm households, and rural America.
Feature Articles
 Growing Crops for Biofuels Has Spillover Effects
Agricultural Commodity Price Spikes in the 1970s and 1990s: Valuable Lessons for Today
Grain Prices Impact Entire Livestock Production Cycle
Recent Volatility in U.S. Fertilizer Prices: Causes and Consequences
When Nudging in the Lunch Line Might Be a Good Thing
Findings
Market and Trade
Farm Income Expected to Decline in 2009 
What’s Next for NAFTA
Colombia Becoming a New Ethanol Player
Diet and Health
Consumers Willing To Pay a Premium for Organic Produce
Higher Food Prices Can Take a Bite Out of SNAP Benefits
Working Parents Outsource Children’s Meals
Resources and Environment
Agriculture and Water Quality Trading: Exploring the Possibilities
The Evolving Public Agricultural Research Portfolio
Farms, Firms, and Households
Million-Dollar Farms Dominate Production of Some Commodities
Federal Funding in Rural America Goes Far Beyond Agriculture
Statistics
Data Feature
Got Data? Multiple Data Sources Track U.S. Food Consumption
Indicators
Indicators March-09
Research Areas
National School Lunch Program Feeds 30 Million Children
National School Lunch Program Participation Up 57 Percent Since 1969
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