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AmberWaves February 2005 > Indicators > Research Areas
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Markets and Trade Diet and Health


Chart - Growing trade deficit in processed foods reduces surplus in total U.S. agricultural trade
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Chart - Close to 30 percent of U.S. consumers reported eating fresh tomatoes on any given day, and equal numbers consumed tomato sauce
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Farms, Firms, and Households


Chart - Commodity production shifts to large farms, with sales of at least $500,000
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Rural America


Chart - Since 1979, farming-dependent rural counties have experienced the same drop in farm jobs as other rural counties...but they have not kept up with other counties in the growth of nonfarm jobs

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