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Markets and Trade

Beef exports plummeted after USDA announced the first case of BSE in the United States, Nov. 2002-Feb. 2004
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Meanwhile, beef prices are below October's record highs, but still above levels of a year ago, Nov, 2002-Feb. 2004
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Diet and Health

Single-parent households spend the least per capita on fruits and vegetables eaten at home...and have the lowest budget share for fruit and vegetables

Natural Resources and Environment

Rural America

about half the irrigated acres in the 17 Western states use pressure (sprinkler and drip/trickle) systems, which are genrally more efficient than traditional gravity-fed systems, but this percentage varies by state
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nonmetro unemployment is highest among minorities and youth, 2003
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