AmberWaves - June 2006 - Indicators, Research Areas

Amber Waves: The Conomics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America


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Markets and Trade

Chart: Palm oil dominated India's edible oil imports

Diet and Health

Chart: Supercenters and warehouse clubs accounted for just 5 percent of total food sales in 2005. . .

Chart: . . .But they were the fastest growing category over the last 15 years

Resources and Environment

Chart: Environmental obejectives addressed by Conservation Reserve Program contracts vary by region

* The heights of the bars represent the percent of the total possible score for each of the three Environmental Benefits Index objectives that was achieved by CRP contracts in each Farm Resource Region, on average, in the 29th signup. Percentages can sum to greater than 100% within a region because each contract can address multiple objectives.

Source: USDA, Farm Service Agency contract data from Conservation Reserve Program, 29th signup (2004). See "Behind the Data."

Rural America

Chart: The most remote rural counties are more likely to depend heavily on both recreation and farming, 2000

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