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

June 2007
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AmberWaves June 2007 > Statistics > Research Areas

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Markets and Trade


Chart 1: As ethanol production increases, corn prices rise and attract additional corn area . . .; Chart 2: . . . and ethanol's share of total corn disappearance rises at the expense of other uses

Diet and Health


Chart: Households headed by single women with children were more likely than others to have difficulty providing enough food for active healthy living in 2005

Farms, Firms, and Households


Chart: An increasing share of farm households have higher income and higher wealth

Rural America

Chart 1: The share of workers earning low wages in nonmetro areas remains well above the national average; Chart 2: About half of employed nonmetro Black and Hispanic women earn low wages

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