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

June 2008
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Amber Waves June 2008 > Statistics > Research Areas

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Markets and Trade


Chart 1: Customers for U.S. beef have shifted since the first confirmed BSE case in 2003. . . Chart2: . . .and beef exports remain below pre-2004 levels

 

Diet and Health

Chart 1: In 2006, obese Americans spent more time watching television. . . Chart 2: . . .and less time participating in sports and excercise than nonobese Americans

 

Farms, Firms, and Households


Chart: Poultry, hogs, and dairy are the major sources of contracted agricultural production

 

Rural America


Chart: More than one-third of persons in female-headed nonmetro families are poor

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