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

November 2007
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Amber Waves November 2007 > Statistics > Research Areas

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Markets and Trade


Chart: U.S. achieves record feed grain production, 2007/08

 

Diet and Health

Chart: Over half of the food products introduced in 2006 were either candies, gums, snacks, or bevarges

 

Farms, Firms, and Households


Chart: Million-dollar farms' share of sales increased from 23 percent to 48 percent between 1982 and 2002

Chart: Million-dollar farms are more likely to specialize in cotton & rice, specialty crops, and livestock (except beef) than smaller farms

 

Rural America

Chart: Blacks and Native Americans have the highest rates of nonmetro poverty, 2006

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