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

September 2008
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Amber Waves September 2008 > Statistics > Research Areas

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Markets and Trade


Chart:Average farm price for corn has risen sharply in 2008

Diet and Health

Chart: The National School Lunch Program accounted for 16 percent of the $54.5 billion USDA spent for food and nutrition assistance in fiscal 2007

 

Farms, Firms, and Households


Chart: Only about 8 percent of farms—large-scale family farms—accounted for 61 percent of sales in 2006

Rural America


Chart: Service industry jobs account for the largest share of employment in both nonmetro and metro areas, 2006

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