Rural Education at a Glance (RDRR-98-1), the latest in a
series of ERS reports on rural social and economic conditions,
draws upon the most recent Federal data to summarize the
education characteristics of rural America. This six-page
report charts the progress made in educational attainment
in the 1990s and documents the increasing importance of education
to the economic well-being of rural workers and places. It
also notes the challenges of a persistent education gap between
rural racial and ethnic groups as well as between regions.
Robert Gibbs
More
Information on Production Practices
Data from the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)
have typically provided information on individual production
practices. A recent enhancement
to this database allows users to examine production practices—particularly
those related to nutrient and pesticide management—in
much greater detail. Specifically, researchers can now generate
tables that will help them analyze and understand the relationships
between different production practices. Data are presented
in html tables, and are available to download as Excel spreadsheets
from a link at the bottom of each table. James
Payne and C.S. Kim
Agricultural
Resources and Environmental Indicators Database and Mapping
Tool
ERS has developed an online
interactive mapping tool that
displays data on agriculture and related issues from a
variety of sources.
Users can create maps and tables that display published
county-level data from the U.S. Census of Agriculture for
1997, 1992, and 1987. Additional data on population, natural
resources, and other variables will appear in the future.
William Quinby
