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Statistic: Commodity Outlook
November 01, 2003

Research Areas

Markets and Trade

food retailers are consolidating: The top 20 firms captured nearly 60percent of total grocery store sales in 2001, up from 40 percent in 1995
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Diet and Health

children are increasingly getting their calories away from home, particularly from fast food outlets and restaurants
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Natural Resources and Environment

adoption of bioenegineered crops in the U.S. has been most rapid for herbicide tolerant soybeans
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intensity of pesticide use on corn and of herbicide use on cotton is declining. Herbicide use on soybeans, though stable, is changing to more environmentaly benign products
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Rural America

nonmetro income growth has been slower than metro growth, causing the income gap to widen in recent years
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chart - manufacturing and farming accounted for a much greater share of nonmetro than metro jobs in 2001
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