September 01, 2003

Research Areas

Markets and Trade

The U.S. exports more agricultural products value wise to Mexico than it imports, but the mix of products is much different

U.S. agricultural exports to Mexico totaling $7.3 billion in 2002
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U.S. agricultural imports from Mexico totaling $5.5 billion in 2002
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Diet and Health

% of children age 2-17 consuming milk on a given day 1977-78 and 1994-98
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Milk consumption has dropped by one-fifth since 1977-78 while that of other beverages has jumped
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Rural America

More nonmetro than metro households own homes, with poor and minority households the lease likely to be homeowners
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Resources and Environment

Rental and easement payments have been the largest category of USDA conservation expenditures since 1988
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