Statistic: Commodity Outlook
February 01, 2004

Research Areas

Markets and Trade

productivity has boosted milk production, especially in the West...
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...with the added milk going mostly into cheese
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Diet and Health

annual introductions of new food and beverage products in the U.S. market were dropping until 2000, but have since increased slightly
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new products satisfying America's sweet tooth lead 2002 food introductions
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Natural Resources and Environment

irrigated farmland in the U.S. is increasing after a dip in the mid-1980s that was due to weak commodity prices and high cropland idling
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Rural America

real earnings per nonfarm job have grown faster in metro than nonmetro areas since 1997
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