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Markets and Trade

Customers for U.S. beef have shifted since the first confirmed BSE case in 2003
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Diet and Health

In 2006, obese Americans spent more time watching television...
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Farms, Firms, and Households

Farms with receipts over $100,000 accounted for nearly three-quarters of all farm profits in 2004
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More than one-third of persons in female-headed nonmetro families are poor
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