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Statistic: Rural Economy & Population
September 01, 2008

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Markets and Trade

Average farm price for corn has risen sharply in 2008
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Diet and Health

The National School Lunch Program accounted for 16 percent of the 54.5 billion USDA spent for food and nutrition assistance in fiscal 2007
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Farms, Firms, and Households

Only about 8 percent of farms-large scale family farms-accounted for 61 percent of sales in 2006
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Rural America

Service industry jobs account for the largest share of employment in both nonmetro and metro areas, 2006
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