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Beginning Farmers and Ranchers at a Glance Agricultural Income and Finance Outlook, 2011 Edition Agricultural Income and Finance Outlook, 2010 Edition Agricultural Income and Finance Outlook, 2009 Edition Health Status and Health Care Access of Farm and Rural Populations
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Younger Beginning Farmers Tend To Operate Larger Farms Health Care Expenditures of Self-Employed Farm Households Taking the Pulse of Rural Health Care Data Feature: Beginning Farmers and Ranchers: Who Are They? Health Insurance as a New Indicator of Farm Households’ Well-Being
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