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1. Food is most affordable in this country:

   Japan Netherlands United States Australia

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2. U.S. farm receipts exceed $200 billion per year. The following percentage is exported, on the average:

   5% 10% 25% 50%

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3. Farms and agriculture-related business account for the following portion of the U.S. gross domestic product:

   1/16 (6%) 1/8 (13%) 1/4 (25%) 1/2 (50%)

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4. Farms and agribusinesses employ the following portion of the U.S. civilian work force:

   1/9 (11%) 1/6 (13%) 1/4 (25%) 1/2 (50%)

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5. According to the USDA, prices received by farmers increased by a factor of 6 over the past 90 years, while the prices paid by farmers for production units have increased by a factor of:

   6 11 16 50

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6. The primary reason that many crop farmers pay several hundred thousand dollars for large harvesting equipment is:

   To impress the bankers To impress their neighbors End of year equipment sales The very short time period when they are able to harvest crops

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7. Farmers in the Midwest typically pay the following for seed corn to plant one acre:

   $36 $47 $90 $125

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8. The number of swine farms dropped by this amount over the last twenty years:

   10 % (500,000 => 450,000) 25 % (400,000 => 300,000) 60 % (1,000,000 =>400,000) 90 % (700,000 => 70,000)

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