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USDA's Economic Research Service
China’s Growing Affluence: How Food Markets are Responding
Plant Genetic Resources: New Rules for International Exchange
Aiming for Targets, Saving on Arrows: Insights From Two USDA Food Assistance Programs
Rural Welfare Reform: Lessons Learned
Markets and Trade
Nontraditional Exporters Increase Role In Wheat Markets
Are U.S. And European Union Agricultural Policies Becoming More Similar?
Diet and Health
Information Sways Consumer Attitudes Towards Biotech Foods
U.S. Hog and Poultry Marketing: Similar Paths, Similar Outcomes?
Resources and Environment
Manure Management: A Growing Challenge in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Will Land Degradation Prove Malthus Right After All?
Rural America
Low-Skill Workers Are a Declining Share of All Rural Workers
The Dynamics of Hired Farm Labor
Data Feature
Trends in U.S. Per Capita Consumption of Dairy Products, 1909 to 2001
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