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November 2006 — Poverty and the Cost of Living
Feature articles in the November 2006 issue include…Adjusting for Living Costs Can Change Who Is Considered Poor, Food Safety Improvements Underway in China, Managing Risk with Revenue Insurance, Brazil’s Booming Agriculture Faces Obstacles. Other articles cover such topics as…U.S. imports of Mexican avocados, export shares of U.S. agricultural production, food choices when eating out, infant formula prices in WIC, irrigation, nonmetro earnings, reclassification of nonmetro areas, rural development, and U.S. consumers’ spending patterns for fresh produce. Also includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, and rural America.
Feature Articles
 Adjusting for Living Costs Can Change Who Is Considered Poor
Food Safety Improvements Underway in China
Managing Risk With Revenue Insurance
Brazil's Booming Agriculture Faces Obstacles
Findings
Market and Trade
New Phytosanitary Regulations Allow Higher Imports of Avocados
Measuring the Importance of Exports to U.S. Agriculture
Diet and Health
Healthy Restaurant Destination? Just Think Twice
Cost of Infant Formula for the WIC Program Rising
Resources and Environment
Agriculture Dominates Freshwater Use in the U.S.
Irrigated Acres Up, Water Application Rate Trending Down
Rural America
Nonmetro Earnings Lag Metro
Reclassification of Nonmetro Areas Exaggerates Employment Gap
Designing an Effective Rural Development Strategy
Statistics
Data Feature
Revised Market Basket Statistics Reflect Consumers' Changing Produce Purchases
Indicators
Indicators November-06
Research Areas
Irrigation is a growing production technology
Irrigated acreage has expanded across the Nation over the decades
Measuring Nonmetro-Metro Difference in Poverty Rates
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