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November 2008 — Many Factors Contribute to Fluctuating Global Food Prices
Feature articles in the November 2008 issue include ... Fluctuating Food Commodity Prices—A Complex Issue With No Easy Answers; New Market Realities Affect Crop Program Choices; Can Low-Income Americans Afford a Healthy Diet?; Market Failures: When the Invisible Hand Gets Shaky; A Pilot Program for U.S. Food Aid; Lasting Influence of BSE on U.S. Protein Feed Markets; Stabilizing Federal Support for Emergency Food Providers; 2008 Farm Act Makes It Easier for Food Assistance Households To Save; Conservation Reserve Program Acreage to Decline; Will Benefits Also Fall?; Conservation Program Provision May Have Limited Impact on Underserved Farmer Participation; New Payment Limits, Lower Income Cap Unlikely to Have Significant Impact; Child Health and Well-Being Differ for Metro and Nonmetro Low-Income Households; 2008 Farm Act: Where Will the Money Go?; The issue also includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, farm households, and rural America.
Feature Articles
Fluctuating Food Commodity Prices: A Complex Issue With No Easy Answers
New Market Realities Affect Crop Program Choices
Can Low-Income Americans Afford a Healthy Diet?
Market Failures: When the Invisible Hand Gets Shaky
Findings
Market and Trade
A Pilot Program for U.S. Food Aid
Lasting Influence of BSE on U.S. Protein Feed Markets
Diet and Health
Stabilizing Federal Support for Emergency Food Providers
2008 Farm Act Makes It Easier for Food Assistance Households To Save
Resources and Environment
Conservation Reserve Program Acreage To Decline; Will Benefits Also Fall?
Conservation Program Provision May Have Limited Impact on Underserved Farmer Participation
Farms, Firms, and Households
New Payment Limits, Lower Income Cap Unlikely To Have Significant Impact
Child Health and Well-Being Differ for Metro and Nonmetro Low-Income Households
Statistics
Data Feature
2008 Farm Act: Where Will the Money Go?
Indicators
Indicators November-08
Research Areas
Food Stamp Participation up in All but Three State
How Much Does Participation in the Food Stamp Program Reflect Economic Trends?
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