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2010
December 2010 - Local Foods Take Diverse
Paths From Producers to Consumers
Feature articles in the December 2010 issue include ... Varied
Interests Drive Growing Popularity of Local Foods, Local Food
Supply Chains Use Diverse Business Models to Satisfy Demand,
Labor-Intensive U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Industry Competes in a
Global Market, Price Spikes in Global Rice Markets Benefit U.S.
Growers, at Least in the Short Term, The Two Faces of Rural
Population Loss Through Outmigration. Other articles cover such
topics as USDA's Karnal Bunt Regulatory Program Protects U.S. Wheat
Exports, Simulated ACRE Payments and Risk Reduction Point to
Midwest as a Potential Winner, More Americans Relied on Food
Assistance During Recession, State Participation Rates for SNAP
Mask County-Level Variation, Market Share Affects Price Differences
Between Nontraditional and Traditional Retailers, WIC Infants Less
Likely to Be Exclusively Breastfed, Farm Act's Regional Equity
Provision May Entail Conservation Tradeoffs, U.S. Farmers
Increasingly Adopt "No-Till" for Major Crops, Compare Your Area's
"Food Environment" With the Rest of the Country. The issue also
includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and
health, natural resources, farm households, and rural
America.
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September 2010 - Food Related Energy Use
Increased
Feature articles in the
September 2010 issue include ... Fuel for Food: Energy Use in the
U.S. Food System; A Positive Path for Food Security in Sub-Saharan
Africa: Options and Challenges; Taxing Caloric Sweetened Beverages
To Curb Obesity; World Sugar Price Volatility Intensified by Market
and Policy Factors; U.S. Farm Structure: Declining-But
Persistent-Small Commercial Farms; and Accelerated Productivity
Growth Offsets Decline in Resource Expansion in Global Agriculture.
Other articles cover such topics as policy options to increase
incomes of Mali's cotton farmers, ERS's distance learning
initiative with minority institutions, effects of coupons on
produce purchases, food safety controls at meat and poultry plants,
U.S. agricultural productivity growth, outcomes for targeted
farmers participating in conservation programs, direct to consumer
sales by farmers, and effects of direct payments on farmers'
production decisions. The September issue also includes selected
statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural
resources, and rural America.
Table of contents
June 2010 - Russia Could Become Top Wheat
Exporter By 2019
Feature articles in the
June 2010 issue include ... Former Soviet Union Region to Play
Larger Role in Meeting World Wheat Needs, Next-Generation Biofuels:
Near-Term Challenges and Implications for Agriculture, Challenges
Facing USDA's Conservation Reserve Program, America's Organic
Farmers Face Issues and Opportunities. Other articles cover such
topics as the volatility of the Indian sugar market, price spikes
in Afghanistan's wheat market, Indonesian policy's impact on food
security and trade, school policies associated with less fat in
school lunches, eating out increases daily calorie intake, children
receive lower benefits after welfare reform, new store-brand food
products, rural populations rates of chronic disease and
disability, rural development assistance to distressed counties,
half of farm expenditures spent locally. The June issue also
includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and
health, natural resources, and rural America.
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March 2010 - Tracking the American Diet
for 100 Years
Feature articles in
the March 2010 issue include ... Access to Affordable, Nutritious
Food is Limited in "Food Deserts," Organic Dairy Sector Evolves to
Meet Changing Demand, Consumers' Response to 2006 Foodborne Illness
Outbreak Linked to Spinach, Economic Recovery: Lessons Learned from
Previous Recessions, Guess Who's Turning 100? Tracking a Century of
American Eating. Other articles cover such topics as … China's
industrial corn processing boom, expanding demand for organic
foods, peanut processing and sales following peanut-product
recalls, demand for at-home fresh vegetables, SNAP benefits and
eating out, food insecurity in households with children, WIC,
Americans' diet quality, climate change, reservation farms'
conservation investments, and measures of farm household
well-being. The March issue also includes selected statistics on
agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, and
rural America.
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2009
December 2009 - Poultry Producers Adopting
Practices to Reduce Antibiotic Use
Feature articles in the
December 2009 issue include ... Science, Technology, and Prospects
for Growth in U.S. Corn Yields, Debt Landscape for U.S. Farms Has
Shifted, Removal of Government Controls Opens Peanut and Tobacco
Sectors to Market Forces, Income Volatility Is Rising with Mixed
Effects on Nutrition Assistance Participation, Food Insecurity Up
in Recessionary Times, Global Economic Crisis Threatens Food
Security in Lower Income Countries. Other articles cover such
topics as corn, soybean, and wheat futures market traders, trade
and development when exports are volatile: Malawi, increasing size
of dairy farms, time spent on shopping, preparing, and eating, WIC
not linked to overweight children, search for alternatives to
antibiotics in broiler industry, farm definition, conservation
reserve program and farmland on reservations, cellulosic ethanol
from crop residue, retail dairy prices and farm value The issue
also includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet
and health, natural resources, farm households, and rural
America.
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September 2009 - Access, Cost Are Among
Rural Health Care Issues
Feature articles in the
September 2009 issue include ... Taking the Pulse of Rural Health
Care, Baby Boom Migration Tilts Toward Rural America, Broadband
Internet Service Helping Create a Rural Digital Economy, and Full
Throttle U.S. Ethanol Expansion Faces Challenges Down the Road.
Other articles cover such topics as…inspections of food imports,
income sources for farm households, wheat prices, China's cotton
use, the relationship between food assistance benefits and the
economy, the effect of price reductions on consumption of fruit and
vegetables by low-income Americans, manure management, the
relationship between land use and global warming, and the variety
of foods imported into the U.S. The issue also includes selected
statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural
resources, farm households, and rural America.
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June 2009 - U.S. Agricultural Trade
Falters in the Wake of Global Recession
Feature articles in
June 2009 issue include… Federal Estate Taxes Affecting Fewer
Farmers but the Future is Uncertain; Food Policy: Check the List of
Ingredients; A Weakening Global Economy Interrupts Agricultural
Trade; How Tightly Has China Embraced Market Reforms in
Agriculture? Other articles cover such topics as…Russia's Surge in
Agricultural Imports Comes to a Halt; Consumers Show Strong Brand
Loyalty in Cheese Purchases; Food Insecurity Less Prevalent in
Canada than the United States; Some Households Leaving SNAP Still
Face Food Shortfalls; Rising Food Prices and Economic Uncertainty
Take Toll on Traditional Grocers; Adulteration Accounts for
Majority of FDA Food-Related Import Refusals; Nonmetro Areas
Showing the Effects of the Economic Downturn; Scenic Landscapes
Enhance Rural Growth; and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers: Who Are
They? The issue also includes selected statistics on agriculture
and trade, diet and health, natural resources, farm households, and
rural America.
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March 2009 - Growing Biofuel Demand Could
Transform Agricultural Landscape-Past Commodity Price Spikes
Provide Lessons
Feature articles in the March 2009 issue include…Growing
Crops for Biofuels Has Spillover Effects; Agricultural Commodity
Price Spikes in 1970s and 1990s: Valuable Lessons for Today; Grain
Prices Impact Entire Livestock Production Cycle; Recent Volatility
in U.S. Fertilizer Prices: Causes and Consequences; When Nudging in
the Lunch Line Might Be a Good Thing. Other articles cover such
topics as…What's Next for NAFTA? Columbia Becoming a New Ethanol
Player; Consumers Willing to Pay a Premium for Organic Produce;
Working Parents Outsource Children's Meals; Higher Food Prices Can
Take a Bite Out of SNAP Benefits; Agriculture and Water Quality
Trading: Exploring the Possibilities; The Evolving Public
Agricultural Research Portfolio; Million-Dollar Farms Dominate
Production of Some Commodities; Federal Funding in Rural America
Goes Far Beyond Agriculture; and Got Data? Multiple Data Sources
Track U.S. Food Consumption. The issue also includes selected
statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural
resources, farm households, and rural America.
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2008
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.
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September 2008 - Imports Bring Risk of
Foreign Pests and Diseases
Feature articles in the
September 2008 issue include ...Obesity in the Midst of Unyielding
Food Insecurity in Developing Countries; Regulating Agricultural
Trade to Keep Out Foreign Pests and Disease; Creating Markets for
Environmental Stewardship: Potential Benefits and Problems;
Balancing Nutrition, Participation, and Cost in the National School
Lunch Program. Other articles cover such topics as Consumer
Preferences Change Wheat Flour Use; What's Behind the Surge in
Global Rice Prices?; Use of Nutrition Labels Declining, Especially
Among Young Adults; Despite Higher Food Prices, Percent of U.S.
Income Spent on Food Remains Constant; Rapid Growth in Adoption of
Genetically Engineered Crops Continues in US; Fee Hunting May Boost
Farm Income, Wildlife Habitat; Small Farms Still Important in
Broiler Production; U.S. Organic Handlers Mostly Small, Focus on
Fruit and Vegetables. The issue also includes selected statistics
on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, farm
households, and rural America.
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June 2008 - China's Food Export Growth Is
Constrained
Feature articles in the
June 2008 issue include ... Who Will China Feed?; Food Stamps and
Obesity: What We Know and What It Means; World Trade Organization
and Globalization Help Facilitate Growth in Agricultural Trade;
Defining the "Rural" in Rural America. Other articles cover such
topics as Marketing Loans Induced Acreage Expansion in U.S. Dry
Peas; ERS and Collaborators Model Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks;
Lower Income Households Spend Additional Income on Foods Other Than
Fruits and Vegetables; Almonds Lead Increase in Tree Nut
Consumption; Pest Problems Abroad May Affect Compliance with U.S.
Safeguards; Soil Conservation Preserves Reservoir Benefits
Nationwide; A Look at the Economic Well-being of Farm Households;
Farm Size Behind Regional Differences in Hog Output and
Productivity. Also includes selected statistics on agriculture and
trade, diet and health, natural resources, farm households, and
rural America.
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contents
April 2008 - Food Companies Compete for
Consumers' Dollars
Feature articles in
the April 2008 issue include ... Hired Farmworkers a Major Input
for Some U.S. Farm Sectors, Technology, Larger Farm Size Increased
Productivity on U.S. Hog Farms, Global Market Opportunities Drive
Beef Production Decisions in Argentina and Uruguay, and Twenty
Years of Competition Reshape the U.S. Food Marketing System. Other
articles cover such topics as Japan's orange market, market for
whey, carrot consumption, food stamp benefits as a fiscal stimulus,
research on food and nutrition assistance policy, agricultural
contracts, energy-saving farm production practices, health
insurance among farm operators, nonmetro college completion rates,
and sanitary and phytosanitary measures. Also includes selected
statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural
resources, farm households, and rural America.
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February 2008 -
Education Underlies Metro-Nonmetro Pay Gap
Feature articles in the
February 2008 issue include ... Corn Prices Near Record High, But
What About Food Costs?; Rising Food Prices Intensify Food
Insecurity in Developing Countries; Converging Patterns in Global
Food Consumption and Food Delivery Systems; Education's Role in the
Metro-Nonmetro Earnings Divide. Other articles cover such topics as
Canadian Dollar Reaches Parity with U.S. Dollar; Stronger Canadian
Dollar Puts Pressure on Canada's Pork Industry; High Fructose Corn
Syrup Usage May Be Leveling Off; Disability Is an Important Risk
Factor for Food Insecurity; Agricultural Research Sustains
Productivity Growth and Earns High Returns; Land Retirement
Programs May Induce Enduring Land-Use Changes; Hog Operations
Increasingly Large, More Specialized; Agritourism Offers
Opportunities For Farm Operators. Also includes selected statistics
on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, farm
households, and rural America.
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2007
November 2007 - Food Labels Influence
Production Decisions
Feature articles in the
November 2007 issue include ... Do Food Labels Make a Difference?
Sometimes; Integrating Conservation and Commodity Program Payments:
A Look at the Tradeoffs; The Future of Biofuels: A Global
Perspective; Cropland Concentrating Faster Where Payments Are
Higher. Other articles cover such topics as…Chinese exchange rate
policy, global wheat production, food product introductions,
Americans' dairy consumption, effect of the Conservation Reserve
Program on outdoor recreation, forces affecting nitrogen fertilizer
prices, arts employment in rural areas, "million-dollar" farms, and
measuring the distribution of farms and farm sizes. Also includes
selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health,
natural resources, farm households, and rural America.
Table of
contents
September 2007 - Ethanol: Fueling
Adjustments Beyond the Corn Sector
Feature articles in the
September 2007 issue include… U.S. Ethanol Expansion Driving
Changes Throughout the Agricultural Sector, U.S. Trade Growth: A
New Beginning or a Repeat of the Past?, U.S. Consumers Had
Short-Term Response to First BSE Announcements, and Low Costs Drive
Production to Large Dairy Farms. Other articles cover such topics
as…NAFTA, U.S. sugar program, food preparation time, food spending,
genetically engineered crops, nutrient management, productivity,
income eligibility cap for farm payments, and organic production.
Also includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet
and health, natural resources, farm households, and rural
America.
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contents
June 2007 - Behavioral Factors Influence
Food Choices
Feature articles in the
June 2007 issue include… Insidious Consumption: Surprising Factors
That Influence What We Eat and How Much; The Importance of Farm
Program Payments to Farm Households; Outbreak Linked to Spinach
Forces Reassessment of Food Safety Practices; and Struggling to
Feed the Family: What Does It Mean to be Food Insecure?". Other
articles cover such topics as…Chinese consumers, identity
preservation, U.S. grain markets, bottled water, carbonated soft
drinks, coffee, conservation compliance, research and development,
income, wealth, and food consumption. Also includes selected
statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural
resources, farm households, and rural America.
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May 2007 Special Issue - Perspectives on
Food and Farm Policy
Feature articles in the
Special Issue (May 2007) include… Managing Risk with Revenue
Insurance, Relaxing Fruit and Vegetable Planting Restrictions,
Emphasis Shifts in U.S. Conservation Policy, Environmental Credit
Trading: Can Farming Benefit?, Food Assistance: How Strong Is the
Safety Net?, Improving Food Choices-Can Food Stamps Do More?,
Policy Options for a Changing Rural America, and Ethanol Reshapes
the Corn Market. Other articles and statistical presentations cover
such topics as…farm household well-being, organic farming, fruit
and vegetable trade, the effect of decoupled payments on resource
allocations in the farm sector, the role bidding can play in
conservation program cost-effectiveness, "green" government
payments, country-of-origin labeling, the role of the National
School Lunch Program in nutrition assistance, and the U.S. soybean
sector
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contents
April 2007 - Farm Business
Survival…Experience Matters
Feature articles in
the April 2007 issue include…Experience Counts: Farm Business
Survival in the U.S., The Creative Class: A Key to Rural Growth,
Improving Food Choices-Can Food Stamps Do More?, and Population
Dynamics are Changing the Profile of Rural Areas. Other articles
cover such topics as…U.S. cotton production, U.S. feedgrains
sector, the impact of the fruit and vegetable dietary restrictions
on U.S. agriculture, coffee bean price changes, farmland
preservation, regional environment and agriculture programming
model, the American Community Survey, nonmetro manufacturing
counties, and specialized farms. Also includes selected statistics
on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, and
rural America
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contents
February 2007 - Eliminating Planting
Restrictions…How Would Markets Adjust?
Feature articles in the
February 2007 issue include…Relaxing Fruit and Vegetable
Restrictions, Weaker Dollar Strengthens U.S. Agriculture, Farmers
Balance Off-Farm Work and Technology Adoption. Other articles cover
such topics as…organic poultry and eggs, rough rice exports, the
National School Lunch Program, food retailing, targeting
conservation funds, using bidding to improve cost-effectiveness of
conservation programs, farm net cash income, combining income and
conservation payments, and the effects of BSE on livestock and meat
trade. Also includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade,
diet and health, natural resources, and rural America.
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2006
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.
Table of
contents
September 2006 - Examining the Food
Assistance Safety Net
Feature articles in the
September 2006 issue include…Food Assistance: How Strong Is the
Safety Net?, Income Volatility Complicates Food Assistance, Global
Agriculture and the Doha Round-Market Access is the Key, and
Agricultural Policy Affects Land Use and the Environment. Other
articles cover such topics as…Japan's dairy industry, effects of
textile trade liberalization on U.S. rural communities, food price
changes since Hurricane Katrina, the effects of the food stamp
program on the agricultural economy, emergency food assistance,
adoption of GE crops, agricultural resources and environmental
indicators, U.S. soybean sector, U.S. fruit and vegetable sector,
and women in horse farming. Also includes selected statistics on
agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, and
rural America.
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contents
July 2006 - Special Issue: Agriculture and
the Environment
Feature articles in the
July 2006 Special Issue include…Emphasis Shifts in U.S.
Conservation Policy, Measuring the Success of Conservation
Programs, Land Retirement and Working-land Conservation Structures:
A Look at Farmers' Choices, Farmland Retirement's Impact on Rural
Growth, Improving Air and Water Quality Can Be Two Sides of the
Same Coin, Environmental Credit Trading: Can Farming Benefit? Other
articles cover such topics as…conservation program design, rural
amenities, purchase of development rights, conservation compliance,
soil erosion, organic farming, global warming, carbon
sequestration, hypoxia, cropping practices, ARMS data, cropland
area, wetland losses.
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contents
June 2006 - Rural Meat
Processing Industry Draws Hispanic Workers
Feature articles in the
June 2006 issue include…Meat-Processing Firms Attract Hispanic
Workers to Rural America, Land Retirement and Working-land
Conservation Structures: A Look at Farmers' Choices, A Revolution
in Food Retailing Underway in the Asia-Pacific Region, and Where
Should the Money Go? Aligning Policies with Preferences. Other
articles cover such topics as…U.S.-India oilseed trade, global
hunger, children's diets and WIC, Americans' potato consumption,
Environmental Benefits Index, land use, farm program payments, food
industry mergers and acquisitions, and the costs associated with
foodborne illness. Also includes selected statistics on agriculture
and trade, diet and health, natural resources, and rural
America.
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contents
April 2006 - Public Information Helps
Farmers Make Better Decisions
Feature articles in
the April 2006 issue include…Public Information Creates Value,
Adjusting to High Energy Costs in Agriculture and Rural Economies,
Economic Effects of Animal Diseases Linked to Trade Dependency, and
Ethanol Reshapes the Corn Market. Other articles cover such topics
as…Brazil livestock trade, Chinese banks, low-income households'
grocery expenditures, poultry consumption, U.S. organic farming,
invasive species, U.S. peanut sector, U.S. wheat farms, and China's
production and trade of fruits and vegetables. Also includes
selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health,
natural resources, and rural America.
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contents
February 2006 - EU and U.S. Organic
Sectors Shaped by Different Policies
Feature articles in the February 2006 issue include…EU and
U.S. Organic Markets Face Strong Demand Under Different Policies,
The World Bids Farewell to the Multifiber Arrangement, Agricultural
Contracting: Trading Autonomy for Risk Reduction, Food Stamps and
Obesity: Ironic Twist or Complex Puzzle?. Other articles cover such
topics as…tobacco, Indian apples, pathogen testing, food security,
ammonia emissions, conservation practices, homeownership, internet
access, persistent poverty. Also includes selected statistics on
agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, and
rural America.
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2005
November 2005 - Store Formats Key to Food
Price Variations
Feature articles in the
November issue include…Where You Shop Matters: Store Formats Drive
Variation in Retail Food Prices; Education As a Rural Development
Strategy; Changing Federal Tax Policies Affect Farm Households
Differently; U.S. Dairy At a New Crossroads in a Global Setting.
Other articles cover such topics as…cotton yields and import demand
in India, Japan apple imports, livestock price reporting,
consumption of whole-grain foods, food consumption, farm exits and
entries, patenting and technology transfer, conservation program
design, government assistance to farmers, and time use. Also
includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and
health, natural resources, and rural America.
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contents
September 2005 - Asia-Pacific Food Demand
Increasingly Concentrated in Urban Areas
Feature articles in the
September issue include…Farm Poverty Lowest in U.S. History,
Asia-Pacific Transportation Infrastructure: Linking Food Sources to
Urban Centers, Rural Areas Benefit From Recreation and Tourism
Development, Improving Air and Water Quality Can Be Two Sides of
the Same Coin. Other articles cover such topics as…food consumption
in rural China, organic price premiums, global food security,
consumption of nonalcoholic beverages, diet quality, crop genetic
diversity, adoption of genetically engineered crops, job growth in
nonmetro low-employment counties, older women and poverty in rural
areas, and a composite measure of economic well-being. Also
includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and
health, natural resources, and rural America.
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contents
June 2005 - Will Americans Eat More Whole
Grains?
Feature articles in the
June 2005 issue include…Will 2005 Be the Year of the Whole Grain?,
North America Moves Toward One Market, Obesity Policy and the Law
of Unintended Consequences, and Why Hasn't Crop Insurance
Eliminated Disaster Assistance?. Other articles cover such topics
as…preferential trade, China agricultural policy, fruit and
vegetable trade, food product introductions, food stamp
participation, biotech patent ownership, agricultural productivity,
farm structure, retirement destination counties, low education
counties, and agricultural history. Also includes selected
statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural
resources, and rural America.
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contents
April 2005 - U.S. Farmers Plan for
Retirement
Feature articles in
the April 2005 issue include…How Do U.S. Farmers Plan for
Retirement?, North American Greenhouse Tomatoes Emerge as a Major
Market Force, Policy Options for a Changing Rural America, and
Understanding Economic and Behavioral Influences on Fruit and
Vegetable Choices. Other articles cover such topics as…hard white
wheat, ethyl alcohol (ethanol), agricultural imports, whole grains
consumption, hog production contracts, food stamp participation by
elderly people, emergent adaptive farm operators, tax laws,
population loss counties, public assistance programs, and U.S.
household food security. Also includes selected statistics on
agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, and
rural America.
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contents
February 2005 - Global
Supply Chains Shape Processed Food Trade
Feature articles in the
February 2005 issue include…Processed Food Trade Pressured by
Evolving Global Supply Chains; The Price is Right: Economics and
the Rise in Obesity; Farm Programs, Natural Amenities, and Rural
Development; U.S.-Canadian Hog Trade: Market Integration at Work.
Other articles cover such topics as…Japan's wheat production,
China's economic growth, U.S. tobacco program, cheese consumption,
WIC food costs, farm operators, farm income for corn farmers, job
losses in manufacturing-dependent counties, nonmetro labor markets,
and farm structure. Also includes selected statistics on
agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, and
rural America.
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2004
November 2004 - U.S. Farm Programs:
States' Role Could Be Broadened
Feature articles in the
November 2004 issue include...Devolution of Farm Programs Could
Broaden States' Role in Ag Policy, Farmland Retirement's Impact on
Rural Growth, U.S. Peanut Sector Adapts to Major Policy Changes,
Low-Skill Jobs: A Shrinking Share of the Rural Economy. Other
articles cover such topics as...grain exports from the Black Sea
region, China's demand for commodities, contract use, obesity,
decoupled payments, direct payments, the rural-urban continuum,
rural housing stress, and U.S. demographic data. Also includes
selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health,
natural resources, and rural America.
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contents
September 2004 - Evaluating Conservation
Programs: Understanding the Linkages
Feature articles in the September 2004 issue
include...Measuring the Success of Conservation Programs, European
Union Adopts Significant Farm Reform, Sharing the Economic Burden:
Who Pays for WIC's Infant Formula?, Fifty Years of U.S. Food Aid
and Its Role in Reducing World Hunger. Other article cover such
topics as...meat price spreads, soybean price forecasts, local food
stamp office practices, spending at full-service and fast food
restaurants, soybean rust, genetically engineered crop acreage,
Federal funding in rural America, persistent poverty in rural
counties, and trade in textiles and apparel. Also includes selected
statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural
resources, and rural America.
Table of
contents
June 2004 - Demographic Trends Shape the
Asia-Pacific Food System
Feature articles in the
June 2004 issue include: Where Will Demographics Take the
Asia-Pacific Food System? Emergency Food Providers Help Poor
Households Put Food on the Table, Have Conservation Compliance
Incentives Reduced Soil Erosion? Rural Hispanics: Employment and
Residential Trends. Other articles cover such topics as... Cuba's
tropical fruit industry, global trade in fruits and vegetables,
Mexico's corn industry, low income households' expenditures on
fruits and vegetables, obesity, irrigation in the western U.S.,
farmland retirement, rural job loss in Virginia, farming-dependent
counties, and cropping practices. Also includes selected statistics
on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, and
rural America.
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April 2004 - Information and Innovation
Strengthen Food Safety
Feature articles in
the April 2004 issue include: Food Traceability: One Ingredient in
a Safe and Efficient Food Supply; Savvy Buyers Spur Food Safety
Innovations in Meat Processing; Beyond Environmental Compliance:
Stewardship as Good Business; A Historic Enlargement: Ten Countries
Prepare to Join the European Union. Other articles cover such
topics as...U.S. ag exports of high-value products; U.S.
aquaculture; country-of-origin labeling; food stamp participation;
food safety; farm bankruptcies; carbon sequestration and global
warming; growth of Hispanics in the rural workforce; rural
homeownership; and urban influence. Also includes selected
statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural
resources, and rural America.
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contents
February 2004 - Seed Industry
Consolidation…Impact on Research?
Feature articles in the
February 2004 issue include: Have Seed Industry Changes Affected
Research Effort?; Anatomy of Nonmetro High Poverty Areas: Common in
Plight, Distinctive in Nature; The Elephant is Jogging: New
Pressures for Agricultural Reform in India; The U.S. Ag Trade
Balance. Other articles cover such topics as...U.S. sheep industry;
Russia's impact on global livestock market; floriculture; jury
awards for foodborne illness lawsuits; food insecurity and hunger;
milk consumption by generation; farm household well-being; nitrogen
and potash fertilizer imports; application of science and
technology to developing countries; employment and population in
rural America; rural public transportation; effects of trade with
China on rural America; economics of the food and fiber system.
Also includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet
and health, natural resources, and rural America.
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2003
November 2003 - Trade Partners Seek Common
Ground on Food Safety Issues
Feature articles in the
November 2003 issue include: Food Safety and Trade: Regulations,
Risks, and Reconciliation; From Supply Push to Demand Pull:
Agribusiness Strategies for Today's Consumers; Consumers and the
Future of Biotech Foods in the United States; Emphasis Shifts in
U.S. Agri-Environmental Policy. Other articles cover such topics
as....global food consumption and expenditures, China's vegetable
exports, livestock shipments, fruit and vegetable consumption in
schools, competitive pressure in food marketing, productivity in
food manufacturing, hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, farmland
protection, child poverty in rural areas, older population in rural
areas, and agricultural biotechnology patents. Also includes
selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health,
natural resources, and rural America.
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September 2003 - U.S. Tobacco Industry
Responds to New Challenges
Feature articles in the
September 2003 issue include: U.S. Tobacco Industry Responds to New
Competitors, New Challenges; Multilateralism and Regionalism: Dual
Strategies for Trade Reform; The Effect of the 1990s on Nonmetro
Poverty; Production Costs Critical to Farming Decisions; Balancing
Food Costs with Nutrition Goals in WIC. Other articles cover such
topics as...vegetable consumption away from home, NAFTA, meat
trade, overweight and BMI, food insufficiency, conservation costs
and benefits, agricultural resource indicators, rural college
graduates, the diversity of rural America, and new Census
definitions of nonmetropolitan areas. Also includes selected
statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural
resources, and rural America.
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June 2003 - China's Growing Affluence: How
Food Markets are Responding
Feature articles in the
June 2003 issue include...China's Growing Affluence: How Food
Markets are Responding; Plant Genetic Resources: New Rules for
International Exchange; Rural Welfare Reform: Lessons Learned;
Aiming for Targets, Saving on Arrows: Recent Insights from Two USDA
Food Assistance Programs. Other articles cover such topics
as....World Wheat Markets; U.S. and EU Agricultural Policies;
Consumer Attitudes Toward Biotech Foods; U.S. Hog and Poultry
Marketing; Manure Management; Land Degradation and Global Food
Security; Low-Skill Workers in Rural America; Hired Farmworkers;
Dairy Product Consumption Trends; Agricultural Productivity. Also
includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and
health, natural resources, and rural America.
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April 2003 - Dynamics
of Agriculture Competitiveness: Policy Lessons From
Abroad
Feature articles in
the April 2003 issue include....Dynamics of Agricultural
Competitiveness: Policy Lessons from Abroad; Methyl Bromide
Phaseout: Users Request Exemptions; Consumer-Driven Agriculture:
Changing U.S. Demographics Influence Eating Habits; Weighing
Incentives for Food Safety in Meat and Poultry. Other articles
covers such topics as...Water Scarcity in China; China and WTO
Commitments; Foodborne Illness Costs; Emergency Food Providers;
Dietary Differences; Trends in Extension Service Resources,
Invasive Species Research Initiative; Nonmetro Black Migration;
"Digital Divide" and Rural Earnings; Retail Meat Scanner Data. Also
includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and
health, natural resources, and rural America.
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February 2003 - A New Window into ERS
Research
Feature Articles in the
premier issue include... Rural America: Opportunities and
Challenges; Putting Food on the Table: Household Food Security in
the United States; Managing Manure: New Clean Water Act Regulations
Create Imperative for Livestock Producers; Farm Payments: Decoupled
Payments Increase Households' Well-being, Not Production. Other
topical Findings include... Is Japan Ready for Competition in Its
Ag Markets?; The Economic Well-Being of Farm Households; Global
Hunger at Its Roots; Sanitary Concerns Restrict U.S.-Mexico Poultry
Trade; Farm Financial Picture Looks Promising for 2003; Hold the
Fries: Older Americans and Food Choices; Food Stamps and Child
Poverty; What If: Cash Instead of Food Stamps; Market Dynamics Keep
Food Prices Steady; Rural Amenities: A Key Reason for Farmland
Protection; Organic Agriculture Gaining Ground; Rural Welfare
Reform: What Have We Learned?; Hispanics Find a Home in Rural
America; The Roots of Rural Population Loss; ARMS Data Highlight
Trends in Cropping Practices. Also includes an Indicators section
providing selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and
health, natural resources, and rural America.
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