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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.
Up Front
 Record High Farm Sector Income— What Does it Mean?
Feature Articles
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
Findings
Markets and Trade
Taxes on Imports Subsidize Wheat Production in Japan
China's Economic Growth Faces Challenges
Long-Lived Tobacco Program to End
U.S. Sugar Beet Farming—How “Sweet” Is It?
Diet and Health
Cheese Consumption Continues to Rise
Prices Dominate Interstate Variations in WIC Food Costs
Rural America
Job Losses Higher in Manufacturing Counties
Nonmetro Labor Markets Remain Soft
Farms, Firms, and Households
One Farm, One Operator? Not on the Largest Farms
Farm Income Less Important to Most Corn Farm Households
Farm Profit Recedes From Record High While Cash Margins Improve
Gleanings
Current Activities
How Will New Dietary Guidelines Affect Agriculture?
How Is Rural Hispanic Growth Affecting Rural Public Schools?
Recent Meetings
USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum
USDA Biotechnology Conference in North Africa
Allied Social Science Association Meetings
Future of Our Food & Farms Summit
Food and Nutrition Research Small Grants Conference
Community Colleges and Creative Economies
Professional Agricultural Workers Conference
Agricultural Trade Policy Modeling Workshop
New Releases
Effects of USDA's Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health
Technology Adoption Updates from ARMS
Redesigned Food Consumption Data System
Agriculture in the WTO
Data Feature
Growing Farm Size and the Distribution of Commodity Program Payments
Indicators
Measuring America's Cheese Consumption
Nutrition Education Funding for Food Stamp Participants Rises Sharply
USDA Food Assistance Expenditures Rising
Profiles
Jayachandran N. Variyam
ERS China Team
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