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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.
Feature Articles
 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
Where Should the Money Go? Aligning Policies With Preferences
Findings
Market and Trade
India and U.S. Could Gain From Liberalizing Oilseed Trade
Asia Leads World in Reducing Hunger
Diet and Health
Children's Diets and WIC
Americans Switch From Fresh to Frozen Potatoes
Resources and Environment
Growing More With Less Cropland
Conservation Programs: Balancing Outcomes With a Selection Index
Rural America
Who Gets Farm Program Payments?
Do Food Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Affect Wages and Employment?
Statistics
Data Feature
A Web-Based Tool for Calculating the Cost of Foodborne Illness
Indicators
Indicators June-06
Research Areas
Nonmetro county population change, 2005; Half grew, half declined
Government Payments and Their Share of Gross Cash Farm Income, 1933-2003
Measuring Potential Environmental Benefits in the CRP
Measuring Agriculture's Contribution to Gross Domestic Product
ERS Food Availability Data Under Revision
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