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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.
Feature Articles
 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
Findings
Market and Trade
Marketing Loans Induced Acreage Expansion in U.S. Dry Peas
ERS and Collaborators Model Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks
Diet and Health
Lower Income Households Spend Additional Income on Foods Other Than Fruit and Vegetables
Almonds Lead Increase in Tree Nut Consumption
Resources and Environment
Pest Problems Abroad May Affect Compliance With U.S. Safeguards
Soil Conservation Preserves Reservoir Benefits Nationwide
Farms, Firms, and Households
A Look at the Economic Well-Being of Farm Households
Farm Size Behind Regional Differences in Hog Output and Productivity
Statistics
Data Feature
How Much Time Do Americans Spend Eating?
Indicators
Indicators June-08
Research Areas
Nonmetro poverty is more concentrated in the South and Southwest
Nonmetro poverty rates higher than metro
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