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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.
Up Front
 Converging Forces: Too Many Tasty Foods, No Time for Exercise
Feature Articles
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
Findings
Markets and Trade
Grain Exports from the Black Sea: How Large?
China's Demand for Commodities Outpacing Supply
Contract Use Continues to Expand
Diet and Health
Taxing Snacks to Reduce Obesity
Americans at Unequal Risk for Obesity
Resources and Environment
How Do Decoupled Payments Affect Resource Allocations Within the Farm Sector?
Rural America
Nonmetro Counties Vary by Urban Size and Metro Proximity
One in Four Rural Households are Housing Stressed
Gleanings
Current Activities
Customized Agricultural Resource Management Survey Data on ERS Website
ERS Awards Grants for Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management
Agricultural Resource Management Survey Promoted on RFD-TV
Baby Boomers Increasingly Move to Rural Areas
Improvements in Pesticide Data
Keeping Agricultural Market Access Data Current
Recent Meetings
Decoupled Payments and Farm Sector Models
Demand for Grain-Based Foods
A New ERS Lecture Series
New Releases
Ownership and Classification of Agbiotech Patents
Farm Income Estimates and Forecasts
Data Feature
Profiles of America: Demographic Data and Graphic Builder
Indicators
Estimating U.S. Cropland Area
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) enrollments shift geographically
Canadian pork exports surge when Canadian dollar is weak relative to U.S. dollar
Profiles
Donna Roberts
Jim McDonald
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