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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.
Feature Articles
 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
Low Costs Drive Production to Large Dairy Farms
Findings
Market and Trade
Latest Indicators Point to Continued Strength of Farm Finances
NAFTA’s Liberalization of Corn Trade Approaches the Finish Line
U.S. Sugar Program at a Crossroads
Diet and Health
Time Is Money…and Dinner!
Food Spending Depends on Age and Income
Resources and Environment
U.S. Farmers Increase Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops and
Favor Multiple Traits
Managing Environmental Risk at the Rural-Urban Fringe
Rural America
Productivity Drives Growth in U.S. Agriculture
Lowering the Income Cap for Farm Payments Would Affect Few Farms
Statistics
Data Feature
Data Track the Expansion of International and U.S. Organic Farming
Indicators
Indicators September-07
Research Areas
Many Counties Have Both Outmigration and Natural Decline
Pace and Sources of Nonmetro Population Growth Changing
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