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September 2009 — Access, Cost Are Among Rural Health Care Issues
Feature articles in the September 2009 issue include ... Taking the Pulse of Rural Health Care, Baby Boom Migration Tilts Toward Rural America, Broadband Internet Service Helping Create a Rural Digital Economy, and Full Throttle U.S. Ethanol Expansion Faces Challenges Down the Road. Other articles cover such topics as…inspections of food imports, income sources for farm households, wheat prices, China’s cotton use, the relationship between food assistance benefits and the economy, the effect of price reductions on consumption of fruit and vegetables by low-income Americans, manure management, the relationship between land use and global warming, and the variety of foods imported into the U.S. The issue also includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, farm households, and rural America.
Feature Articles
 Taking the Pulse of Rural Health Care
Baby Boom Migration Tilts Toward Rural America
Broadband Internet Service Helping Create a Rural Digital Economy
Full Throttle U.S. Ethanol Expansion Faces
Challenges Down the Road
Findings
Market and Trade
Random Inspections Reveal Import Risks
Income Source Matters in Farm Household Spending
Rising Wheat Prices Outpace Input Costs
China’s Cotton Use Trimmed by Growing Efficiency and a Slowing Economy
Diet and Health
Increased SNAP Benefits Provide Countercyclical Boost
Price Reductions Have Little Effect on Fruit and Vegetable Consumption by
Low-Income Americans
Resources and Environment
Larger Farms, Environmental Policy Affecting Manure Management
Land Use Can Play Critical Role in Controlling Global Warming
Statistics
Data Feature
Trade Data Show Value, Variety, and Sources of U.S. Food Imports
Indicators
Indicators September-09
Research Areas
On the Map
In the Long Run
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