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Ascertaining the Impact of the 2000 USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans on the Intake of Calories, Caffeine, Calcium, and Vitamin C from At-Home Consumption of Nonalcoholic Bever...

Dharmasena, Senarath; Capps Jr., Oral; Clauson, Annette L. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 43 (2011) 01

, and vitamin C derived from the consumption of nonalcoholic beverages. Our study demonstrates the effectiveness of the USDA …

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The impact of public and semi-public information on cotton futures market

Xie, Ran; Isengildina-Massa, O.; Dwyer, Gerald P. <jun.>; … - In: Applied economics 48 (2016) 34/36, pp. 3416-3431

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How Food Away From Home Affects Children's Diet Quality

Mancino, Lisa; Todd, Jessica E.; Guthrie, Joanne F.; … - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2010

offered as part of USDA reimbursable meals), and caloric sweetened beverages affects that child’s diet quality and calorie …). Among younger children, who are more likely than older children to eat a USDA school meal and face a more healthful school …

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Fruit Policies in Japan

Ito, Kenzo; Dyck, John H. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2010

Government programs and subsidies regulate and support Japan’s large fruit-production sector, bolstering farm incomes and output levels. Supply-management programs that target annual production levels for some fruits, in order to maintain market prices, contribute to higher prices for...

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U.S. Soybean Producer Perceptions and Management of Soybean Rust in the United States under the USDA Pest Information Platform for Extension and Education

Livingston, Michael J. - In: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 39 (2010) 3

Recent survey data are examined to improve current understanding of the factors that help to determine the value of information reported on a website that serves as the centerpiece of the USDAâ€™s â€œSoybean Rust Integrated Pest Managementâ€”Pest Information Platform for Extension...

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Nonmetropolitan Outmigration Counties: Some Are Poor, Many Are Prosperous

McGranahan, David A.; Cromartie, John; Wojan, Timothy R. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2010

Population loss through net outmigration is endemic to many rural areas. Over a third of nonmetro counties lost at least 10 percent of their population through net outmigration over 1988-2008. Some of these counties have had very high poverty rates, substantial loss in manufacturing jobs, and...

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Rural America at a Glance, 2010 Edition

Kusmin, Lorin D.; Hertz, Thomas - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2010

Rural America At A Glance, 2010 Edition highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The 2010 edition focuses on the U.S. rural economy, including employment trends, poverty, and...

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America's Diverse Family Farms: 2010 Edition

Hoppe, Robert A.; Banker, David E.; MacDonald, James M. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2010

American farms vary widely in size and other characteristics, but farming is still an industry of family businesses. Ninety-eight percent of farms are family farms, and they account for 82 percent of farm production. Small family farms make up most of the U.S. farm count and hold the majority of...

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The Food Assistance Landscape, FY 2009 Annual Report

Oliveira, Victor - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2010

This report examines trends in USDA’s food and nutrition assistance programs through fiscal 2009. It also discusses a …

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Local food systems: concepts, impacts, and issues

Martinez, Steve; Hand, Michael; Da Pra, Michelle; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

,755 in 1994, according to USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service. • In 2005, there were 1,144 community-supported agriculture … from the 2005 School Nutrition and Dietary Assessment Survey, sponsored by USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service, showed that … report’s content relies on data collected through the 2007 Census of Agriculture, as well as other surveys by USDA …

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