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Contents
Cover Page
Foreword,
by Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture.....
Introduction.....
- U.S. Agriculture--Linking Consumers and
Producers
- What Do Americans Eat?
- Cost of Food Service and Distribution
- Food Expenditures and Prices
- Farm/Retail Price Spread
- Structure of U.S. Agriculture
- Farming Regions
- Farms and Land in Farms
- Farms by Sales Class
- Legal Structure of U.S. Farms (Individual,
Partnership, Corporation)
- Land Tenure
- Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland
- The U.S. Farm Sector
- Farm Labor
- Agricultural Credit
- The Balance Sheet
- Net Farm Income
- Farm Household Income
- Net Farm Income by State
- State Rankings by Cash Receipt
- Government Payments by Program and State
- Federal Government Program Participation and Direct
Payments
- Rural America
- Rural Population
- Age and Race
- Nonmetropolitan Industry and Job Growth
- Nonmetropolitan Employment and Wages
- Rural Income and Poverty
- Local Governments
- Rural Public Services
- Federal Funding for Rural Area Development
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Reorganizing "the People's Department"
- Programs Serving All Mission Areas
- Office of the Chief Economist
- Office of Inspector General
- Office of Chief Financial Officer
- Office of Civil Rights Enforcement
- Office of Personnel
- Office Of Operations
- Office of Information Resources Management
- Americorps/USDA
- Rural Development: Pumping New Life Into Rural
Economies
- How RECD Works
- Rural Business and Cooperative Development Service
- Rural Housing and Community Development Service
- Rural Utilities Service
- Rural Empowerment Zones and Communities
- Farm and International Trade Services
- Consolidated Farm Service Agency
- Foreign Agricultural Service
- Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services
- Food and Consumer Service
- Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
- Food Safety
- Food Safety and Inspection Service
- Natural Resources and Environment
- Forest Service: Caring for the Land and Serving People
- Natural Resources Conservation Service: A
Productive Nation in Harmony
with a Quality Environment
- Research, Education, and Economics
- Research, Analysis, and Outreach: Meeting
Challenges of the Future
- Agricultural Research Service
- Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service
- Economic Research Service
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- Marketing and Regulatory Programs
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service:
Protecting Agricultural Health
and Productivity
- Agricultural Marketing Service
- Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards
Administration
- Appendix.....
- Conversion Chart
- Planting and Harvesting Calendar
- Glossary
- Index.....
