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Contents [pdf]

Foreword, by Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture [pdf]


1. U.S. Agriculture-Linking Consumers and Producers [pdf]
   • What Do Americans Eat
   • Cost of Food Services and Distribution
   • Food Expenditures and Prices
   • Farm/Retail Price Spread
   
   
2. Structure of U.S. Agriculture [pdf]
   • Farming Regions
   • Farms and Land in Farms
   • Farms by Sales Class
   • Legal Structure of U.S. Farms (Individual, Partnership, Corporation)
   • Land Tenure
   • Major Uses of U.S. Land
   • Acreage Harvested of Major Crops
   • Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland
   
   
3. The U.S. Farm Sector [pdf]
   • Farm Labor
   • Agricultural Credit
   • The Balance Sheet
   • Net Cash Income and Net Farm Income
   • Farm Household Income
   • Net Farm Income by State
   • State Rankings by Cash Receipts
   • Government Payments by Program and State
   • Federal Government Program Participation and Direct Payments
   • Number of Farms and Net Cash Income by Sales Class
   
   
4. Rural America [pdf]
   • Rural Population
   • Age and Race
   • Nonmetropolitan Industry and Job Growth
   • Nonmetropolitan Employment and Wages
   • Rural Income and Poverty
   • Rural Public Services
   • Federal Funding for Rural Area Development
   
   
5. U.S. Department of Agriculture [pdf]
   • Office of the Chief Economist
   • Office of Inspector General
   • Office of Chief Financial Officer
   • Office of the Chief Information Officer
   • Departmental Administration
   • American Indian and Alaska Natives Programs
   • For More Information
   
   
6. Rural Development: Creating Opportunity for Rural Americans [pdf]
   • How Rural Development Works
   • Rural Business-Cooperative Service
   • Rural Housing Service
   • Rural Utilities Service
   • Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities
   • For More Information
   
   
7. Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services [pdf]
   • Farm Service Agency
   • Foreign Agricultural Service
   • Risk Management Agency
   • For More Information
   
   
8. Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services [pdf]
   • Food and Consumer Service
   • Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
   • For More Information
   
   
9. Food Safety [pdf]
   • Food Safety and Inspection Service
   • For More Information
   
   
10. Natural Resources and Environment [pdf]
    • Forest Service: Caring for the Land and Serving People
    • Natural Resources Conservation Service: A Productive Nation in Harmony with a Quality Environment
    • For More Information
    
    
11. Investing In the Future Through Research Education, and Economics [pdf]
    • Getting Your Money's Worth
    • Delivering The Goods
    • Putting It All Together
    • Research-A Sound Investment
    • What's New
    • Agricultural Research Service
    • Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
    • Economic Research Service
    • National Agricultural Statistics Service
    • For More Information
    
    
12. Marketing and Regulatory Programs [pdf]
    • Agricultural Marketing Service
    • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: Protecting Agricultural Health and Productivity
    • Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration
    • For More Information
    
    
13. Appendix [pdf]
    • How To Get Information From USDA's Office of Communications
    • Conversion Chart
    • Planting and Harvesting Calendar
    • Glossary
    
    
14. Index [pdf]