Agriculture Fact Book 1998 in PDF format

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Contents Foreword, by Dan Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture U.S. Agriculture-Linking Consumers and Producers What Do Americans Eat? Cost of Food Services and Distribution Food Expenditures and Prices Farm-to-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 Major Uses of U.S. Cropland Acreage Harvested of Major Crops Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland The U.S. Farm Sector Farm Labor Agricultural Credit The Balance Sheet Net Value-Added, Net Farm Income, and Net Cash Income Farm Household Income Net Farm Income by State State Rankings by Cash Receipts Government Payments by Program and State Number of Farms and Net Cash Income by Sales Class Rural America Nometropolitan Population Age and Race Nonmetropolitan Industry and Job Growth Nonmetropolitan Employment and Wages Nonmetropolitan Income and Poverty Rural Public Services Federal Funding for Rural Area Development U.S. Department of Agriculture Departmental Administration Office of the Chief Economist Office of Inspector General Office of the Chief Information Officer Office of Chief Financial Officer Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs For More Information Rural Development How Rural Development Works Rural Business-Cooperative Service Rural Housing Service Rural Utilities Service Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities For More Information Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Farm Service Agency Foreign Agricultural Service Risk Management Agency For More Information Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Food and Nutrition Service Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion For More Information Food Safety Food Safety and Inspection Service For More Information Natural Resources and Environment Forest Service Natural Resources Conservation Service For More Information Research, Education, and Economics Investing in the Future Through Agricultural Research, Education, and Economics Agricultural Research Service Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Economic Research Service National Agricultural Statistics Service For More Information Marketing and Regulatory Programs Agricultural Marketing Service Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration For More Information Appendix How To Get Information From USDA's Office of Communications Conversion Chart Planting and Harvesting Calendar Glossary

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