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Ag exports support growing non-farm jobs
What are exports good for? USDA data suggests non-farm jobs are growing because of…
Feb 19, 2018 · By USDA Economic Research Service
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Older veterans rely on ag, younger veterans on manufacturing
Older veterans living in rural counties relied more on ag for employment than did…
Feb 19, 2018 · By USDA Economic Research Service
Policy
Farm sector profits forecast to decline in 2018
Farm income is expected to decline over 8 percent this year as a result…
Feb 12, 2018 · By USDA Economic Research Service
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Fruit, vegetable spending high in direct marketing
Economic Research Service (ERS) researchers recently used USDA’s National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase…
Feb 2, 2018 · By USDA Economic Research Service
Policy
Rural poverty expanded since the Great Recession
Over 300 rural counties (15 percent of all rural counties) are persistently poor, compared…
Feb 2, 2018 · By USDA Economic Research Service
Policy
Off-farm income big on farms of all sizes
Recent data shows that almost all farms depend on outside income to survive. Only…
Jan 31, 2018 · By USDA Economic Research Service