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Dr. Daryl J. Hobbs email: hobbsd@umsystem.edu OSEDA website: http://www.oseda.missouri.edu Governor’s Task Force on Agriculture 2001 June 13, 2001 Jefferson City, MO
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Missouri Speeds Along Information Superhighway 10.8% increase households owning a personal PC 18.2% increase households connected to internet
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Top 10 Producing Counties Market Values of Agriculture Products Sold ($000) MISSOURI Total Sullivan McDonald Stoddard Barry Newton Mercer Lawrence Dunklin New Madrid Lafayette 1997 $5,367,813 $1,341,371 $185,404 $155,015 $153,640 $151,993 $123,381 $122,780 $121,838 $110,022 $109,408 $107,890 Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1992 $4,303,149 $774,633 $25,815 $81,724 $117,261 $98,086 $87,993 $25,203 $76,904 $82,508 $95,734 $83,405 Rank 81 9 1 2 4 82 10 7 3 6 *Top 10 as percent total 199218% 199725% **Percent change of output of top 10, 1992-97 73.2% Source: US Dept. of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service
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Almost 70 percent of landowners who rent their farms have absolutely no input into management of that land. It’s a trend that could spell trouble for today’s environmental programs Here’s a profile of today’s landlords in Missouri: 43 percent are women 64 is the average age 44 percent never visit the farm with the renter 55 percent do not discuss pesticide use with renters 63 percent do not know farm practices used
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Market Share of Top Four Processing Firms Chart 1 Market Share of Top Four Processing Firms 1982 1997 1999 NOTE: Reprint from “The Main Street Economist Commentary on the Rural Economy”, Center for the Study of Rural America, April 2001 Source: USDA
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Livestock Production in Supply Chains Chart 2 Livestock Production in Supply Chains 2000 1998 NOTE: Reprint from “The Main Street Economist Commentary on the Rural Economy”, Center for the Study of Rural America, April 2001 Source: USDA 1998
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