Strengthening Rural Communities: Lessons from a Growing Farm Economy.

摘要

This report focuses specifically on the current state of the agricultural economy and the Administration's strategy to ensure an agricultural economy built to last. While the U.S. economy continues to recover from its worst recession since the 1930s and there is still more work to be done, America's agricultural economy--farms and other related businesses--has recovered more quickly than many other sectors. The total value added to the U.S. economy from the farm sector rose about 35% between the second quarter of 2009 and the fourth quarter of 2011. Rising global demand and increasing American productivity have made this turnaround possible. This report highlights the positive trends occurring in the agricultural economy and the efforts of the Administration to support those trends.