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Agriculture
  1. Farm efficiency in the United States
  2. Who Farms in the United States?
  3. Growth of Large Corporate Farming
  4. Minorities as Farm Operators
  5. Agricultural Subsidies
  6. Food for Peace Program
  7. Major Crops in the United States
  8. Major U.S. Crops: Corn
  9. Major U.S. Crops: Soybeans
  10. Major U.S. Crops: Wheat
  11. Major U.S. Crops: Cotton
  12. Planting and Harvesting Cotton
  13. Major U.S. Crops: Rice
  14. How Rice Is Grown in the United States
  15. Dairy Farming in the United States
  16. Cheese Production in the United States
  17. Poultry and Meat Production in the United States
  18. Raising Cattle for Beef
  19. Factory Farming
  20. Farm Mechanization in the United States
  21. Biotechnology and Farming in the United States
  22. Organic Farming in the United States
  23. Farm Aid
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A woman gathers corn with a baby on her back.
African recipients of US assistance.
Photo Courtesy of USAID.
Food for Peace Program
To help reduce food surpluses, in 1954 Congress created a “Food for Peace” program that exported surplus farm products to needy countries. Most of the food sent overseas in the 1950s and 1960s went to India. Today, the Food for Peace program continues to send food supplies around the world to combat famine and hunger. In the 1990’s, Food for Peace also sent more than 5,000 American farmers to foreign countries to live and work with farmers there.
Special Terms: Food for Peace Program

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