Quick Facts About Agricultural Economics

 

  • On average, 24 cents of every dollar you spend at the grocery store goes to the farmer who produced it. The other 76 cents covers marketing, processing, wholesaling, distributing and retailing expenses.
  • Americans spend a little less than 11 percent of their disposable income on food and that's the lowest rate in the whole world.

Agricultural Economics Lessons

 

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