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Cash Rents for U.S. Farmland.: documentation

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CASH RENTS FOR FARMS, CROPLAND, & PASTURE  (Updated 6/97) Stock #90025
Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
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Moreover, the Economic Research Service makes no warranty that data supplied in
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Data on this diskette are in the form of three Lotus 1-2-3 worksheet files
(.WK1).  Cash rent data are found in rents1.wk1 and rents2.wk1.

Generally, there are cash rents per acre for farms, cropland, and pasture for
the eastern states for 1960-96 and cash rents as a percent of value.  For the 
western states, cash rents per acre are shown for irrigated cropland, non-
irrigated cropland, and pasture for 1984-96.

Cattle grazing rates on privately owned nonirrigated land for 17 western
states for 1979-95 are found in CATTLE90.wk1.

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Data on this disk may be copied and distributed without restriction.  However,
the Economic Research Service would appreciate a citation for this data
product whenever it is referenced or used in a scholarly work or other
publication.  A sample citation is:

John Jones.  CASH RENTS FOR U.S. FARMLAND [computer file].
#90025.  Washington, D.C.:  Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept. of
Agriculture, June 1997.
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Data for 1960-89 on this disk were published in Statistical Bulletin No. 813 
by the Resources and Technology Division, Economic Research Service, USDA.




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