This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart in the Economic Research Service report "The Diverse Structure and Organization of U.S. Beef Cow-Calf Farms (EIB-73)", published in March 2011. The content and context of these files is as of the publication date of the report. 

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The following inventory lists each of the files in this folder.



File name	Description

(fig01.png)	Figure 1 - States surveyed in the 2008 ARMS of U.S. beef cow-calf producers
(fig02.png)	Figure 2 - Survey coverage of U.S. beef cow-calf farms and inventory by size of operation, 2008
(fig03.png)	Figure 3 - U.S. beef cow-calf production regions
(fig04.png)	Figure 4 - Beef cow inventory by U.S. production region
(fig05.png)	Figure 5 - Beef cow-calf feed costs by region, 2008s
(fig06.png)	Figure 6 - Beef cow-calf cost of production per cow by size, 2008
(fig07.png)	Figure 7 - The smallest and largest beef cow-calf farms by region, 2008s
(fig08.png)	Figure 8 - Rural residence and commercial beef cow-calf farms by region, 2008
(fig09.png)	Figure 9 - NAIS familiarity and registration by size, 2008
(fig10.png)	Figure 10 - Use of cattle ID by NAIS familiarity and registration, 2008

