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6/7/2007

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Table of Contents

Population growth, 1985-2005

95% of the world’s population lives outside the US

millions of people, July 2006 estimates

Population growth 2005 to 2015

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) real growth rate, 2006 estimates

Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 2006 estimates

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, 2006 estimates

millions of additional households with income greater than $20,000

US agricultural trade with Canada

US agricultural trade with Mexico

US corn use, 2006

millions of metric tons

Corn consumption growth

thousands of metric tons

US soybean use, 2006

millions of metric tons

Soybean consumption growth

Trend in US protein consumption

Pork consumption growth

Chicken consumption growth

Beef consumption growth

Export share of US production, 2006

US major commodity exports

Top 10 ag exporting states, 1986

Top 10 ag exporting states, 2005

Iowa agricultural exports

Iowa’s state export rankings, 2005

Not your father’s foreign markets

Author: Joel Severinghaus