There are few racial or urban/rural differences in public attitudes toward agriculture and government agricultural policies. The Farming in American Life Study, a collaborative effort by 14 land grant institutions in the South and Midwest, gathered 3,239 completed questionnaires from a national stratified random sample for a completion rate of 46 percent. Statistical weighting made respondent categories representative of national proportions. In general, perceptions about agriculture were favorable, with no salient differences by race or residence. However, minority group members were significantly more likely to support government food programs than majority group members. Differences on many issues tend to be greater between urban and rural minorities than between urban and rural whites or between the races. Compared to rural minorities, urban minorities were less likely to support government price supports and the preservation of the family farm, and more likely to support farm ownership by the farm operator, payment of higher taxes by corporate farms, and government policies associated with low food prices. Several contradictory results suggest a lack of understanding by all groups of the relationships among food prices, prices paid to the farmer, food programs, and farm support programs. The report includes 8 data tables and 19 references. (SV)