Crop production is consistently setting records for overall yield and yield per acre.

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The truth is that they can get and sell data profiles which might have a higher overall yield of profit rather than us getting healthy.

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The health care sector has the highest overall average dividend yield performance as the sector boasts a current yield of 4.59 percent and year-to-date total return performance of 17.4 percent.

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Of the 31 retail sector REITs (in the FTSE NAREIT Index), the overall average dividend yield is 3.1 percent and the combined retail sector market capitalization is 135.35 billion or around 26 percent of the overall capitalization of the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REIT Index.

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Although the overall dividend rate and yield remained relatively high throughout this period, it is also important to recognize that Vornado Realty Trust did cut their dividend several times as Funds From Operations modestly weakened.

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Health Care REIT's share price is up 22.6% so far this year and it pays a dividend yield of 4%, higher than the 3.3% yield for the overall REIT sector.

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By contrast, high-yield stocks have trailed the total return of the overall market more recently, returning 6.4% annualized from the beginning of 2003 to the end of 2011, versus 7.26% for the overall market.

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In its September Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook, the USDA notes an overall milk production reduction for 2012 based on a lower forecast for milk yield per cow.

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Alvarez is banking that fewer, more robust partnerships will yield economies of scale: As each distributor carries more product into stores, the overall per-unit cost of distribution will drop.

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