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Amber Waves: The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America
"Digital Divide" Not to Blame for Rural Earnings Shortfall
2003 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Released
2003 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Released
2006 Farm Net Cash Income Expected To Decline Slightly
2008 Farm Act Makes It Easier for Food Assistance Households To Save
2008 Farm Act: Where Will the Money Go?
2014 Farm Act Continues Most Previous Trends In Conservation
2014 Farm Act Maintains SNAP Eligibility Guidelines and Funds New Initiatives
2014 Farm Act Shifts Crop Commodity Programs Away From Fixed Payments and Expands Program Choices
2018 Farm Act Retains Conservation Programs But Could Reduce Payments for Land Retirement
3. Feed and Livestock Sectors, Economic Growth, Key in Baseline Projections
A Bigger Piece of the Pie: Exports Rising in Share of U.S. Apple Production
A CLOSE LOOK AT WIC
A Closer Look at Agriculture and the Environment
A Closer Look at Declining Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Using Linked Data Sources
A Different Perspective
A Historic Enlargement: Ten Countries Prepare to Join the European Union
A Look At USDA, Economic Research Service’s Commodity Costs and Returns Data
A Look at Calorie Sources in the American Diet
A Look at What’s Driving Lower Purchases of School Lunches
A Look at the Economic Well-Being of Farm Households
A Market for Ideas
A Market for U.S. Distillers Dried Grains Emerges in China
A Multitude of Design Decisions Influence Conservation Program Performance (2005)
A Multitude of Design Decisions Influence Conservation Program Performance (2006)
A New ERS Lecture Series
A New Look at Where Our Food Dollars Go
A New World for U.S. Cotton Producers
A Pilot Program for U.S. Food Aid
A Positive Path for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Options and Challenges
A Redesigned Data Portal
A Revolution in Food Retailing Underway in the Asia-Pacific Region
A Richer World Wants a Richer Diet
A Shift to Healthier Diets Likely To Affect Use of Natural Resources
A Visual Primer for the Food and Agricultural Sectors
A Weakening Global Economy Interrupts Agricultural Trade
A Web-Based Tool for Calculating the Cost of Foodborne Illness
A Wide Variety of Fruit and Vegetables Are Affordable for SNAP Recipients
ANATOMY OF NONMETRO HIGH POVERTY AREAS: COMMON IN PLIGHT, DISTINCTIVE IN NATURE
ARMS Data Allow Comparisons Across Diverse Farm Types
ARMS Data Highlight Trends Cropping Practice
ARMS Data Highlight Trends in Cropping Practices
ARMS Data Offer New Perspectives on Cropping Practices
Accelerated Productivity Growth Offsets Decline in Resource Expansion in Global Agriculture
Access to Affordable, Nutritious Food Is Limited in “Food Deserts”
Accounting for Direct and Embedded Imports in the U.S. Food and Beverage Dollar
Adaptation Can Help U.S. Crop Producers Confront Climate Change
Additionality in Agricultural Conservation Programs
Adjusting for Living Costs Can Change Who Is Considered Poor
Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops Continues To Increase
Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops by U.S. Farmers Has Increased Steadily for Over 15 Years
Adoption of Genetically Engineered Dicamba-Tolerant Cotton Seeds is Prevalent Throughout the United States
Adulteration Accounts for Majority of FDA Food-Related Import Refusals
Adults With Disabilities, Especially Mental Health Disabilities, Are at a Higher Risk for Food Insecurity
Adults in Households With More Severe Food Insecurity Are More Likely To Have a Chronic Disease
African Swine Fever Shrinks Pork Production in China, Swells Demand for Imported Pork
After Leaving Welfare: Food Stamps or Not?
After a Sharp Rise Between 1990 and 2005, Supercenters’ Share of At-Home-Food Spending Has Leveled Off
Ag Biotech Patents on the Move
Ag Biotech Patents: Who's Doing What?
Ag Policy Information Reaches a Wider Audience
Ag Productivity Drives Output Growth
Age Composition of USDA’s SNAP Caseload Shifts in Response to Economic Conditions, Legislation, and Demographic Trends
Aggregate Food Expenditures
Agricultural Commodity Price Spikes in the 1970s and 1990s: Valuable Lessons for Today
Agricultural Contracting Trading Autonomy for Risk Reduction
Agricultural Energy Use and the Proposed Clean Power Plan
Agricultural Policies Have Little Effect on U.S. Calorie Consumption
Agricultural Policy Affects Land Use and the Environment
Agricultural Productivity Grew in Every State
Agricultural Productivity Growth in the United States: 1948-2011
Agricultural Productivity Growth in the United States: 1948-2015
Agricultural Recovery in Russia and the Rise of Its South
Agricultural Research Sustains Productivity Growth and Earns High Returns
Agricultural Research in High-Income Countries Faces New Challenges as Public Funding Stalls
Agricultural Resource Management Survey Promoted on RFD-TV
Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators Database and Mapping Tool
Agricultural Risks in a Water-Short World
Agricultural Trade Policy Modeling Workshop
Agricultural Trade and Policy Reform
Agricultural Trade and Policy Reform
Agricultural Trade and the Environment
Agricultural land in India.
Agriculture Dominates Freshwater Use in the U.S.
Agriculture Risk Coverage Program Proves More Popular Than the Supplemental Coverage Option
Agriculture and Rural Communities Are Resilient to High Energy Costs
Agriculture and Water Quality Trading: Exploring the Possibilities
Agriculture in the WTO
Agritourism Allows Farms To Diversify and Has Potential Benefits for Rural Communities
Agritourism Farms Are More Diverse Than Other U.S. Farms
Agritourism Offers Opportunites For Farm Operators
Aiming for Targets, Saving on Arrows: Recent Insights from Two USDA Food Assistance Programs
Allied Social Science Association Meetings
Allocating Resources to Manage Invasive Species and Pests
Almonds Lead Increase in Tree Nut Consumption
Although Small, Markets Have Been Expanding for GE Crops With Traits That Increase Nutrient Content or Improve Taste
Amber Waves Awards
Amber Waves in the Fertile Crescent: The Changing U.S. Role in Agricultural Markets in the Middle East and North Africa
America's Diverse Family Farms: 2020 Edition - EIB-220
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Community Survey Enhances Rural Research
American Time Use Survey Early Results Conference
Americans Are More Realistic About the Quality of Their Diets
Americans Can Satisfy Dietary Guidelines for Vegetables and Fruit for Under $2.50 Per Day
Americans Have Growing Appetite for Imported Foods
Americans More Realistic About Their Diet Quality
Americans Not Drinking Milk as Often as Their Parents Did
Americans Spend an Average of 37 Minutes a Day Preparing and Serving Food and Cleaning Up
Americans Still Can Meet Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Guidelines for $2.10-$2.60 per Day
Americans Switch From Fresh to Frozen Potatoes
Americans at Unequal Risk for Obesity
Americans' Dairy Consumption Below Recommendations
Americans’ Food Choices at Home and Away: How Do They Compare With Recommendations?
Americans’ Seafood Consumption Below Recommendations
America’s Organic Farmers Face Issues and Opportunities
Among Women Farmers, Different Specializations Dominate Farm Numbers, Farm Sales
An Economic Perspective on Soil Health
An Integrated Global Marketplace
Analysis of Those Leaving USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Reveals the Program’s Effectiveness
Analyzing Fertilizer Trade
Animal Agriculture Affects Air and Water Quality
Annual Meeting of Agricultural Economists
Annual Meeting of Geographers
Annual Meeting of Regional Economics
Annual Meetings of Social Scientists
Another Look at Farm Poverty
Antibiotics Used For Growth Promotion Have a Small Positive Effect on Hog Farm Productivity
Applications for the Noninsured Crop Disaster Program Increased After the Agricultural Act of 2014
Are Bankruptcies Behind the Drop in Farm Numbers?
Are Competitors' Free Trade Agreements Putting U.S. Agricultural Exporters at a Disadvantage?
Are Food Safety and International Trade Compatible?
Are More Livestock Hitting the Road?
Are U.S. and European Union Agricultural Policies Becoming More Similar?
Are U.S. and European Union Agriculture Policies Becoming More Similar?
Arts Employment is Burgeoning in Some Rural Areas
Asia Leads World in Reducing Hunger
Asia Pacific Transportation Infrastructure: Linking Food Sources to Urban Centers
Assessing Farm Household Well-Being--Beyond Farmers and Farm Income
Assessing Farm Household Well-Being-Beyond Farmers and Farm Income
Assessing the Measurement of Food Consumption
Average Share of Income Spent on Food in the United States Remained Relatively Steady From 2000 to 2019
Average farm size grows most rapidly in mountain States
Avian Influenza Boosted Japan’s Imports of Dried Egg Products
Baby Boom Migration Tilts Toward Rural America
Baby Boomers Increasingly Move to Rural Areas
Balancing Conservation Costs and Benefits
Balancing Nutrition, Participation, and Cost in the National School Lunch Program
Baselines--Key to the Costs and Benefits of Environmental Markets
Beef Cow-Calf Production a Lifestyle Choice Among Many Farmers
Beef and Pork Byproducts: Enhancing the U.S. Meat Industry's Bottom Line
Beginning Farm Operators and Spouses More Likely To Work Off the Farm Than Established Counterparts
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers and the Agricultural Act of 2014
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers: Who Are They?
Benchmark Data on Plant Breeding
Beyond Environmental Compliance: Stewardship as Good Business
Bidding Enhances Conservation Program Cost Effectiveness
Bidding Enhances Conservation Program Cost Effectiveness
Biofuels and Land-Use Change: Estimation Challenges
Biotech Adoption Is Rapid, But Results Vary
Birth Year Affects Demand for At-Home Fresh Vegetables
Blood Levels of Trans Fats Among American Adults Fell from 1999 to 2010
Body Weight Fell Following Mandatory Calorie-Labeling Laws for New York Restaurant Menus
Booming China Trade Presents New Challenges for Rural America
Both At Home and Away, Americans Are Choosing More Lower Fat Foods Than They Did 35 Years Ago
Brazil Emerges as Major Force in Global Meat Markets
Brazil Once Again Becomes the World’s Largest Beef Exporter
Brazil’s Agricultural Productivity Growth Spurred by Research
Brazil’s Booming Agriculture Faces Obstacles
Brazil’s Currency Depreciation and Changing Macroeconomic Conditions Determine Agricultural Competitiveness and Future Growth
Bridging the Gap—1890 and 1862 Land Grant Institutions
Broadband Internet Service Helping Create a Rural Digital Economy
Broiler Producers Search for Alternatives to Antibiotics
Bt Corn Adoption by U.S. Farmers Increases Yields and Profits
Butter and Margarine Availability Over the Last Century
Buying Power of WIC Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Varies Across the Country
CAN WE PROTECT AGAINST INVASIVE SPECIES?
COMPUTER USE AND EARNINGS
Calculating the Cost of Foodborne Illness-A New Tool to Value Food Safety Risks
Calculating the Food Marketing Bill
Calculating the Jobs Associated With U.S. Agricultural Exports
California’s Irrigation Varies by Crop
Calorie Labeling on Restaurant Menus—Who Is Likely to Use It?
Calvin Beale
Calvin Beale
Can Brazil Meet the World's Growing Need for Ethanol?
Can Commodity Program Payments Encourage Better Nutrient Management?
Can Low-Income Americans Afford a Healthy Diet?
Canadian Dollar Reaches Parity With U.S. Dollar
Canadian pork exports surge when Canadian dollar is weak relative to U.S. dollar
Carrot Consumption Varies With Age, Income, and Race
Cellulosic Ethanol From Crop Residue Is No Free Lunch
Certified organic handling facilities concentrated on Pacific Coast
Challenges Facing USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program
Changes in Commodity-Income Support Programs and Commodity Prices Have Caused Increased Variability in Support Payments
Changes in Farmers’ Financial Status May Affect Crop Insurance Demand
Changes in Food-At-Home Spending by SNAP Participants After the Stimulus Act of 2009
Changes in Herd Composition a Key to Indian Dairy Production
Changes in Income Have Small Effect on Where a Household Shops for Milk
Changes in U.S. Dairy Commercial Exports and Domestic Commercial Disappearance
Changing Farming Practices Accompany Major Shifts in Farm Structure
Changing Farmland Values Affect Renters and Landowners Differently
Changing Federal Tax Policies Affect Farm Households Differently
Changing Patterns of Food Consumption
Changing nonmetro definitions affect population counts
Changing the Definition of a “Farm” Can Affect Federal Funding
Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Rates Have Increased in Most Agricultural States
Characteristics and Production Costs
Characteristics of U.S. Cotton Farms Vary Widely
Charles Barnard
Cheese Consumption Continues To Rise
Chesapeake Bay Regional Model Documented
Chicken Consumption Continues Longrun Rise
Child Health and Well-Being Differ for Metro and Nonmetro Low-Income Households
Child Poverty Heavily Concentrated in Rural Mississippi, Even More So Than Before the Great Recession
Children’s Diets and WIC
China Commodity Markets
China Provides Opportunities for U.S. Exporters: Strong Dairy Demand and an Expanding Market for Agricultural Inputs Desined for a Growing Dairy Herd
China Slow in Meeting WTO Commitments
China in the Next Decade: Rising Meat Demand and Growing Imports of Feed
China's Agricultural Imports Rising
China's Cotton Use Trimmed by Growing Efficiency and Slowing Economy
China's Demand for Commodities Outpacing Supply
China's Growing Affluence: How Food Markets are Responding
China's New Farm Policies Have Modest Impact
China's Rising Profile in the Global Market for Fruits and Vegetables
China's Safety Requirements Pose Challenge for Food Exporters
China's Trade as a First-Year WTO Member
China's Water Policies: Effects on Production and Trade
China's vegetable Exports Challenge the U.S. in Japan's Market
China’s Agricultural Investment Abroad Is Rising
China’s Agricultural Policies Reshape Global Sorghum Trade
China’s Agricultural Productivity Growth: Strong But Uneven
China’s Corn Surplus Persists, Despite Industrial-Processing Boom
China’s Cotton Policies To Lower Domestic Consumption and Imports
China’s Economic Growth Faces Challenges
China’s Food Market Revolution Reaches the Countryside
China’s Hog Cycle Boosts U.S. Pork Exports
Chinese Apple Juice Export Growth Follows Investments in the Industry
Chinese Banks Carry Out Rural Policy
Chinese Consumers Demand Premium Foods
Choosing Healthy Foods Is More Challenging for Teens
Citrus Fruits Accounted for 14 Percent of Fresh Fruits Available for Americans to Eat in 2018
Climate Change Likely to Have Uneven Impacts on Agricultural Productivity
Climate Change Projected To Increase Cost of the Federal Crop Insurance Program due to Greater Insured Value and Yield Variability
Climatic Trends Dampened Recent Productivity Growth on Wisconsin Dairy Farms
Coffee Bean Price Changes Pass Through to Grocery Shelves
Coffee Consumption Over the Last Century
Collaboration With the Food and Agriculture Organization
Collaboration With the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy
College Completion Rates Rise But Nonmetro Areas Continue To Lag
Columbia Becoming a New Ethanol Player
Commercial Farms Received the Most Government Payments in 2019
Commodity Background Reports
Commodity Markets and Trade [2003]
Commodity Markets and Trade [2005]
Commodity Markets and Trade [2006]
Commodity Markets and Trade [April, 2003]
Commodity Markets and Trade [Feb, 2003]
Commodity Markets and Trade [June, 2003]
Commodity Markets and Trade [June, 2005]
Commodity Markets and Trade [Sept, 2003]
Commodity Markets and Trade [Sept, 2005]
Common Organic Practices Include Complex Rotations, Cover Crops, and Pasture
Community Colleges and Creative Economies
Commuting Codes Updated
Companies Continue To Offer New Foods Targeted to Children
Compare Your Area's Food Environment With the Rest of the Country
Competing Policy Issues and Agendas for Agricultural Trade
Competing in the 21st Century
Competition Alters the U.S. Food Marketing Landscape
Competitiveness of Food Manufacturers and Retailers
Complex Array of Factors Influence World Sugar Prices
Complexity and Collaboration
Composite Measure of Economic Well-Being
Comprehensive China Database
Confined Livestock Operations Account For a Majority of the Chesapeake Bay Area’s Farmland With Applied Manure
Conservation Compliance Effectiveness Depends on Where the Money Goes
Conservation Compliance May Reduce Soil Erosion
Conservation Compliance in the Crop Insurance Era
Conservation Practices With Greater Benefits to Farmers and Ranchers Have Higher EQIP Completion Rates
Conservation Program Provision May Have Limited Impact on Underserved Farmer Participation; Will Benefits Also Fall?
Conservation Program Spending Levels Off But Continues Shift to Working Land Programs
Conservation Programs: Balancing Outcomes With a Selection Index
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) enrollments shift geographically
Conservation Reserve Program Acreage To Decline; Will Benefits Also Fall?
Conservation Reserve Program Boosts Outdoor Recreation in Rurul Communities
Conservation Reserve Program Signup Options Considered
Conservation Reserve Program: Planting for the Future
Conservation Trends in Agriculture Reflect Policy, Technology, and Other Factors
Conservation compliance effectiveness depends on where the money goes
Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture Continues
Consumer Demand for Fresh Fruit Drives Increases Across Sector
Consumer Preferences Change Wheat Flour Use
Consumer-Driven Agriculture: Changing U.S. Demographics Influence Eating Habits
Consumers Appear Indifferent to Country-of-Origin Labeling for Shrimp
Consumers Behaved Rationally, If Belatedly, After Food Safety Recalls in 2011 and 2012
Consumers Cut Back on Convenience But Not Necessarily Quantity When Incomes Fall
Consumers Demanding Identity Preservation in U.S. Grain Markets
Consumers Devote a Higher Share of Food Spending to Fruits and Vegetables in Supermarkets Than In Supercenters
Consumers Paid Less for Grocery Store Foods in 2016 Than in 2015
Consumers Show Strong Brand Loyalty in Cheese Purchases
Consumers Willing To Pay a Premium for Organic Produce
Consumers and the Future of Biotech Foods in the United States
Consumers’ Response to the 2006 Foodborne Illness Outbreak Linked to Spinach
Consumption of Carbonated Soft Drinks
Contract Use Continues to Expand
Contracting Expands for Field Crops
Contracting Takes Over Flue-Cured Tobacco Sales
Converging Forces: Too Many Tasty Foods, No Time for Exercise
Converging Patterns in Global Food Consumption and Food Delivery Systems
Coping With Risk in Agriculture
Corn Records Near Record High, But What About Food Costs?
Corn and Soybean Farmers Combine Futures, Options, and Marketing Contracts To Manage Financial Risks
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Transformed the U.S. Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape
Cost of Infant Formula for the WIC Program Rising
Cost-Effective Strategies for Reducing Cropland Nutrient Deliveries to the Gulf of Mexico
Counting India’s Food Insecure Is Complicated
County Typology Team
County-Level Data Show Changes in the Number and Concentration of Food Stores
Cracking Open China’s Wheat Import Quota
Creating Markets for Environmental Stewardship: Potential Benefits and Problems
Creating Rural Wealth: A New Lens for Rural Development Efforts
Crop Genetic Diversity Boosts Productivity But Faces Threats
Crop Genetic Resources May Play an Increasing Role in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change
Crop Outlook Reflects Near-Term Prices and Longer Term Market Trends
Cropland Concentrating Faster Where Payments Are Higher
Cropland Consolidation and the Future of Family Farms
Cropland Use
Current Indicators of Farm Sector Financial Health
Current Indicators on Rural America
Customized Agricultural Resource Management Survey Data on ERS Website
DO CHANGING RETAIL MARKETS MEAN HIGHER FOOD PRICES?
Data Linkages Shed Light on Older USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participants’ Health
Data Track the Expansion of International and U.S. Organic Farming
Dead Zone in the Gulf: Addressing Agriculture's Contribution
Debt Landscape for U.S. Farms Has Shifted
Declines in Pollinator Forage Suitability Were Concentrated in the Midwest, the Over-Summering Grounds for Many Honeybees
Decoupled Payments and Farm Sector Models
Dedicating Agricultural Land to Energy Crops Would Shift Land Use
Defining Rural Areas Based on New County Classifications
Defining the "Rural" in Rural America
Demand Factors Key To Measuring Trade Impacts of Country of Origin Labeling
Demand for Farm Credit Expands, But Farm Lenders Remain Cautious
Demand for Grain-Based Foods
Designing an Effective Rural Development Strategy
Despite Elevated Loss Rate Since 2006, U.S. Honey Bee Colony Numbers Are Stable
Despite Higher Food Prices, Percent of U.S. Income Spent on Food Remains Constant
Despite Improvements in International Food Security, Nutritional Adequacy of Diets Falls Short of Targets in Many Countries
Despite Katrina, Overall Food Prices Stable
Despite Katrina, Overall Food Prices Stable
Despite Profit Potential, Organic Field Crop Acreage Remains Low
Despite Slow Growth From 2005 to 2015, Independent Grocery Stores Remain Important for Rural Communities
Developing Alternatives to Antibiotics Used in Food Animal Production
Developing Countries Dominate World Demand for Agricultural Products
Developing a County-level Measure of Urban Influence
Devolution of Farm Programs Could Broaden States' Role in Ag Policy
Diet Quality Usually Varies by Income Status
Dietary Differences Masked by Averages
Dietary Guidelines Have Encouraged Some Americans To Purchase More Whole-Grain Bread
Differences in Demand Help Shape Meat Trade
Differences in Per-Person Food Costs for SNAP and WIC Have Widened Over Time
Different Measures of Food Access Inform Different Solutions
Dimensions of Child Poverty in Rural Areas
Direct Payments Can Influence Farmers’ Production Decisions
Disabilities in the U.S. Farm Population
Disability Is an Important Risk Factor for Food Insecurity
Disability Is an Important Risk Factor for Food Insecurity
Distance to Grocery Stores and Vehicle Access Influence Food Spending by Low-Income Households at Convenience Stores
Diverse Labor Force Attracts New Food Processing Plants
Do Farm Programs Encourage Native Grassland Losses?
Do Food Industry Mergers and Acquisitions Affect Wages and Employment?
Do Food Labels Make a Difference? Sometimes
Do Local Food Stamp Offices Improve Access for the Working Poor?
Do Tariff-Rate Quotas Function as Intended by the World Trade Organization?
Donna Roberts
Double Cropping by U.S. Farmers Varies Over Time and Regionally
Dried Distillers Grains (DDGs) Have Emerged as a Key Ethanol Coproduct
Driven by Almonds, Pollination Services Now Exceed Honey as a Source of Beekeeper Revenue
Drought is a recurring risk faced by agricultural producers
Drought is a recurrng risk faced by agricultural producers
Drought triggers crop insurance indemnity payments... in some areas
Drought-Tolerant Corn in the United States: Research, Commercialization, and Related Crop Production Practices
Dynamics of Agricultural Competitiveness: Policy Lessons From Abroad
EQIP funds vary by ERS Region
ERS Awards Grants for Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management
ERS Awards Grants for Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management
ERS China Team
ERS Contributions to Understanding Obesity Recognized
ERS Food Availability Data Look at Consumption in Three Ways
ERS Food Dollar Series Allows an Indepth Look at Farm Level Components of the U.S. Food Dollar
ERS Hosts Meeting on Organic Sector Data
ERS Hosts Water Resources Research Coordinating Committee
ERS Innovates as It Expands Distance Learning Ventures With Minority-Serving Institutions
ERS Launches Invasive Species Initiative
ERS Modeling Shows Most Farm Estates Would Have No Change in Capital Gains Tax Liability Under Proposed Changes
ERS Research on Biotech Crops Informs Policies Abroad
ERS Summer Interns
ERS Supports Pacific Economic Cooperation Council
ERS Tracks Meat Prices at the Retail, Wholesale, and Farm Levels
ERS and Collaborators Model Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks
ERS-Funded Eating and Health Module Paints Fuller Picture of How Much Time Americans Spend Eating
ERS’s Food Consumption and Nutrient Intake Data—Tools for Assessing Americans’ Diets
ERS’s Food Loss Data Help Inform the Food Waste Discussion
ERS’s SNAP Distribution Schedule Database Allows for New Research on Program Impacts
ERS’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Policy Index Captures State Differences in Program Administration
ERS’s Updated Food Access Research Atlas Shows an Increase in Low-Income and Low-Supermarket Access Areas in 2015
EU and U.S. Organic Markets Face Strong Demand Under Different Policies
Easier Access to More Data
Eating Better at School: Can New Policies Improve Children’s Food Choices?
Eating Out Increases Daily Calorie Intake
Economic Cost of Major Foodborne Illnesses Increased $2 Billion From 2013 to 2018
Economic Costs of Campylobacter
Economic Effects of Animal Diseases linked to Trade Dependency
Economic Implications of Increased Breastfeeding Rates in WIC
Economic Measurement, Methodology, and Policy
Economic Recovery: Lessons Learned From Previous Recessions
Economic Research Helps Manage Invasive Species
Economic Responses Offset Potential Climate Change Impacts on Global Agriculture
Economic Risks of Soybean Rust in the U.S. Vary by Region
Economic and Financial Conditions Bode Well for U.S. Agriculture
Economics in the Farm Bill Conservation Title?
Economics of the Food and Fiber System
Education and Local Economic Development
Education and Rural Communities
Education as a Rural Development Strategy
Education as a Rural Development Strategy
Education in Rural Areas
Education's Role in the Metro-Nonmetro Earnings Divide
Educational Attainment a Key Factor in Rural Patient Uptake of Telehealth Activities
Effect of Media on Consumer Demand for Lean Finely Textured Beef Muted
Effects of Animal Diseases on Trade
Effects of Changes in SNAP Benefits on Food Security
Effects of Invasive Species on U.S. Agriculture
Effects of Invasive Species on U.S. Agriculture
Effects of Large-Scale Hog Production on Local Labor Markets
Effects of U.S. Wind Power Development on County-Level Income and Employment
Effects of USDA's Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health
Egg Price Impacts of the 2014-15 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreak
Emergency Food Assistance
Emergency Food Assistance Reaches Hurricane Victims
Emergency Food Providers Supplement Federal Aid
Emergency Providers Help Poor Households Put Food on the Table
Emphasis Shifts in U.S. Agri-Environmental Policy
Emphasis Shifts in U.S. Conservation Policy
Emphasis Shifts in U.S. Conservation Policy
Employment: Nonmetro employment still has not recovered from Great Recession
Energy Consumption and Production in Agriculture
Energy Development’s Impacts on Rural Employment Growth
Energy Policies Could Drive Ethanol Trade
Environmental Credit Trading: Can Farming Benefit?
Environmental Credit Trading: Can Farming Benefit?
Environmental Review of Free Trade Agreements
Estimating Consumption of Caloric Sweeteners
Estimating Export Share of U.S. Agricultural Production
Estimating Food Access and Food Gaps in Low-Income Countries
Estimating U.S. Cropland Area
Estimating U.S. Cropland Area
Estimating the Raw-Fiber Equivalent of U.S. Cotton Textile and Apparel Imports
Ethanol Reduces Government Support for U.S. Feed Grain Sector
Ethanol Reduces Government Support for U.S. Feed Grain Sector
Ethanol Reshapes the Corn Market
Ethanol Reshapes the Corn Market
Ethanol Strengthens the Link Between Agriculture and Energy Markets
Ethyl Alcohol Becomes a Global Commodity
European Union Adopts Significant Farm Reform
European Union Food Regulations and Standards
Evaluating the Resource Cost and Transferability of Brazil’s Cerrado Agricultural “Miracle”
Examining Consolidation in U.S. Agriculture
Examining Exchange Rates
Examining Farm Sector and Farm Household Income
Examining Southeast Asia's Dynamic Agricultural Markets
Exemptions to Methyl Bromide Ban
Exemptions to Methyl Bromide Ban
Expanding Craft Beer Production Boosts Industrial Use of Barley
Expanding Demand for Organic Foods Brings Changes in Marketing
Expansion in Direct Payments Did Not Lead to More Crop Production
Experience Counts: Farm Business Survival in the U.S.
Exploring the Diversity of Rural America Through Interactive Mapping
Extension Faces Challenges Entering Its Second Century
Extreme Poverty Counties Found Solely in Rural Areas in 2018
FIVE A DAY?
FRANCIS JOSEPH MARSCHNER
Factors Affecting Food Production Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Family Farm Households Reap Benefits in Working Off the Farm
Family Farming in the United States
Family Farms Come in All Sizes
Farm Act’s Regional Equity Provision May Entail Conservation Tradeoffs
Farm Bill Analysis Team
Farm Bill Analysis Team
Farm Bill Income Cap for Program Payment Eligibility Affects Few Farms
Farm Businesses Well-Positioned Financially, Despite Rising Debt
Farm Employment
Farm Financial Position Expected to Remain Strong Despite a Forecast Drop in 2014 Income
Farm Households Divide Their Time Between On-Farm and Off-Farm Labor
Farm Income Estimates Team
Farm Income Estimates and Forecasts
Farm Income Expected To Increase While Net Worth Declines in 2010
Farm Income Expected to Decline in 2009
Farm Income Forecast To Remain High in 2013
Farm Income Less Important to Most Corn Farm Households
Farm Milk Components and Their Use Among Dairy Products Have Shifted Over Time
Farm Operators No Longer Have Lower Levels of Educational Attainment
Farm Operators Owned $19.1 Billion in Oil and Gas Rights, Which Generated $3.8 Billion in Payments in 2014
Farm Operators Turn to Energy-Saving Practices
Farm Payments
Farm Poverty Lowest in U.S. History
Farm Production Practices To Preserve Non-Genetically Engineered Product Markets
Farm Program Changes Could Affect Environmental Compliance Incentives
Farm Programs, Natural Amenities, and Rural Development
Farm Sector Liquidity Forecast to Decline in 2021
Farm Size Behind Regional Differences in Hog Output and Productivity
Farm and Rural Economies Face Challenges
Farm operator household income by source compared with all U.S. household income, 1960-2004
Farm output is up but energy intensity is down
Farm population as a share of total U.S. population
Farm population as a share of total U.S. population
Farm to Fork Initiative to Restrict European Union Agricultural Inputs May Increase Food Prices, Further Global Food Insecurity
Farmers Balance Off-Farm Work and Technology Adoption
Farmers Develop Strategies To Reduce Energy Input Costs
Farmers Employ Strategies To Reduce Risk of Drought Damages
Farmers' Markets Concentrated in Metro Counties
Farmland Owners Designate Base Acres to Maximize Payments
Farmland Preservation Programs: Another Tool for Managing Urban Growth?
Farmland Retirement's Impact on Rural Growth
Farmland Retirement’s Impact on Rural Growth
Farmland Values on the Rise: 2000-2010
Feature, "The NAFTA Countries Build on Free Trade"
Federal Commodity Programs Price Loss Coverage and Agriculture Risk Coverage Address Price and Yield Risks Faced by Producers
Federal Crop Insurance Is Associated With Higher Levels of Short-Term Farm Debt
Federal Estate Taxes Affecting Fewer Farmers but the Future Is Uncertain
Federal Funding for Rural America: Who Gets What?
Federal Funding in Rural America Goes Far Beyond Agriculture
Federal Income Tax Reform and the Potential Effects on Farm Households
Federal Support for Nutrition Research Trends Upward as USDA Share Declines
Fee Hunting May Boost Farm Income, Wildlife Habitat
Feed Grains Database Redesigned
Feeding Children After School: The Expanding Role of USDA Child Nutrition Programs
Feeding Children When School Is Out
Feeding Children When School Is Out
Fertilizer Rates Increase in the Top 10 Hog States, But Excess Nutrient Levels Are Falling
Few Farms Participate in the Vegetable Planting Pilot Program
Fewer Farms on Reservations Join Conservation Program, But Make Larger Conservation Investments
Fewer households had difficulty putting enough food on the table in 2005
Fifty Years of U.S. Food Aid and Its Role in Reducing World Hunger
Financial Assistance to Farmers Is Evolving
Financial Risks and Incomes in Contract Broiler Production
Five Decades of Price Swings for Food and Other Consumer Spending Categories
Five Years of Population Loss in Rural and Small-Town America May Be Ending
Flour Imports Help Afghanistan Meet Its Growing Food Needs
Fluctuating Food Commodity Prices: A Complex Issue With No Easy Answers
Focusing on Variety
Follow the Food Dollars
Following Dietary Guidance Need Not Cost More—But Many Americans Would Need To Re-Allocate Their Food Budgets
Food Assistance Program Connects Low-Income Seniors with Fresh Farm Produce
Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program
Food Assistance: How Strong Is the Safety Net?
Food Assistance: How Strong Is the Safety Net?
Food Commodity Cost Pass-Through to Food Prices Not Uniform
Food Consumption Data Under Review
Food Consumption and Nutrient Intakes Data Product Shines a Light on U.S. Diets
Food Insecurity Among Children Declined to Pre-Recession Levels in 2015
Food Insecurity Among Children Has Declined Overall But Remains High for Some Groups
Food Insecurity Increased in Most States From 2001 to 2011
Food Insecurity Less Prevalent in Canada Than in the United States
Food Insecurity More Common for Households With Nonstandard Work Arrangements
Food Insecurity Rates Are Relatively High for Participants in Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistance Programs
Food Insecurity Up in Recessionary Times
Food Insecurity and Hispanic Diversity
Food Insecurity in Households With Children Increased in 2008
Food Insecurity in U.S. Households Rarely Persists Over Many Years
Food Insecurity to Increase in 2021 at a Higher Rate in Lower Income Countries
Food Loss: Why Food Stays On the Farm or Off the Market
Food Loss—Questions About the Amount and Causes Still Remain
Food Pantries Provide Emergency Food to More Than One-Quarter of Food-Insecure Households
Food Pantry Use Increased in 2020 for Most Types of U.S. Households
Food Policy and Productivity Key to India Outlook
Food Policy: Check the List of Ingredients
Food Price Inflation Has Outpaced Economy-Wide Inflation in Recent Years
Food Price Transmissions From Farm to Retail
Food Prices—Taking the Long-Term View
Food Product Introductions Continue To Set Records
Food Retailers Adjust Private-Label Prices as Costs and Consumer Demand Change
Food Safety Costs for Farms Vary Across Commodities Due to Differences in Farm Size
Food Safety Improvements Underway in China
Food Safety and Trade: Regulations, Risks, and Reconciliation
Food Security of SNAP Recipients Improved Following the 2009 Stimulus Package
Food Spending Adjustments During Recessionary Times
Food Spending Depends on Age and Income
Food Spending by U.S. Consumers Fell Almost 8 Percent in 2020
Food Spending of Middle-Income Households Hardest Hit by the Great Recession
Food Stamp Benefits Provide Fiscal Stimulus
Food Stamp Participation Up in 2003
Food Stamp Program Boosts Farm Income and Jobs
Food Stamps Reduce the Depth and Severity of Child Poverty
Food Stamps and Child Poverty
Food Stamps and Obesity: Ironic Twist or Complex Puzzle?
Food Stamps and Obesity: What We Know and What It Means
Food Taxes Linked With Spending Habits of Lower Income Households
Food Traceability: One Ingredient in a Safe and Efficient Food Supply
Food and Nutrient Intake Data: Taking a Look at the Nutritional Quality of Foods Eaten at Home and Away From Home
Food and Nutrition Research Small Grants Conference
Food-Insecure Households Score Lower on Diet Quality Compared to Food-Secure Households
Food-Insecure Households Spend Less and Acquire Less Food Per Week Than Food-Secure Households
FoodAPS Data Now Available to the General Public
For Beginning Farmers, Business Survival Rates Increase With Scale and With Direct Sales to Consumers
For Most Meat and Poultry Plants, Federally Mandated Controls Are Just the Starting Point for Food Safety
For Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Households, Fruit and Vegetable Affordability Is Partly a Question of Budgeting
For the Second Time in 25 Years, Annual U.S. Food Spending Declined in 2020
Forecasting Retail Food Prices in 2006
Former Soviet Union Region To Play Larger Role in Meeting World Wheat Needs
Former Welfare Recipients Affect Economic Growth and Wages
Foundation Giving to Rural Areas in the United States Is Disproportionately Low
Francis Joseph Marschner: USDA Geographer
Free Fruit and Vegetable Snacks a Big Hit in Schools
Free Meal Sites Expanded Rapidly To Provide Meals to Children During the Early Months of the Pandemic
Free School Lunch, Breakfast Participation Rose Between 2009 and 2019
Free-Trade Agreements: New Trade Opportunities for Horticulture
Fresh Blueberry Supplies Expand as U.S. Consumers Develop a Taste for Year-Round Blueberries
Fresh Fruit Makes Up a Growing Share of U.S. Fruit Availability
Fresh Vegetables and Salty Snacks Cost More in Urban Locales
From Supply Push to Demand Pull: Agribusiness Strategies for Today's Consumers
Fruit Availability on the Rise
Fruit and Vegetable Snacks in Schools
Fruit and Vegetable Snacks in Schools
Fruit and Vegetables in the Limelight
Fruit and Vegetables in the Limelight
Fruit and vegetable availability up 20 percent since 1970
Fuel for Food: Energy Use in the U.S. Food System
Full Throttle U.S. Ethanol Expansion Faces Challenges Down the Road
Future Food Consumption
Future Food Expenditures
Future of Our Food & Farms Summit
Future of Preferential Trade Programs Concerns Developing Countries
Gap in Obesity Rates Between Low- and High-Income Children Widens With Age
Gathering Experimental Evidence To Improve the Design of Agricultural Programs
Gauging Farmers' Responses to New Farm Programs
Gauging Farmers’ Responses to New Farm Programs
Genetically Engineered Crop Varieties Gain Further Acreage Share in 2004
Geographic Distribution of Acres Enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is Stable
Geographic Distribution of Government Payments as a Proportion of Gross Cash Income From Farming
Geographic Distribution of Government Payments as a Proportion of Gross Cash Income from Farming
Geographic Information System Analysis Team
Global Agriculture and the Doha Round: Market Access Is the Key
Global Consumer Markets Team
Global Economic Crisis Threatens Food Security in Lower Income Countries
Global Food Markets
Global Food Security Team
Global Food Security Team
Global Hunger At Its Roots
Global Market Opportunities Drive Beef Production Decisions in Argentina and Uruguay
Global Production Shortfalls Bring Record Wheat Prices
Global Trade in Fuits and Vegetables Brings Variety to the Nation's Grocery Stores
Globalization and Restructuring in Rural America
Gobbling Up Snacks: Cause or Potential Cure for Childhood Obesity?
Going With the Grain: Consumers Responding to New Dietary Guidelines
Got Data? Multiple Data Souces Track U.S. Food Consumption
Got Milk? Implications of Generational and Aging Effects
Government Commodity Payments Continue To Shift to Larger Farms, Higher Income Households
Grain Exports from the Black Sea: How Large?
Grain Prices Impact Entire Livestock Production Cycle
Grass Cover Crops, Such as Rye and Winter Wheat, Are the Most Common Cover Crops Used Before Planting Corn, Soybeans, and Cotton
Grassroots Innovation Widespread in Rural Areas and Concentrated in Manufacturing
Greasing the Wheels of the Marketplace
Greater Heat Stress From Climate Change Could Lower Dairy Productivity
Green Payments: Can Conservation and Commodity Programs Be Combined?
Green Payments: Can Income and Conservation Payments Be Combined
Green Payments: Can Income and Conservation Payments Be Combined?
Greenbelts? Not Without Greenbacks
Greenhouse and Nursery Industry Cash Receipts Growing Rapidly
Greenhouse and Nursery Production Concentrated in Warmer States
Grocery Store Prices Rose for the First Time in 3 Years in 2018
Growing Beef Consumption in Japan Could Benefit U.S. Producers
Growing Crops for Biofuels has Spillover Effects
Growing Farm Size and the Distribution of Commodity Program Payments
Growing More With Less Cropland
Growth Patterns in the U.S. Organic Industry
Growth in Agricultural Productivity Limits Price Increases
Growth in Global Agricultural Productivity: An Update
Growth in Inflation-Adjusted Food Prices Varies by Food Category
Growth in Meat Consumption for Developing and Emerging Economies Surpasses That for the Developed World
Growth in Postwar Agriculture: The Key Role of Productivity
Growth in Postwar Agriculture: The Key Role of Productivity
Growth in Quick-Service Restaurants Outpaced Full-Service Restaurants in Most U.S. Counties
Growth in U.S. Dairy Product Exports to Southeast Asia Depends on Competition With Other Major Dairy Exporters
Growth of Hispanics in Rural Workforce
Growth of Older Population Slows in Rural Areas
Guess Who’s Turning 100? Tracking a Century of American Eating
HAVE SEED INDUSTRY CHANGES AFFECTED RESEARCH EFFORT?
HELIOS Awards--2005
HIGH-VALUE FOODS
Half of Farm Expenditures Are Spent Locally
Have Conservation Compliance Incentives Reduced Soil Erosion?
Health Care Expenditures of Self-Employed Farm Households
Health Insurance as a New Indicator of Farm Households' Well-Being
Healthy Foods Not Necessarily More Expensive Than Less Healthy Foods
Healthy Restaurant Destination? Just Think Twice
Healthy Vegetables Undermined by the Company They Keep
High RIN Prices Suggest Market Factors Likely To Constrain Future U.S. Ethanol Expansion
High-Fructose Corn Syrup Usage May Be Leveling Off
High-Poverty Schools Are More Likely To Adopt the Community Eligibility Provision of the USDA School Meal Programs
Higher Carbon Prices Could Spur Adoption of Methane Digesters
Higher Corn Returns Changes Corn Farm Dynamics
Higher Food Prices Can Take a Bite Out of SNAP Benefits
Higher Food Prices Mean Higher Rates of Food Insecurity for SNAP Participants
Higher Incomes and Greater Time Constraints Lead to Purchasing More Convenience Foods
Higher Vehicle Exclusions and Asset Limits in SNAP May Encourage Asset Accumulation Among Low-Income Households
Hired Farm Labor Held Steady in Great Recession
Hired Farmworkers a Major Input For Some U.S. Farm Sectors
Hispanics Contribute to Increasing Diversity in Rural America
Hispanics Find a Home in Rural America
Hispanics in Rural America
Historical Analysis of MPP-Dairy Suggests Limited Impact on Average Margins but Considerable Potential for Risk Reduction
Hog Contracts Signal Producers To Improve Quality
Hog Operations Increasingly Large, More Specialized
Hog Spot Market Prices Not Strongly Associated With Production Contracts
Hold the Fries:Older Americans and Food Choices
Home Financing: Rural-Urban Differences
Hope for Hemp: New Opportunities and Challenges for an Old Crop
Household Food Insecurity Varies by State
Household-Level Data Might Not Accurately Characterize Food Insecurity: Evidence From Bangladesh
Households Purchase More Produce and Low-Fat Dairy at Supermarkets, Supercenters, and Warehouse Club Stores
How Americans Quench Their Thirsts
How Are Changing Preferences Affecting World Food Markets?
How Can Time-Use Data Be Used?
How Do Decoupled Payments Affect Resource Allocations Within the Farm Sector?
How Do Decoupled Payments Affect Resource Allocations Within the Farm Sector?
How Do Households Respond to Rising Food Prices in Developing Countries?
How Do Households, Sectors, and Countries Adjust to Policy Change?
How Do Mass Marketers Affect Food Prices?
How Do U.S. Farmers Plan for Retirement?
How Does Farmland Retirement Affect Rural Counties
How Does Fast Food Fare In Urban Areas?
How Does the Public Value Farmland?
How Is Land in the United States Used? A Focus on Agricultural Land
How Is Rural Hispanic Growth Affecting Rural Public Schools?
How Low-Income Households Economize on Groceries
How Many U.S. Households Face Hunger…and How Often?
How Much Time Do Americans Spend Eating?
How Much Time Do Americans Spend Preparing and Eating Food?
How Much U.S. Meat Comes From Foreign Sources?
How Rural Areas Differ
How Rural Areas Differ: The New ERS County Typology
How Tightly Has China Embraced Market Reforms in Agriculture?
How Will New Dietary Guidelines Affect Agriculture?
How a Nation's Income Growth Affects Its Food Consumption Patterns
How the Removal of Tariffs Would Impact Agricultural Trade
Hurricane Irma Hits Florida’s Agricultural Sector
Hypoxia in the Gulf: Addressing Agriculture’s Contribution
Identifying Federal Farm Programs’ Potential Overlaps
Illuminating SNAP Performance Using the Power of Administrative Data
Immigration Policy and Its Possible Effects on U.S. Agriculture
Impact of Oil Prices on Produce Prices Depends on Route and Mode of Transportation
Impacts of Tobacco Program Elimination
Impacts of the Value-Added Producer Grant Program on Business Outcomes
Imported Greenhouse Tomatoes From Mexico Illustrate the Growing Diversity in Fresh-Market Tomatoes
Imports of Many Fruits and Vegetables Dominated By Few Source Countries
Improvements in Pesticide Data
Improving Air and Water Quality Can Be Two Sides of the Same Coin
Improving Air and Water Quality Can Be Two Sides of the Same Coin
Improving Efficiency of Farmland Preservation Programs
Improving Food Choices-Can Food Stamps Do More?
Improving Food Choices—Can Food Stamps Do More?
Improving Water-Use Efficiency Remains a Challenge for U.S. Irrigated Agriculture
In Recent Years, Most Expiring Land in the Conservation Reserve Program Returned to Crop Production
In the Long Run
In the Long Run
In the Long Run
In the Long Run: Share of Food Spending by Source
Incentives to Retire Water Rights Have Reduced Stress on the High Plains Aquifer
Incidence of Absent Landlords Has Little Effect on U.S. Agriculture Real Estate Values, Research Shows
Income Growth in Developing Countries Can Increase U.S. Agricultural Exports
Income Source Matters in Farm Household Spending
Income Volatility Complicates Food Assistance
Income Volatility Is Rising, With Mixed Effects on Nutrition Assistance Participation
Income an Incomplete Measure of Farm Household Well-Being
Increased Consumer Sensitivity to Food Safety Raised Financial Costs of Ground Beef Recalls
Increased Demand for U.S. Agricultural Exports Would Likely Lead to More U.S. Jobs
Increased SNAP Benefits Provide Countercyclical Boost
Increasing Size of Dairy Farms Driven by Declining Production Costs
India Continues To Grapple With Food Insecurity
India Emerges as a Major Beef Exporter
India and U.S. Could Gain from Liberalizing Oilseed Trade
Indian Cotton Yield Gains Could Limit Imports
Indian Sugar Market More Volatile
India’s Agricultural Growth Propellers
Indicators Highlight Links Between Agricultural Resources and the Environment
Indonesian Agricultural Growth Leads to Increased Trade and Food Security
Infant Formula Costs to the WIC Program Fall
Infant Formula Manufacturers Offer Large Rebates to Win WIC Contracts
Inflation and Higher Food Prices Kept Food Insecurity Rates Relatively High After the 2007-09 Recession
Information Sways Consumer Attitudes Toward Biotech Foods
Information Sways Consumers' Attitudes Towards Biotech Foods
Informing Food and Nutrition Assistance Policy
Innovation Can Make Rural Manufacturers More Resilient
Insidious Consumption: Surprising Factors That Influence What We Eat and How Much
Integrating Conservation and Commodity Program Payments: A Look at the Tradeoffs
Integration of North American Agriculture
Integration of the Food Supply Chain
Interagency Group Discusses the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
International Food Security Assessment, 2017-2027
International Food Security Assessment: Past Progress and Prospects Through 2025
International Food Security Expected To Improve, But Regional Differences Persist
International Food Security to Improve by 2030; COVID-19 Related Income Declines in 2020 Temper Overall Improvement
International Trade, Biofuel Initiatives Reshaping the Soybean Sector
International Trade, Biofuel Initiatives Reshaping the Soybean Sector
Internet on the Range
Investigating Temporal Effects on Measured SNAP Participation Rates
Investigating the Time Use Patterns of Obese Americans
Irradiation of Produce Imports: Small Inroads, Big Obstacles
Irrigated Acres Up, Water Application Rate Trending Down
Irrigation Organizations Use Conveyance Infrastructure To Deliver Water to Irrigated Farms and Ranches
Irrigation, Water Conservation, and Farm Size in the Western United States
Is Carbon Sequestration Economically Feasible?
Is Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture Economically Feasible?
Is India a Potential Market for U.S. Agriculture?
Is Japan Ready for Competition in Its Ag Markets?
Is U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth Slowing?
Issues in Food Assistance
It’s in the Genes: Comparing Dairy Bulls’ Ability To Transmit Traits to Their Daughters
Japan, Vietnam, and the Asian Model of Agricultural Development and Trade
Japanese Beef Imports by Exporting Source and the Impacts of Tariff Reforms
Jayachandran N. Variyam
Jim Blaylock
Jim Johnson & Farm Sector Performance and Well-Being Branch
Jim McDonald
Job Losses Higher in Manufacturing Counties
Juries Award Higher Amounts for Severe Foodborne Illnesses
KEEPING UP WITH OBESITY RESEARCH
Kathy Augustine
Keeping Agricultural Market Access Data Current
Keeping Up With Data Developments
Keeping Up with Obesity Research
Labor-Intensive U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Industry Competes in a Global Market
Land Acquisition and Transfer in U.S. Agriculture
Land Degredation and Agricultural Productivity
Land Retirement Programs May Induce Enduring Land-Use Changes
Land Retirement and Working-land Conservation Structures: A Look at Farmers’ Choices
Land Retirement and Working-land Conservation Structures: A Look at Farmers’ Choices
Land Use Can Play Critical Role in Controlling Global Warming
Land Use Change
Land Use Change
Large Family Farms Continue To Dominate U.S. Agricultural Production
Larger Farms and Younger Farmers Are More Vulnerable to Financial Stress
Larger Farms, Environmental Policy Affecting Manure Management
Lasting Influence of BSE on U.S. Protein Feed Markets
Latest Indicators Point to Continued Strength of Farm Finances
Leslie A. Whitener
Less Eating Out, Improved Diets, and More Family Meals in the Wake of the Great Recession
Less Than 1 Percent of Farm Estates Owed Federal Estate Taxes in 2020
Let's Eat Out: Full-Service or Fast Food?
Lettuce Help: USDA data on shipments of romaine lettuce can inform foodborne illness outbreak investigations and public health advisories
Liberalizing World Trade in Textiles and Apparel
Limited Base Acre Provision in the 2008 Farm Act Yields Small Budgetary Savings
Linking Administrative and Survey Data Provides a More Complete Picture of Whether SNAP Benefits Reach the Poorest Households
Linking Federal Food Intake Surveys Provides a More Accurate Look at Eating Out Trends
Livestock Forage Disaster Program Payments Increase in 2014
Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy—an Effective Risk Management Tool?
Livestock and Meat Trade: A Look at the Effects of BSE
Local Food Sales Continue to Grow Through a Variety of Marketing Channels
Local Food Supply Chains Use Diverse Business Models To Satisfy Demand
Local Foods Marketing Channels Encompass a Wide Range of Producers
Local Foods and Farm Business Survival and Growth
Local Labor Market Conditions Impact Participation in USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Long-Lived Tobacco Program to End
Long-Term Agricultural Productivity Growth Lowers Agricultural Commodity Prices, Short-Term Productivity Changes Contribute to Price Variability
Long-Term Prospects for Agriculture Reflect Growing Demand for Food, Fiber, and Fuel
Long-Term Response to Water Scarcity in California
Long-Term U.S. Agricultural Outlook Affected Broadly by Uncertainty of China’s Markets
Low Costs Drive Production to Large Dairy Farms
Low Earnings But Steady Job Growth in Low-Employment Counties
Low Growth in Corn Yields Has Dragged Down Sub-Saharan African Corn Production
Low Wholesale Turkey Prices in 2017 Should Translate to Lower Costs for Consumers This Thanksgiving
Low-Income Areas With Low Supermarket Access Increased in Urban Areas, But Not in Rural Areas, Between 2010 and 2015
Low-Income Countries Are Most Responsive to Income and Food Price Changes
Low-Income Households Spend Less on Food
Low-Income Households Spend Less on Fruits and Vegetables
Low-Skill Jobs: A Shrinking Share of the Rural Economy
Low-Skill Work Takes a Smaller Share of Rural Employment
Low-Skill Workers Are a Declining Share of All Rural Workers
Lower Conventional Corn Prices and Strong Demand for Organic Livestock Feed Spurred Increased U.S. Organic Corn Production in 2016
Lower Income Households Spent Additional Income on Foods Other Than Fruit and Vegetables
Lowering the Income Cap for Farm Payments Would Affect Few Farmers
Major Changes in Export Flows Over the Last Decade Show the U.S. Is Losing Market Share in Global Grain Trade
Major Factors Affecting Global Soybean and Products Trade Projections
Mali’s Rural-Urban Gap in Food Security Vanished Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic
Managing Environmental Risk at the Rural-Urban Fringe
Managing Glyphosate Resistance May Sustain Its Efficacy and Increase Long-Term Returns to Corn and Soybean Production
Managing Manure
Managing Risk With Revenue Insurance
Managing Risk With Revenue Insurance
Managing the Costs of Reducing Agriculture’s Footprint on the Chesapeake Bay
Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling--Will It Benefit Consumers?
Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling: Will It Benefit Consumers?
Manure Management: A Growing Challenge in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Manure Management: A Growing Challenge in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Many Counties Have Both Outmigration and Natural Decline
Many Factors Influence Overweight and Obesity
Many Forces Reshaping Global Textile and Cotton Markets
Many U.S. School Districts Serve Local Foods
Mapping Food Deserts in the U.S.
Mapping Population and Economic Trends in Rural and Small-Town America
Marc Ribaudo
Margriet Caswell
Mark Gehlhar & Anita Regmi
Market Analysis Program Innovators Team
Market Failures: When the Invisible Hand Gets Shaky
Market Incentives Raise Food Safety Bar
Market Potential for U.S. Distillers' Grains Exceeds Likely Supply Growth
Market Share Affects Price Differences Between Discount and Traditional Food Retailers
Marketing Costs and Margins in International Trade
Marketing Could Boost the U.S. Sheep Industry
Marketing Loans Induced Acreage Expansion in U.S. Dry Peas
Marketing and Production Contracts Are Widely Used in U.S. Agriculture
Measures of Farm Household Well-Being Tell Different Stories
Measures of Trends in Farm Size Tell Differing Stories
Measuring Access to Food in Tanzania: A Food Basket Approach
Measuring America’s Cheese Consumption
Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger
Measuring U.S. Household Food Security
Measuring the Burden of Global Foodborne Disease From Animal and Fish Sources
Measuring the Importance of Exports to U.S. Agriculture
Measuring the Importance of Trade
Measuring the Success of Conservation Programs
Measuring the Success of Conservation Programs
Meat Price Spreads
Meat-Processing Firms Attract Hispanic Workers to Rural America
Meeting Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Recommendations Will Impact Agriculture
Mergers and Competition in Seed and Agricultural Chemical Markets
Mergers in Seeds and Agricultural Chemicals: What Happened?
Methyl Bromide Phaseout Proceeds: Users Request Exemptions
Mexico Emerges as an Exporter of Beef to the United States
Mexico's Corn Industries and U.S.-Mexico Corn Trade
Michael Roberts and Nigel Key
Middle-Income Countries Drive U.S. Agricultural Trade
Milestones in U.S. Farming and Farm Policy
Milk Production shifts West
Million-Dollar Farms Dominate Production of Some Commodities
Mitch Morehart
Mitigating Climate Change: Opportunities for Farmers
Model Captures the Interation Between Agriculture and the Environment
Modest Improvement in Nonmetro Population Change During the Decade Masks Larger Geographic Shifts
Monitoring Trends in Retail Prices and Farm Shares of Food Products
Monthly Timing of SNAP Spending Less Smooth for Some Households
More Americans Relied on Food Assistance During Recession
More Americans Spend More Time in Food-Related Activities Than a Decade Ago
More Households Had Difficulty Meeting Their Food Needs
More Information on Production Practices
More Microloans Issued in Regions With Higher Concentrations of Small Farms and Beginning Farmers, Women, and Minorities
More Women Turning to Horse Farming
Most Global Foodborne Illness From Animal-Source Foods Can Be Traced to Six Pathogens
Most Infant Formula Purchased Through WIC
Most Low Education Counties Are in the Nonmetro South
Most Recent Recession Doubled Share of SNAP Households Receiving Unemployment Insurance
Most U.S. Households Do Their Main Grocery Shopping at Supermarkets and Supercenters Regardless of Income
Much Like Other Americans, Veterans Would Benefit From Improving the Quality of Their Diets
Multilateralism and Regionalism: Dual Strategies for Trade Reform
NAFTA at 20: With Regional Trade Liberalization Complete, Focus Shifts to Other Methods of Deepening Economic Integration
NAFTA's Liberalization of Corn Trade Approaches the Finish Line
NONTRADITIONAL EXPORTERS INCREASE ROLE IN WHEAT MARKET
National School Lunch Program Feeds 30 Million Children
National School Lunch Program Fills Food Assistance Gaps
National School Lunch Program Fills Food Assistance Gaps
National School Lunch Program Participation Up 57 Percent Since 1969
National Surveys Reveal Modest Improvement in the Types of Foods Available in Americans’ Homes
Native Americans Living in Tribal Areas Face Longer Trips to the Grocery Store
Natural Amenities Scale
Natural Gas Extraction Creates Local Jobs in the Short Term
Natural Gas Extraction and Local Economies—No Evidence of a “Natural Resource Curse”
Nearly 14,000 USDA Microloans Issued Between 2013 and 2015
Nearly Half of Sales Come From Million-Dollar Farms
Net Cash Farm Income Trends Over the Past Decade Have Varied By State
Net Farm Income Is Expected To Decline in 2012 But Remain at a Near Record Level
Net Farm and Net Cash Income Forecast Below 10-Year Moving Average for First Time Since 2009
New "growing" pains?
New ARMS Online Data Tool Allows Users To More Easily Access, Analyze, and Compare Farm Statistics
New Analysis Reveals Significant Within-State Variation in SNAP Participation Rates
New Approaches Boost Food Stamp Participation by Elderly People
New Data Linkages Provide Healthfulness Measures for American Grocery Store Sales
New Data on U.S. Food-Away-From-Home Prices Show Geographic and Time Variation
New Database Shows Substantial Geographic Food Price Variation
New ERS Briefing Room on Farm Household Well-being
New ERS Data Product Links Food Availability and Food Intake Data
New Environmental Quality Incentives Program Data
New Evidence Points to Robust But Uneven Productivity Growth in Global Agriculture
New Insights on Metro and Nonmetro Areas
New International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns: A Focus on Cross-Price Effects Based on 2005 International Comparison Program Data
New Loss Estimates Suggest Higher Vegetable and Protein Consumption
New Market Realities Affect Crop Program Choices
New National Menu Labeling Provides Information Consumers Can Use To Help Manage Their Calorie Intake
New Pathogen Tests Trigger Food Safety Innovations
New Pathogen Tests Trigger Food Safety Innovations
New Payment Limits, Lower Income Cap Unlikely To Have Significant Impact
New Phytosanitary Regulations Allow Higher Imports of Avocados
New Regulations Will Inform Consumers About Calories in Restaurant Foods
New State-Level Estimates From ARMS
New State-Level Estimates from ARMS
New Super Stores Slightly Expanded Purchasing Power for Participants in USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
New Survey Results Highlight Variation in Food Safety Practices Prior to the Produce Rule
New Tax Laws Benefit Farmers
New Trade Model
New Traders in Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Futures Markets Scrutinized
New U.S. Food Expenditure Estimates Find Food-Away-From-Home Spending Is Higher Than Previous Estimates
Newly Updated ERS Data Show 2016 Production, Trade Volume, and Per Capita Availability of Vegetables and Pulses
Next-Generation Biofuels: Near-Term Challenges and Implications for Agriculture
Nitrogen Management in Corn Production Appears To Be Improving
No-Till or Strip-Till Use Varies by Region
No-till and Strip-till Are Widely Adopted but Often Used in Rotation With Other Tillage Practices
Nonmetro Areas Showing the Effects of the Economic Downturn
Nonmetro Areas as a Whole Experience First Period of Population Loss
Nonmetro Black Migration Reverses Trends of Earlier Decades
Nonmetro Counties Vary by Urban Size and Metro Proximity
Nonmetro Earnings Lag Metro
Nonmetro Educational Attainment
Nonmetro Labor Markets Remain Soft
Nonmetro Manufacturing Counties Regaining Employment
Nonmetro Population Change
Nonmetro Poverty: Assessing the Effect of the 1990's
Nonmetro county population change, 2000-05: Half grew, half declined
Nonmetro net migration rates
Nonmetro unemployment improves slightly in 2004
Nontraditional Exporters Increase Role in Wheat Markets
North America Moves Toward One Market
North America: One Market, Big Payoffs, Many Challenges
North American Agricultural Policies Compared
North American Greenhouse Tomatoes Emerfy as a Major Market Force
Not All Consumers Are Following Food Safety Advice From Health Officials
November Indicators - Statistics
Number of Food and Beverage Processing Plants Varies Across the United States
Number of Food-Insecure People in Selected Low- and Middle-Income Countries Projected To Fall 45 percent Over Next Decade
Number of People Participating in USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Continues To Fall
Nutrition Education Funding for Food Stamp Participants Rises Sharply
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE GAINING GROUND
Obesity Policy and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Obesity Rates
Obesity and Other Health Concerns Lead Food Companies To Step Up Health and Nutrient Claims
Obesity in the Midst of Unyielding Food Insecurity in Developing Countries
Off-Farm Income a Major Component of Total Income for Most Farm Households in 2019
Oil Booms Can Reduce Lifetime Earnings and Delay Retirement
Oil Prices and Ethanol Demand Drive Changes in Agricultural Commodity Production in Brazil
Older Infants Participating in WIC Are More Likely To Eat Vegetables Than Low-Income Non-Participating Infants
Older Operators Often Run Small Family Farms, Particularly Retirement and Low-Sales Farms
Older Women and Poverty in Rural America
On the Map: Increases in U.S. Poverty Rate Were Highest in the Manufacturing Areas of the Midwest and South
On the Map: The Conservation Challenge for Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture
On the Shoulders of Giants
One Farm, One Operator? Not on the Largest Farms
One in Five Rural Counties Depends on Farming
One in Four Rural Households are Housing Stressed
One-Stop Shopping for Commodity Data
Onfarm Energy Use Fairly Steady in 2001-11, But Share of Production Costs Rose
Online Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Purchasing Grew Substantially in 2020
Onshore Oil and Gas Development in the Lower 48 States: Introducing a County-Level Database of Production for 2000-2011
Opened ARMS
Options for Improving Conservation Programs: Insights From Auction Theory and Economic Experiments
Organic Dairy Sector Evolves To Meet Changing Demand
Organic Farming Expands
Organic Farming Expands
Organic Poultry Gaining in Specialty Market Competition
Organic Price Premiums Remain High
Organic Sector Innovations
Organic and Conventional Apple Orchards Differ in Pest Management But Share Other Attributes
Outbreak Linked to Spinach Forces Reassessment of Food Safety Practices
Ownership and Classification of Agbiotech Patents
Pace and Sources of Nonmetro Population Growth Changing
Painting a More Complete Picture of WIC: How WIC Impacts Nonparticipants
Partially Completed Conservation Contracts Reveal On-Farm Practice Incentives
Participating in SNAP Is Associated With Less Time Spent Eating
Participation in SNAP Varies Across States But Is Generally Decreasing
Participation in USDA's Food Stamp Program varies by State
Patenting and Licensing Are Tools for Technology Transfer
Patterns in FDA Food Import Refusals Highlight Most Frequently Detected Problems
Patterns of Pesticide Use, Exposure, and Toxicity Jointly Determine Impacts on Honeybees and Other Pollinators
Paying for Fruits and Vegetables
Peanut Processing and Sales Hold Steady After Peanut-Product Recalls
Peanut Sector Resilient Despite Policy Challenges
Per Capita Income Grows Faster in Delta Regional Authority Counties
Per Capita Red Meat and Poultry Disappearance: Insights Into Its Steady Growth
Per capita government transfer payments to individuals are rising faster than in nonmetro areas
Percent of Income Spent on Food Falls as Income Rises
Performance-Based Environmental Policies
Persistant Poverty Is More Pervasive in Nonmetro Counties
Persistent Cover Crop Adoption Varies by Primary Commodity Crop
Pest Problems Abroad May Affect Compliance With U.S. Safeguards
Pesticide Use Peaked in 1981, Then Trended Downward, Driven by Technological Innovations and Other Factors
Phytosanitary Regulations Shape Fruit and Vegetable Trade Patterns
Plant Genetic Resources: New Rules for International Exchange
Plant-Based Products Replacing Cow’s Milk, But the Impact Is Small
Policy Change Affects Cranberry Plantings
Policy Options for a Changing Rural America
Policy Options for a Changing Rural America
Policy and Competition in a Changing Global Food Industry
Pollination Service Fees
Population Change in Rural America
Population Dynamics Are Changing the Profile of Rural Areas
Population Interaction Zones for Agriculture
Population Loss Counties Lack Natural Amenities
Population Loss in Nonmetro Counties Continues
Population Trends in Nonmetro America Vary Considerably by Age Group and County Type
Post Welfare Reform, the Poorest Children Receive Lower Benefits
Post-Recession, a Greater Share of Food-Insecure Children Have Parents Who Are Unemployed or Working Part-Time
Potatoes and Tomatoes Account for Over Half of U.S. Vegetable Availability
Potential Developing Country Agricultural Safeguards in Cereal Grains Markets
Potential Implications of Health Care Reform for Farm Families
Potential Rural Implications of Federal Budget Pressures
Poverty and Deep Poverty Increasing in Rural America
Precision Agriculture Technologies and Factors Affecting Their Adoption
Preschoolers Participating in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Price Inflation for Food Outpacing Many Other Spending Categories
Price Reductions Have Little Effect on Fruits and Vegetable Consumption by Low-Income Americans
Price Spikes in Global Rice Markets Benefit U.S. Growers, at Least in the Short Term
Prices Dominate Interstate Variation in WIC Food Costs
Prices Play Greater Role Than Access in Food-Purchase Decisions for SNAP Households
Private Industry Investing Heavily, and Globally, in Research To Improve Agricultural Productivity
Processed Food Trade Pressured by Evolving Global Supply Chains
Processed Products Propel Gains in U.S. Agricultural Exports
Processing and Marketing Blunt the Impact of Volatile Farm Prices on Retail Dairy Prices
Producers Rely on Contracts To Manage Increased Price Risks
Production Contracts May Help Small Hog Farms Grow in Size
Production Costs Critical to Farming Decisions
Production Costs and Returns Updated with ARMS Surveys
Production Shifting to Very Large Family Farms
Production, Transportation, and Policy Factors Determine U.S. Export Competitiveness in World Corn and Soybean Markets
Productivity Drives Growth in U.S. Agriculture
Productivity Gains Increase U.S. Commercial Pork Production
Productivity Growth Drives Expanded Agricultural Production
Productivity Growth Is Still the Major Driver in Growing U.S. Agricultural Output
Productivity Growth Lags in Food Manufacturing
Productivity Growth Slows for Specialized Hog Finishing Operations
Productivity Impacts on Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Productivity Increases With Farm Size in the Heartland Region
Productivity Is the Major Driver of U.S. Farm Sector’s Economic Growth
Professional Agricultural Workers Conference
Profiles of America: Demographic Data and Graphic Builder
Profit Margin Increases With Farm Size
Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management
Progress and Challenges in Global Food Security
Project Management Certifications Awarded
Promising Economic Outlook for Agricultural Sector Continues in 2007
Protected-Culture Technology Transforms the Fresh-Tomato Market
Public Agricultural Research Investment Helps Determine Productivity Growth
Public Information Creates Value
Public Research Yields High Returns... Measured in More Than Dollars
Public-Private Partnerships Create Opportunities To Enhance the Agricultural Research System
Pulses Production Expanding as Consumers Cultivate a Taste for U.S. Lentils and Chickpeas
Purchases of Foods by Convenience Type Driven by Prices, Income, and Advertising
Putting Food On The Table
Putting the pieces together
Quantifying the Impact of SNAP Benefits on the U.S. Economy and Jobs
Quantifying the Impacts of Foodborne Illnesses
R&D and Productivity Lag in Food Manufacturing
RURAL AMENITIES:A KEY REASON FOR FARMLAND PROTECTION
RUSSIA CHANGES GLOBAL MARKET FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
Race and Ethnicity in Rural Areas
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Educational Attainment Persist in Rural America
Random Inspections Reveal Import Risks
Rapid Growth in Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops Continues in U.S.
Rapid Spread of Supermarkets Changing the Pacific Rim Food System
Recent Conservation Reserve Program Enrollments Signal Changing Priorities
Recent Estimates of the Cost of Foodborne Illness Are in General Agreement
Recent Evidence on the Effects of Food Store Access on Food Choice and Diet Quality
Recent Volatility in U.S. Fertilizer Prices: Causes and Consequences
Recent Volatility in U.S. Fertilizer Prices: Causes and Consequences
Recession Brings Record Number of New Store-Brand Food Offerings
Recession Had Greater Impact on Visits to Sit-Down Restaurants Than Fast Food Places
Recession in 2007-09 Widened and Deepened Nonmetro Poverty
Reclassification of Nonmetro Areas Exaggerates Employment Gap
Record High Farm Sector Income—What Does it Mean?
Record Levels of Cash Receipts and Income Forecast in 2008
Redeeming WIC Benefits at California Farmers’ Markets
Redesigned Food Consumption Data System
Reduced Exports to China in Fiscal Year 2019 May Drive U.S. Agricultural Trade Balance to Lowest Level Since 2007
Reducing Agriculture's Nitrogen Footprint: Are New Policy Approaches Needed?
Regulating Agricultural Imports To Keep Out Foreign Pests and Disease
Regulating Ammonia Emissions From Hog Farms Would Raise Costs
Regulation, Market Signals, and the Provision of Food Safety in Meat and Poultry
Relaxing Fruit and Vegetable Planting Restrictions
Relaxing Fruit and Vegetable Planting Restrictions
Removal of Government Controls Opens Peanut and Tobacco Sectors to Market Forces
Research Areas: Validation Study Tests Accuracy of Homescan Data
Research Informs Policy Decisions
Research Presentations on Ag Biotech Topics
Research Program on Invasive Species
Research Project Wins Award
Research Raises Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Research on Child Nutrition
Responding to Rural Job Loss: The Virginia Example
Retail Dairy Prices Fluctuate With Farm Value of Milk
Retail Dairy Prices Respond Differently to Farm Milk Price Shocks
Retail Egg Price Volatility in 2015 Reflects Farm Conditions
Retail Food Price Inflation Has Slowed Over Time
Retail Food Price Inflation Varies Geographically
Retail Food Price Inflation in 2020 Outpaced Historical Average by 75 Percent
Retail Food Prices Less Volatile Than Farm and Wholesale Prices
Retail Food Prices Vary Significantly Across U.S. Region
Retail Scanner Data for Meat
Returns to Organic Corn Production Were Higher Than Conventional in 2010
Revised Market Basket Statistics Reflect Consumers’ Changing Produce Purchases
Revised WIC Food Packages Increase Purchases of Whole Grains
Rice Imports Help Alleviate Haiti’s Food Needs
Rising Concentration in Agricultural Input Industries Influences New Farm Technologies
Rising Food Prices Intensify Food Insecurity in Developing Countries
Rising Food Prices and Economic Uncertainty Take Toll on Traditional Grocers
Rising Russian Meat Production Reduces Imports
Rising Wages Point to a Tighter Farm Labor Market in the United States
Rising Wheat Prices Outpace Input Costs
Romaine, Leaf Lettuce, and Spinach Rise in Popularity
Rough Rice Exports Critical to U.S. Rice Producers
Roundtable on Food Safety Insurance and Risks
Rural Amenities: A Key Reason for Farmland Protection
Rural America Benefits From Expanded Use of the Federal Tax Code for Income Support
Rural America Opportunities and Challenges
Rural America as a Retirement Destination
Rural America at a Glance
Rural America at a Glance: 2020 Edition
Rural America's Children
Rural America, Briefly
Rural Areas Benefit From Recreation and Tourism Development
Rural Areas Lag Urban Areas in College Completion
Rural Areas Show Overall Population Decline and Shifting Regional Patterns of Population Change
Rural Businesses That Receive USDA Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans Less Likely To Fail
Rural College Graduates Make a Comeback
Rural Counties Losing Share of Grocery Stores, Gaining Other Types of Food Retailers
Rural Demographic Trends from 2000 Census Data
Rural Employment in Recession and Recovery
Rural Governments Face Public Transportation Challenges and Opportunities
Rural Healthcare Facilities Had Modest Job Growth, but No Measurable Employment Impact on Other Sectors
Rural Hispanics: Employment and Residential Trends
Rural Homeownership Rising
Rural Internet at a Crossroads
Rural Low-Wage Workers Face Multiple Economic Disadvantages
Rural Population Trends
Rural Populations Have Higher Rates of Chronic Disease
Rural Poverty Has Distinct Regional and Racial Patterns
Rural Residents Appear to be More Vulnerable to Serious Infection or Death From Coronavirus COVID-19
Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting
Rural Welfare Reform: Lessons Learned
Rural Welfare Reform: What Have We Learned?
Rural-Urban Communiting Areas
Russia's Surge in Agricultural Imports Comes to a Halt
SNAP Benefits Alleviate the Intensity and Incidence of Poverty
SNAP Benefits and Eating Out: Wise Choices Required
SNAP Households Adjust Their Expenditures and How They Spend Their Time in Response to Changes in Program Benefits
SNAP Households Must Balance Multiple Priorities To Achieve a Healthful Diet
SNAP Participants Are More Likely To Leave the Program When Local Labor Markets Improve
SNAP Participation and Diet Outcomes
SNAP Redemptions Contributed to Employment During the Great Recession
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade: How Much Do They Impact U.S.-EU Agricultural Trade?
Savvy Buyers Spur Food Safety Innovations in Meat Processing
Scale Economies Provide Advantages to Large Dairy Farms
Scenic Landscapes Enhance Rural Growth
School Districts in the Northeast Are Most Likely To Serve Local Foods on a Daily Basis
Schoolchildren Consumed More Whole Grains Following Change in School Meal Standards
Schools Vary—And That Means Meal Costs Vary Too
Science and Technology Hold Promise for Developing Countries in the 21st Century
Science, Technology, and Prospects for Growth in U.S. Corn Yields
Seasonal Fresh Fruit Price Patterns Differ Across Commodities: The Case of Strawberries and Apples
Second Annual Taylor Lecture
Security Analysis System for U.S. Agriculture
Several School Policies Are Associated With Less Fat in School Lunches
Severity and Concentration of Persistent High Poverty in Nonmetro Areas
Share of Farm Businesses Receiving Lease and Royalty Income From Energy Production Varies Across Regions
Shares of Food Commodities Purchased Away From Home Vary by Commodity
Sharing the Economic Burden: Who Pays for WIC's Infant Formula?
Shopping For, Preparing, and Eating Food: Where Does the Time Go?
Shopping at Farmers’ Markets and Roadside Stands Increases Fruit and Vegetable Demand
Simulated ACRE Payments and Risk Reduction Point to Midwest as a Potential Winner
Since 2009, Restaurant Prices Have Generally Risen Faster Than Grocery Store Prices
Skipping Breakfast or Lunch Has a Larger Impact on Diet Quality Than Skipping Dinner
Sliced Bread Or New Coke?
Slow Price Adjustment Benefits Beef and Pork Producers
Slow Sales Growth and Increased Company Acquisitions Impact U.S. Food Retailing
Slowing Productivity Reduces Growth in Global Agricultural Output
Small Acreage Farms in the United States
Small Business Loans and Rural Business Growth
Small Farms Can Grow Into Large Enterprises
Small Farms Still Important in Broiler Production
Small and Non-Traditional Food Retailers Largely Cost Competitive in the WIC Program
Social Security Retirement Payments
Soft Drink Companies Make Splash in Bottled Water
Soil Conservation Preserves Reservoir Benefits Nationwide
Solving Processing Issues a Key to Successful Local Meat Marketing
Solving the Commodity Markets’ Non-Convergence Puzzle
Some Households Leaving SNAP Still Face Food Shortfalls
Some Households No Longer Eligible for SNAP Have Unmet Food Needs
Some Improvements Are Projected for Global Food Security
Some things never change
Sources of Public Agricultural R&D Changing
South Korea-United States Free Trade Agreement Benefits U.S. Dairy Trade
Southeast Asia Projected To Remain Top Rice Exporter
Southeast Asia’s Growing Meat Demand and Its Implications for Feedstuffs Imports
Southern Agricultural Economics Association
Soybean Demand Projected to Grow in 2019/20, But Record Inventories Dampen Prices
Specialized Stores Serving Participants in USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Can Reduce Program Food Costs and Increase Food Store Access
Specialized Stores Serving WIC Customers in California Improve Food Access Without Raising Food Costs
Specialized Wheat Farms Earn Less Than Other Farms
Spring...A Season of Uncertainty
Stabilizing Federal Support for Emergency Food Providers
Stable Farm Count Masks Turnover
Stacking of Herbicide-Tolerant and Insect-Resistance Traits in Seeds Has Increased
State Agricultural Trade Statistics by Country of Origin and Destination Now Available on USDA, Economic Research Service Website
State Fact Sheets Updated
State Participation-to-Poverty Rates for SNAP Mask County-Level Variation
States Differ in the Distribution of WIC Benefits Across Types of Retail Food Stores
Statistics - September 2006 Indicators
Strict Standards Nearly Eliminate Salmonella From Ground Beef Supplied to Schools
Stricter Rules Prompt Livestock Producers To Choose Farm Size Just Below Regulatory Cutoff
Strong Competition in Food Retailing Despite Consolidation
Stronger Canadian Dollar Puts Pressure on Canada's Pork Industry
Stronger Currency Boosts Chinese Purchasing Power
Structural Change Brings New Challenges to Soybean Price Forecasts
Struggling to Feed the Family: What Does It Mean To Be Food Insecure?
Study Finds Crop Insurance Has Small Effect on Environmental Quality
Studying the Economics of Invasive Species Management
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Food Security Situation Varies by Region
Substitute and Complementary Foods Are Important When Assessing Impacts of Price Policies on Dietary Quality
Sugar Increasingly Enters U.S. in Imported Products
Summer Weather Most Important for Corn and Soybean Yields
Supermarkets, Schools, and Social Gatherings: Where Supplemental Nutrition Assisance Program and Other U.S. Households Acquire Their Foods Correlates With Nutritional Quality
Supply Disruptions Cause Price Spikes in Afghanistan’s Wheat Market
Support for the Organic Sector Expands in the 2014 Farm Act
Switching the Payment Trigger for an Area-Based Revenue Program Could Increase Participation
THE ROOTS OF RURAL POPULATION LOSS
Taking a Closer Look at Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation and Expenditures
Taking a Look at Price Spreads from Farm to Consumer
Taking the Pulse of Rural Health Care
Targeted Farmers in EQIP Operate More Environmentally Sensitive Land, but Address Different Environmental Needs
Targeting Conservation Funds Increases Environmental Benefits
Tax Policy Can Alter Farm Asset Investment Decisions
Tax-Deferred Exchanges of Farmland Provide Valuable Savings to Some Farmers
Taxes on Imports Subsidize Wheat Production in Japan
Taxing Caloric Sweetened Beverages To Curb Obesity
Taxing Snacks to Reduce Obesity
Technological Changes Contribute to Rise in Obesity
Technology Adoption Updates from ARMS
Technology, Larger Farm Size Increased Productivity on U.S. Hog Farms
Tenure, Ownership and Transition of Agricultural Land (TOTAL) Survey 2014: A New USDA, Economic Research Service/National Agricultural Statistics Service Data Product
Textile Trade Liberalization Brings Difficulties to Some Rural Communities
The 2012-13 U.S. Drought Heightened Federal Disaster Assistance Payments for Livestock Producers
The California Leafy Greens Industry Provides an Example of an Established Food Safety System
The Changing World Network of Trade in Textiles and Apparel
The Concentration of Poverty Is a Growing Rural Problem
The Cost Effectiveness of Removing Nitrogen by Restoring and Protecting Wetlands Varies Geographically
The Dynamics of Food Insufficiency
The Dynamics of Hired Farm Labor
The Dynamics of Hired Farm Labor
The Economic Well-Being of Farm Households
The Efect of Conservation Payments on Farmer Adoption Varies Across Conservation Practices
The Elephant Is Jogging: New Pressures for Abricultural Reform In India
The Evolving Public Agricultural Research Portfolio
The Food Costs of Healthier School Lunches
The Form of Rural Development Assistance Matters to Distressed Counties
The Future of Biofuels: A Global Perspective
The Gulf Opportunity Zone Helped Affected Counties Recover Economically After Hurricane Katrina
The Impact of Migration on China’s Rice Production
The Importance of Farm Program Payments to Farm Households
The Importance of Farmer-Owned Nonfarm Businesses in the Rural Economy
The Importance of Federal Crop Insurance Premium Subsidies
The Influence of Income and Prices on Global Dietary Patterns by Country, Age, and Gender
The Information Age and Adoption of Precision Agriculture
The Knowledge Factor
The Market for Commodity-Based Agricultural Information
The Number of Midsize Farms Declined From 1992 to 2012, But Their Household Finances Remain Strong
The Power of Proximity: Ethanol Refineries Drive Increased Corn Planting in Their Vicinity
The Price Is Right
The Relationship Between Energy Prices and Food-Related Energy Use in the United States
The Relationship Between Food Insecurity, Conflict, and Food Price Shocks in Afghanistan
The Release of China’s Rice Stocks Could Impact Global Feed Markets
The Revised ERS Farm Typology: Classifying U.S. Farms To Reflect Today's Agriculture
The Rise of Foreign Wine Demand in China
The Role of Conservation Program Design in Drought-Risk Adaptation
The Role of Homeownership in Wealth Accumulation by Rural Households
The Size and Scope of Locally Marketed Food Production
The State of Hired Workers
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Would Have Lowered Average Income Tax Rates for Farm Households between 2016 and 2017
The Traceability Team
The U.S. Ag Trade Balance...More Than Just a Number
The United States Is the World’s Leading Poultry Exporter to Sub-Saharan Africa
The Use of Genetically Engineered Dicamba-Tolerant Soybean Seeds Has Increased Quickly, Benefiting Adopters but Damaging Crops in Some Fields
The World Bids Farewell to the Multifiber Arrangement
The value of direct payments depends on historical production and local yields
Thin Markets Raise Concerns, But Many Are Capable of Paying Producers Fair Prices
Thirty Years After Enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Disabilities Remain a Risk Factor for Food Insecurity
Tight Supply and Strong Demand May Raise U.S. Fertilizer Prices
Time Spent Eating Varies by Age, Education, and Body Mass Index
Time is Money...and Dinner!
Tracking Changes in Dietary Awareness and Food Choices
Tracking Livestock Shipments
Tracking the History of Food Products
Tracking the History of Food Products
Trade Data Show Value, Variety, and Sources of U.S. Food Imports
Trade Liberalization Could Benefit India’s Soybean Processing Sector
Trade and Development When Exports Are Volatile: A Case Study From Malawi
Trade and Rural Areas
Trans Fat Levels Among U.S. Youth Fell From 1999 to 2010
Trans Fats Are Less Common in New Food Products
Trends in Extension Resources
Trends in Farm Sector Debt Vary by Type of Debt and Lender
Trends in Food Recalls
Trends in Irrigated Agriculture Reveal Sector’s Ability To Adapt to Evolving Climatic, Resource, and Market Conditions
Trends in U.S. Per Capita Consumption
Trends in U.S. Per Capita Consumption
Trends in U.S. Per Capita Consumption of Dairy Products, 1970-2012
Trends in the Adoption of Genetically Engineered Corn, Cotton, and Soybeans
Twenty Years of Competition Reshape the U.S. Food Marketing System
U.S. Agricultural Exports Supported 1.2 Million Full-Time Jobs in 2017
U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth: The Past, Challenges, and the Future
U.S. Agricultural R&D in an Era of Falling Public Funding
U.S. Agricultural Trade in 2016: Major Commodities and Trends
U.S. Agricultural Trading Relationship With China Grows
U.S. Agriculture Sector Received an Estimated $35 Billion in COVID-19-Related Assistance in 2020
U.S. Beef Exports to the EU Grow Despite Trade Barriers
U.S. Beef and Pork Consumption Projected To Rebound
U.S. Caloric Sweetener Deliveries Continue to Decline on a Per Capita Basis, Driven By Lower High-Fructose Corn Syrup Use
U.S. Canadian Hog Trade: Market Integration at Work
U.S. Consumers Had Short-Term Response to First BSE Announcements
U.S. Corn Exports to Mexico Have Increased With the Transition to Free Trade Under the North American Free Trade Agreement
U.S. Could Expand Apple Exports to Japan
U.S. Cropland
U.S. Dairy at a New Crossroads in a Global Setting
U.S. Diets Still Out of Balance With Dietary Recommendations
U.S. Ethanol Expansion Driving Changes Throughout the Agricultural Sector
U.S. Ethanol Use Dampens Global Crude Oil Prices
U.S. Exports Surge as China Supports Agricultural Prices
U.S. Exports for Most Major Meat Commodities Grew in 2018
U.S. Exports of Chickpeas, Lentils, and Dry Peas Have Dropped Sharply Due to a Steep Decline in Shipments to India
U.S. Farm Employers Respond to Labor Market Changes With Higher Wages, Use of Visa Program, and More Women Workers
U.S. Farm Producers Received Almost $6 Billion From the Paycheck Protection Program in 2020
U.S. Farm Sector Weathering Higher Energy Costs
U.S. Farm Structure: Declining—But Persistent—Small Commercial Farms
U.S. Farmers Increase Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops and Favor Multiple Traits
U.S. Farmers Increasingly Adopt “No-Till” for Major Crops
U.S. Farmers Planting Less Wheat, But Sowings of Winter Varieties Stay Stable
U.S. Farmers' Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops
U.S. Food Consumption Up 16 Percent Since 1970
U.S. Food Safety Policy Enters a New Era
U.S. Food Security Measurement Methods Adapted for Use in Other Countries
U.S. Food-Related Water Use Varies by Food Category, Supply Chain Stage, and Dietary Pattern
U.S. Fresh Vegetable Imports From Mexico and Canada Continue To Surge
U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Imports Outpace Exports
U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Imports Outpace Exports
U.S. HOG AND POULTRY MARKETING: SIMILAR PATHS, SIMILAR OUTCOMES?
U.S. Hired Farm Workforce Is Aging
U.S. Hog and Poultry Marketing: Similar Paths, Similar Outcomes?
U.S. Increasingly Imports Nitrogen and Potash Fertilizer
U.S. Organic Farm Sector Continues To Expand
U.S. Organic Farm Sector Continues To Expand
U.S. Organic Farming Small, But Growing
U.S. Organic Handlers Mostly Small, Focus on Fruit and Vegetables
U.S. Organic Trade Includes Fresh Produce Exports and Tropical Imports
U.S. Peanut Sector Adapts to Major Policy Changes
U.S. Per Capita Availability of Chicken Surpasses That of Beef
U.S. Per Capita Availability of Red Meat, Poultry, and Fish Lowest Since 1983
U.S. Per Capita Availability of Red Meat, Poultry, and Seafood on the Rise
U.S. Rice Production Changed Significantly in the New Millennium, but Remained Profitable
U.S. Seafood Market Shifts to Aquaculture
U.S. Shoppers’ Access to Multiple Food Stores Varies by Region
U.S. Sugar Program at a Crossroads
U.S. Supplies of Vegetables Available To Eat in 2019 Down Slightly From 2000, But Variety Has Grown
U.S. Tobacco Industry Responding To New Competitors, New Challenges
U.S. Trade Growth: A New Beginning or a Repeat of the Past?
U.S. Upland Cotton Exports and Mill Use Projected To Improve
U.S.-Cuba Agricultural Trade: Past, Present, and Possible Future
U.S.-Mexico Agricultural Trade: Opportunities for Making Free Trade Under NAFTA More Agile
U.S.Tobacco Sector Regroups
UNDERSTANDING MARKET SEGMENTATION
USDA Agencies Funded $287.7 Million for Specialty Crop Automation or Mechanization Projects
USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum
USDA Animal Waste Management Team
USDA Biotechnology Conference in North Africa
USDA Food Assistance Programs in 2003: How Are We Doing?
USDA Food Security Measurement Team
USDA School Meals Support Food Security and Good Nutrition
USDA-Approved Whole-Wheat Bread Package Size Is Now More Common and Less Costly for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
USDA’s After-School Snack Program More Common in Elementary Schools in Poor Urban Areas
USDA’s Corn Output Projections Inform Futures Price Movements
USDA’s Food Assistance Programs: Legacies of the War on Poverty
USDA’s FoodAPS: Providing Insights Into U.S. Food Demand and Food Assistance Programs
USDA’s National School Lunch Program Reduces Food Insecurity
USDA’s Purchase to Plate Price Tool Estimates Food Costs for National Food Intake Data
USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Contributed to Rural Economic Output, Jobs Following the Great Recession
Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Only 0.11 Percent of Farm Estates Would Have Owed Estate Taxes in 2016
Understanding America’s Diverse Family Farms
Understanding Economic and Behavioral Influences on Fruit and Vegetable Choices
Understanding Irrigated Agriculture
Understanding Rural Population Loss and Growth
Unemployment Insurance and USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Together Cushioned the Great Recession
Unexpected Hikes in Energy Prices Increase the Likelihood of Food Insecurity
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Approaches the Starting Block, Offers Growth Opportunities for Agriculture
Untapped Potential of Cuba's Citrus and Tropical Fruit Industry
Updated ERS County Economic Types Show a Changing Rural Landscape
Updated Food Access Research Atlas Now Maps Changes in Low-Income and Low-Supermarket Access Areas in 2019
Urban Areas Offer Higher Earnings for Workers With More Education
Urban Areas Prove Profitable for Farmers Selling Directly to Consumers
Use of Conservation-Compatible Manure Management Practices Increases on U.S. Hog Farms
Use of Conservation-Compatible Practices Varies by Farm Type
Use of Genetically Engineered Cotton Has Shifted Toward Stacked Seed Traits
Use of Genetically Engineered Crops Rising Steadily During First Decade
Use of H-2A Guest Farm Worker Program More Than Triples in Past Decade
Use of Nutrition Information and the Food Healthfulness Gap
Use of Nutrition Labels Declining, Especially Among Young Adults
Uses of Retail Scanner Data
Using the 2003 Urban Influence Codes to Understand Rural America
Using the ERS County Economic Types To Explore Demographic and Economic Trends in Rural Areas
VERTICAL COORDINATION
Varied Interests Drive Growing Popularity of Local Foods
Variety-Adjusted Food Prices Are Slightly Higher in Census Tracts Where Households Have Limited Access to a Supermarket
Vegetable Consumption Away from Home on the Rise
Vegetable Production Concentrated on Very Large Farms
Veterans Are Positioned To Contribute Economically to Rural Communities
Visualizing Farm Program Participation and Benefits Across the U.S.
Volume Production Keeps Floriculture Prices Low
Volume of Purchases and Regional Location Have Strong Effects on Food Costs for School Meals
Voluntary Labeling of Chicken “Raised Without Antibiotics” Has Posed Challenges for Firms and Consumers
WEIGHING IN ON OBESITY
WHAT IMPACTS FROM DIVERTING WATER FROM AGRICULTURE?
WHY ARE CONTRACTS INCREASED?
WIC Experienced Largest Decrease in Participation in Program’s History in 2014
WIC Foods Cost More in Smaller Stores
WIC Infants Less Likely To Be Exclusively Breastfed
WIC Not Linked to Overweight in Children
WIC Participation Continues To Decline
Water Constraints Shape Long-Term Prospects for Wheat Production in Afghanistan
Weaker Dollar Strengthens U.S. Agriculture
Weighing Incentives for Food Safety in Meat and Poultry
Weighing Policy Options To Increase Incomes of Mali’s Cotton Farmers
Western Irrigated Agriculture: Production Value, Water Use, Costs, and Technology Vary by Farm Size
Wetland Losses
Wetland Losses
Wetland losses
Wetlands Benefits and Costs Vary With Location
What Can State-Level Reforms Tell Us About India’s National Food Security Act?
What Does Exchange Rate Appreciation Mean for Export Competitiveness?
What Happened to the “'Creative Class' Job Growth Engine” During the Recession and Recovery?
What If: Cash Instead of Food Stamps?
What Protects Japan’s Dairy Industry?
What Role Do Food and Beverage Prices Have in Childhood Obesity?
What Role Do Food and Beverage Prices Have on Diet and Health Outcomes?
What Share of U.S. Consumed Food is Imported?
What Weight Problem?
What You Want to Know About Resources and the Environment... But Couldn't Find
What's Behind the Surge in Global Rice Prices?
What's Next for NAFTA?
What’s Behind the Rise in SNAP Participation?
Wheat Price Discovery Remains Concentrated in the United States, but Shifting to Europe
Wheat Prices Driven By Supply and Demand, Not Speculators
When Nudging in the Lunch Line Might Be a Good Thing
When Working Off the Farm, Farm Operators Most Commonly Work in Management and Professional Occupations
Where Did the Corn Come From To Fuel the Expansion in Ethanol Production?
Where Schools Are Located Affects Meal Costs
Where Should the Money Go? Aligning Policies With Preferences
Where Will Demographics Take the Asia-Pacific Food System
Where You Shop Matters: Store Formats Drive Variation in Retail Food Prices
Whey, Once a Marginal Byproduct, Comes Into Its Own
While Crop Rotations Are Common, Cover Crops Remain Rare
Who Are the World’s Food Insecure? Identifying the Risk Factors of Food Insecurity Around the World
Who Eats What, When, Where, and Why?
Who Gets Farm Program Payments?
Who Is Adopting Organic Farming Practices?
Who Will China Feed?
Why Another Food Commodity Price Spike?
Why Has Japan’s Orange Market Declined?
Why Hasn't Crop Insurance Eliminated Disaster Assistance?
Why Some Return Home to Rural America and Why It Matters
Will 2005 Be the Year of the Whole Grains?
Will Calorie Labeling in Restaurants Make a Difference?
Will Hard White Wheat Become a Sustainable Wheat Class?
Will Land Degradation Prove Malthus Right After All?
Will Water Scarcity Limit China's Agricultural Potential?
Winner Takes (Almost) All: How WIC Affects the Infant Formula Market
With Adequate Productivity Growth, Global Agriculture Is Resilient to Future Population and Economic Growth
Women Identified as Operators on 51 Percent of U.S. Farms in 2019
Working From Home Leads to More Time Spent Preparing Food, Eating at Home
Working Parents Outsource Children's Meals
Workshop on Farm Savings Accounts and the Farm Safety Net
World Agricultural Trade Experiences Sizable Growth but Still Faces Barriers
World Sugar Price Volatility Intensified by Market and Policy Factors
World Trade Organization and Globalization Help Facilitate Growth in Agricultural Trade
Yogurt Products and Breakfast Cereals Increasing Their Fiber Contents
Younger Beginning Farmers Tend To Operate Larger Farms