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May 21, 2013 4:00 PM
Wheat Data
This data product contains statistics on wheat - including the five classes of wheat: hard red winter, hard red spring, soft red winter, white, and durum - and rye.
May 20, 2013 9:00 AM
Crop Outlook Reflects Near-Term Prices and Longer Term Market Trends
U.S. corn and wheat acreage is expected to increase in 2013, soybean acreage is expected to stay mostly unchanged, and rice and cotton acreage will likely decline. Acreage shifts in recent years reflect growing domestic and foreign demand for U.S. corn and soybeans and increased global competition i...
May 16, 2013 4:00 PM
Feed Grains Database
The Feed Grains Database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn, grain sorghum, barley, and oats), foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye, millet, and mixed grains), hay, and related items.
May 16, 2013 4:00 PM
Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook: May 2013
The Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook for May 2013 reviews the sugar and sweetener outlook for the United States and Mexico, emphasizing changes made in the May 2013 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report and new forecasts for 2013/14. Also included is a chapter on sugar supply and...
May 16, 2013 1:00 PM
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook: May 2013
Pork and poultry production forecast higher in 2014, beef lower. Note: Starting in May, this report contains no data updates or analysis on milk cows or milk output per cow.
May 16, 2013 10:00 AM
Meat Price Spreads
This data set provides monthly average price values, and the differences among those values, at the farm, wholesale, and retail stages of the production and marketing chain for selected cuts of beef, pork, and broilers.
May 15, 2013 4:00 PM
Food Expenditures
This month’s update to the retail sales for food-at-home and food-away-from home includes monthly food sales data for 2003-2012.
May 15, 2013 4:00 PM
U.S. Bioenergy Statistics
The U.S. Bioenergy Statistics are a source of information on biofuels intended to present a picture of the renewable energy industry and its relationship to agriculture. Where appropriate, data are presented in both a calendar year and the relevant marketing year timeframe to increase utility to fe...
May 14, 2013 4:00 PM
Feed Outlook: May 2013
May 2013 Feed Outlook report
May 14, 2013 4:00 PM
Rice Outlook: May 2013
The U.S. 2013/14 rice crop is projected at 189.5 million cwt.
May 14, 2013 1:00 PM
Cotton and Wool Outlook: May 2013
The latest USDA projections for U.S. and world cotton supply and demand.
May 14, 2013 1:00 PM
Oil Crops Outlook: May 2013
Oilseed Production Gains for 2013/14 Could Outpace Global Consumption.
May 14, 2013 1:00 PM
Wheat Outlook: May 2013
The outlook for both the U.S. and global wheat markets are analyzed based on the latest projections contained in the World Agricultural Supply and Uses Estimates report.
May 13, 2013 4:00 PM
Agriculture’s Supply and Demand for Energy and Energy Products
Farmers have adapted to rising energy prices and evolving policies by adjusting their use of energy-based agricultural inputs, altering energy-intensive production practices, and growing more energy-feedstock crops.
May 10, 2013 4:00 PM
Rural Classifications
ERS has updated two key county classifications that measure rurality and assess the economic and social diversity of rural America beyond the metro/nonmetro dichotomy. The Rural-Urban Continuum Codes and Urban Influence Codes are part of a suite of data products for rural analysis available on the ...
May 10, 2013 4:00 PM
Rural-Urban Continuum Codes
The 2013 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes form a classification scheme that distinguishes metropolitan counties by the population size of their metro area, and nonmetropolitan counties by degree of urbanization and adjacency to metro areas. The official Office of Management and Budget (OMB) metro and non...
May 10, 2013 4:00 PM
Season-Average Price Forecasts
This data product provides three Excel file spreadsheet models that use futures prices to forecast the U.S. season-average price received and the implied CCP for three major field crops (corn, soybeans, and wheat).
May 10, 2013 4:00 PM
Urban Influence Codes
The 2013 Urban Influence Codes form a classification scheme that distinguishes metropolitan counties by population size of their metro area, and nonmetropolitan counties by size of the largest city or town and proximity to metro and micropolitan areas. The standard Office of Management and Budget (O...
May 10, 2013 12:00 PM
WASDE
May 7, 2013 4:00 PM
Aquaculture Data
Statistics on domestically grown catfish and trout and U.S. imports and exports of fish and shellfish that may be products of aquaculture, such as salmon, shrimp, and oysters. Note: Starting in May, contains no updates to catfish proc...
May 6, 2013 12:00 PM
Amber Waves
Amber Waves presents the broad scope of ERS research and analysis. The May 2013 issue includes articles on the school lunch program, Indian mango trade, women-operated farms, disability and food insecurity, Sub-Saharan Africa, rural population loss, and ERS’s farm typology.
May 6, 2013 12:00 PM
Disability Is an Important Risk Factor for Food Insecurity
One-third of U.S. households with a working-age adult who was unable to work due to disability were food insecure in 2009-10. Disability has emerged as one of the strongest known factors that affect a household’s food security.
May 6, 2013 12:00 PM
Research Raises Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Agricultural research has been a driver of higher productivity in Sub-Saharan African agriculture. But despite making gradual gains since the 1980s, productivity growth in the region remains well below that of other developing countries.
May 3, 2013 4:00 PM
Population & Migration
Nonmetro areas in some parts of the country have experienced population loss for decades. However, the 2010-12 period marks the first years with estimated population loss for nonmetro America as a whole. Opportunities for population growth and economic expansion vary widely from one nonmetro county ...
May 3, 2013 4:00 PM
U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update
FATUS tables which are updated monthly
May 3, 2013 10:00 AM
Livestock & Meat International Trade Data
The Livestock and Meat International Trade Data Set contains monthly and annual data for imports and exports of live cattle, hogs, sheep, and goats, as well as beef and veal, pork, lamb and mutton, chicken meat, turkey meat, and eggs.
May 2, 2013 4:00 PM
Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data
This data product announces USDA's monthly release of calendar year, fiscal year, year-to-date, and monthly value of U.S. agricultural exports, imports, and trade balance.
May 1, 2013 4:00 PM
Commodity Costs and Returns
USDA has estimated annual production costs and returns and published accounts for major field crop and livestock enterprises since 1975. Cost and return estimates are reported for the United States and major production regions for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, rice, peanuts, oats, ba...
May 1, 2013 4:00 PM
International Baseline Data
International baseline projections indicate supply, demand, and trade for major agricultural commodities for selected countries. These projections provide foreign country detail supporting the annual USDA agricultural baseline, which are longrun, 10-year projections.
April 30, 2013 4:00 PM
Dairy Data
These data are from several USDA agencies (see scope in Documentation). They were previously were included in the Meat Statistics page in the Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry (LDP) Outlook tables and may contain revisions not included in previous releases of the LDP tables.
April 30, 2013 4:00 PM
Livestock & Meat Domestic Data
Most recent tables from Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook.
April 30, 2013 4:00 PM
The Role of Conservation Programs in Drought Risk Adaptation
Farms in more drought-prone areas are more likely to offer land to the Conservation Reserve Program or participate in other conservation programs. If climate change increases drought risk, farmer interest in these programs will likely grow.
April 29, 2013 10:00 AM
Characteristics of Women Farm Operators and Their Farms
The number of women farm operators has tripled in the last three decades. From 1982 to 2007, the number of female-operated farms increased by184,000, while male-operated farms declined by 220,800.
April 26, 2013 4:00 PM
Milk Cost of Production Estimates
Annual milk cost of production estimates are available by State and by size of operation from 2005 through 2011. Note: Monthly estimates suspended.
April 25, 2013 9:00 AM
Food Price Outlook
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food is probably the most widely used indicator of changes in retail food prices. ERS regularly updates food price forecasts for the short-term period.
April 24, 2013 4:00 PM
SNAP Policy Database
SNAP Policy Database provides a central data source for information on State-level program policies in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), such as eligibility criteria, recertification and reporting requirements, benefit issuance methods, and availability of online applications.
April 24, 2013 10:00 AM
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation Leads to Modest Changes in Diet Quality
ERS examined survey data to determine if the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) changes the diet quality of program participants, and to compare the diet quality of low-income adult participants and nonparticipants in SNAP.

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