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ERS Joins AAEA’s 2024 Annual Meeting
USDA’s Economic Research Service joins the 2024 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting July 28 - 30, 2024.
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Structure, Costs, and Technology Used on U.S. Dairy Farms
Over the past two decades, the U.S. dairy industry has evolved, with fewer dairy farms producing more milk. This raises questions about how dairy farms have changed. This report addresses these questions and how dairy farms differ by size of the operation and by region.
The Poverty Area Measures Data Product
This report covers the USDA’s Poverty Area Measures (PAM) data product, an online resource that shows four measures of areawide poverty—high, extreme, persistent, and enduring—and helps better understand the geography of U.S. poverty.
Climate-Induced Yield Changes and TFP: How Much R&D Is Necessary To Maintain the Food Supply?
Scenarios of total factor productivity (TFP) growth (agricultural efficiency), combined with climate-induced yield change and changes in population and income, to gain a better understanding of the future of agricultural production (and thus of food supply). The scenarios showed that TFP growth—with sufficient research and dvelopment (R&D)—can meet global food demand in 2050.
Debt Use by U.S. Farm Businesses, 2012–2021
This report examines farm debt by lenders from 2012 through 2021, as well as other attributes, such as the use of different loan types (real estate and non-real estate) among different types of farm businesses.
The Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report
This report examines trends and policy changes in USDA’s largest domestic food and nutrition assistance programs through fiscal year 2023. It also summarizes recent USDA, ERS reports related to food insecurity and the cost of school meals.
Utility-Scale Solar and Wind Development in Rural Areas: Land Cover Change (2009–20)
Solar and wind development expanded in rural areas from 2009 to 2020 and the pace of growth is expected to increase. The footprint of solar and wind differ, and the land cover change associated with them vary by region and energy type.
Evaluating the Effects of Nontariff Measures on Poultry Trade
This report estimates the average effect of different nondiscriminatory nontariff measures (NTM) notifications on global poultry trade and explores regional variation by importer market.
Cover Crops on Livestock Operations: Potential for Expansion in the United States
This report presents new findings from census and survey data on the prevalence of cover crop use and grazing/harvesting on cattle operations, and examines the potential for increased adoption of cover crops on cattle operations.