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8/10/2023
Projected real estate debt more than double nonreal estate debt in 2023; both increased steadily since 2000 -
8/10/2023
Real estate assets constitute more than four-fifths of total U.S. farm sector assets -
8/10/2023
Ratios that factor in interest expenses and debt used as indicators for potential farm sector financial stress -
8/10/2023
Farm sector debt projected to be slightly above cash receipts in 2023) -
8/10/2023
Interest expenses for 2023 projected to rise 19 percent to almost $34 billion -
8/10/2023
Federal funds rate has soared since March 2022 -
8/9/2023
Thousands of commercial honey bee colonies are transported long distances to pollinate California almonds -
8/9/2023
Debt-to-asset ratio for 2023 is forecast to be marginally weaker than the 21-year average -
8/9/2023
Current ratio for 2023 is forecast to be marginally worse than the 12-year average -
8/9/2023
Debt-service ratio for 2023 to be marginally better than the 21-year average -
8/9/2023
Debt-to-equity ratio for 2023 is forecast to be marginally weaker than the 21-year average -
8/8/2023
Child food insufficiency continued to vary widely across racial and ethnic groups during 2022 and in the first half of 2023 -
8/8/2023
Retail sales value and unit quantity spiked in March 2020, then diverged as food inflation rose -
8/8/2023
Monthly food spending remained higher year over year in May 2023 -
8/8/2023
Total participation in WIC increased in fiscal year 2022, first rise in more than a decade -
8/8/2023
In early May 2023, retail food sales values were higher than 3 years ago for some categories, lower for others -
8/8/2023
Food-at-home prices were higher in June 2023 than in June 2022 for most categories -
8/8/2023
In early May 2023, retail food sales values were above the previous year for most categories -
8/8/2023
Food insufficiency has remained below the pandemic peak -
8/7/2023
More than half of harvested U.S. cropland uses seed varieties with at least one genetically modified trait -
8/7/2023
Real wages for U.S. nonsupervisory farm and nonfarm workers, 1990–2022 -
8/7/2023
Employment in agriculture and support industries, 2002–2022 -
8/3/2023
No matter how you slice it, watermelon is the United States’ favorite melon -
8/2/2023
ERS develops scale to help explore effects of rugged roads on U.S. residents -
8/1/2023
U.S. households with children headed by single females used food pantries more than others over last two decades -
7/31/2023
Imports make up growing share of U.S. fresh fruit and vegetable supply -
7/27/2023
China remains the world’s largest meat importer despite recent declines -
7/26/2023
Most food categories experienced lower midyear inflation in 2023 compared with 2022 -
7/26/2023
Researchers looked at soybean production changes across farm resource regions designated by USDA, Economic Research Service -
7/26/2023
U.S. soybean acreage increased an average of 1 percent annually, 2002–2022 -
7/26/2023
Average net returns for U.S. soybean farms fluctuated from 2002-2022 but were positive in most years -
7/26/2023
By 2006, genetically engineered soybean seed was used on at least 93 percent of acres in major soybean-producing regions -
7/26/2023
U.S. soybean yields increased 30 percent, 2002–2022 -
7/25/2023
Most manure applied to corn fields is not incorporated into the soil -
7/24/2023
Farmers mostly use manure sources from their own operations -
7/24/2023
Top sources of U.S. imports