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  • Child participation in WIC increased in 2021, first time in more than a decade
    7/26/2022
    Child participation in WIC increased in 2021, first time in more than a decade
  • SNAP spending reached record high of $113.8 billion in fiscal year 2021
    7/25/2022
    SNAP spending reached record high of $113.8 billion in fiscal year 2021
  • USDA’s temporary Farmers to Families Food Box Program delivered 176.4 million food boxes from May 2020 through May 2021
    7/21/2022
    USDA’s temporary Farmers to Families Food Box Program delivered 176.4 million food boxes from May 2020 through May 2021
  • Value of U.S. imports increased from 2020 to 2021 by 17 percent
    7/20/2022
    Value of U.S. imports increased from 2020 to 2021 by 17 percent
  • Value of U.S. exports expanded from 2020 to 2021 after decreases in 2020
    7/20/2022
    Value of U.S. exports expanded from 2020 to 2021 after decreases in 2020
  • Consumer prices for cereal products rose 11 percent in first 6 months of 2022
    7/20/2022
    Consumer prices for cereal products rose 11 percent in first 6 months of 2022
  • Nominal USDA expenditures on food and nutrition assistance programs, fiscal years 1980–2021
    7/19/2022
    Nominal USDA expenditures on food and nutrition assistance programs, fiscal years 1980–2021
  • USDA’s International Baseline Visualization tool offers interactive way to explore global agricultural trends
    7/19/2022
    USDA’s International Baseline Visualization tool offers interactive way to explore global agricultural trends
  • Counties with high levels of self-employed workers dominate the Great Plains and upper Mountain West
    7/19/2022
    Counties with high levels of self-employed workers dominate the Great Plains and upper Mountain West
  • Changes to animal feed prices from five-year average price
    7/18/2022
    Changes to animal feed prices from five-year average price
  • China is largest global funder of agricultural R&D
    7/18/2022
    China is largest global funder of agricultural R&D
  • Sugarbeet planted and harvested area, 2010/11–2022/23
    7/18/2022
    Sugarbeet planted and harvested area, 2010/11–2022/23
  • United States ending stocks of natural cheese and butter as of May 31, from 2016 to 2022
    7/18/2022
    United States ending stocks of natural cheese and butter as of May 31, from 2016 to 2022
  • Temporary programs made up 17 percent of Federal food and nutrition assistance spending in FY 2021
    7/14/2022
    Temporary programs made up 17 percent of Federal food and nutrition assistance spending in FY 2021
  • Leading global cotton producers
    7/14/2022
    Leading global cotton producers
  • Reduced harvested area is projected to pull U.S. 2022/23 rice production down 9 percent
    7/14/2022
    Reduced harvested area is projected to pull U.S. 2022/23 rice production down 9 percent
  • Share of total cotton production by major producer
    7/14/2022
    Share of total cotton production by major producer
  • U.S. by-class wheat exports, 2021 and 2022
    7/14/2022
    U.S. by-class wheat exports, 2021 and 2022
  • U.S. corn inventories, quarterly, on-farm versus off-farm
    7/14/2022
    U.S. corn inventories, quarterly, on-farm versus off-farm
  • U.S. soybean acreage and production
    7/14/2022
    U.S. soybean acreage and production
  • U.S. fruit and vegetable import value outpaces volume growth
    7/13/2022
    U.S. fruit and vegetable import value outpaces volume growth
  • Here’s the scoop: U.S. residents consumed less ice cream in 2020 than in 2000
    7/12/2022
    Here’s the scoop: U.S. residents consumed less ice cream in 2020 than in 2000
  • Agriculture, including electricity use, accounted for an estimated 11.2 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2020
    7/11/2022
    Agriculture, including electricity use, accounted for an estimated 11.2 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2020
  • Availability of medical doctors favors metropolitan areas with low rates of self-employment
    7/7/2022
    Availability of medical doctors favors metropolitan areas with low rates of self-employment
  • Farmers received smaller share of the price consumers paid for fresh tomatoes in 2021 than in 2020
    7/6/2022
    Farmers received smaller share of the price consumers paid for fresh tomatoes in 2021 than in 2020
  • Obesity prevalence increased among U.S. adults during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic )
    7/5/2022
    Obesity prevalence increased among U.S. adults during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic )
  • Self-employed adults were more likely to lack health insurance than those working for private firms or governments, regardless of metro status, 2018
    7/5/2022
    Self-employed adults were more likely to lack health insurance than those working for private firms or governments, regardless of metro status, 2018
  • Four types of State policy options affect likelihood of senior and non-senior SNAP participation differently
    7/5/2022
    Four types of State policy options affect likelihood of senior and non-senior SNAP participation differently
  • Avian flu outbreak reducing 2022 turkey production
    7/5/2022
    Avian flu outbreak reducing 2022 turkey production
  • Sales at retail food stores were higher in May 2022 than May 2019, but growth varied by food category
    6/30/2022
    Sales at retail food stores were higher in May 2022 than May 2019, but growth varied by food category
  • Cost of a home-grilled cheeseburger up 21 cents from 2021
    6/29/2022
    Cost of a home-grilled cheeseburger up 21 cents from 2021
  • Rising incomes, urbanization position sub-Saharan Africa as growing export market for U.S. agricultural goods
    6/28/2022
    Rising incomes, urbanization position sub-Saharan Africa as growing export market for U.S. agricultural goods
  • Land-grant universities and other cooperating institutions conduct the majority of agricultural R&D
    6/27/2022
    Land-grant universities and other cooperating institutions conduct the majority of agricultural R&D
  • Large-scale family farms produced the largest share of the value of crop production under marketing contracts in 2020; small family farms produced the largest share of the value of livestock production under production contracts
    6/23/2022
    Large-scale family farms produced the largest share of the value of crop production under marketing contracts in 2020; small family farms produced the largest share of the value of livestock production under production contracts
  • Midsize and large-scale family farms represented a small percent of U.S. farms in 2020 but held more than 45 percent of all contracts
    6/23/2022
    Midsize and large-scale family farms represented a small percent of U.S. farms in 2020 but held more than 45 percent of all contracts
  • The share of the total value of U.S. farm production that is under contract has remained stable, 1996 to 2020
    6/23/2022
    The share of the total value of U.S. farm production that is under contract has remained stable, 1996 to 2020