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  • Chicken products labeled organic and “raised without antibiotics” commanded higher prices than conventional from 2012 to 2017
    3/7/2022
    Chicken products labeled organic and “raised without antibiotics” commanded higher prices than conventional from 2012 to 2017
  • Consumers’ perceptions of food safety risk with beef varies among grass-fed, organic, and conventional products
    3/7/2022
    Consumers’ perceptions of food safety risk with beef varies among grass-fed, organic, and conventional products
  • Consumers with higher food safety risk perceptions were willing to pay more for grass-fed and organic beef
    3/7/2022
    Consumers with higher food safety risk perceptions were willing to pay more for grass-fed and organic beef
  • Consumers with higher food safety benefit perceptions were willing to pay more for grass-fed and organic beef
    3/7/2022
    Consumers with higher food safety benefit perceptions were willing to pay more for grass-fed and organic beef
  • Grazing in the morning increased dietary quality, while grazing in the evening decreased it
    3/7/2022
    Grazing in the morning increased dietary quality, while grazing in the evening decreased it
  • China’s retaliatory tariffs resulted in largest losses for U.S. agricultural exports in mid-2018 to the end of 2019
    3/7/2022
    China’s retaliatory tariffs resulted in largest losses for U.S. agricultural exports in mid-2018 to the end of 2019
  • Soybeans showed the largest losses, by percent share, in export value among commodity groups from retaliatory tariffs
    3/7/2022
    Soybeans showed the largest losses, by percent share, in export value among commodity groups from retaliatory tariffs
  • Losses in export value resulting from retaliatory tariffs were concentrated in the Midwest
    3/7/2022
    Losses in export value resulting from retaliatory tariffs were concentrated in the Midwest
  • Effects on U.S. States of retaliatory tariffs on soybeans
    3/7/2022
    Effects on U.S. States of retaliatory tariffs on soybeans
  • Effects on U.S. States of retaliatory tariffs on sorghum
    3/7/2022
    Effects on U.S. States of retaliatory tariffs on sorghum
  • USDA’s School Breakfast Program served about 59 billion meals from 1975 through 2020
    3/7/2022
    USDA’s School Breakfast Program served about 59 billion meals from 1975 through 2020
  • U.S. agricultural exports of $150 billion generated an additional $154 billion for the U.S. economy in 2020
    3/4/2022
    U.S. agricultural exports of $150 billion generated an additional $154 billion for the U.S. economy in 2020
  • Use of irrigation systems vary by crop
    3/2/2022
    Use of irrigation systems vary by crop
  • Grains and feed, fruit, vegetables, and meat and other animal products made up 65.2 percent of U.S. agricultural exports to Canada in 2021
    3/2/2022
    Grains and feed, fruit, vegetables, and meat and other animal products made up 65.2 percent of U.S. agricultural exports to Canada in 2021
  • U.S.-Canada agricultural trade has expanded with few interruptions during the CUSTA-NAFTA-USMCA period
    3/2/2022
    U.S.-Canada agricultural trade has expanded with few interruptions during the CUSTA-NAFTA-USMCA period
  • In 2021, 61.5 percent of U.S. agricultural imports from Canada consisted of meat and other animal products, grains and feeds, and oilseeds and oilseed products
    3/2/2022
    In 2021, 61.5 percent of U.S. agricultural imports from Canada consisted of meat and other animal products, grains and feeds, and oilseeds and oilseed products
  • Food insecurity rates vary across States
    2/28/2022
    Food insecurity rates vary across States
  • Record U.S. agricultural exports in FY 2021 spurred by East Asian and North American sales of grains and oilseeds
    2/25/2022
    Record U.S. agricultural exports in FY 2021 spurred by East Asian and North American sales of grains and oilseeds
  • Slaughter rates in Region 5, a major pork-processing region, decreased at the start of the pandemic but returned to levels comparable to 2019 by June 2020
    2/24/2022
    Slaughter rates in Region 5, a major pork-processing region, decreased at the start of the pandemic but returned to levels comparable to 2019 by June 2020
  • Despite a sharp decline shortly after the start of the pandemic, hog slaughter rates were above or close to 2019 rates for the remainder of 2020
    2/24/2022
    Despite a sharp decline shortly after the start of the pandemic, hog slaughter rates were above or close to 2019 rates for the remainder of 2020
  • Inspection of year-over-year changes in slaughter rates reveals variation across States
    2/24/2022
    Inspection of year-over-year changes in slaughter rates reveals variation across States
  • Slaughter rates in major pork-processing region, Region 7, declined at the pandemic’s onset, rebounding to near pre-pandemic levels by June 2020
    2/24/2022
    Slaughter rates in major pork-processing region, Region 7, declined at the pandemic’s onset, rebounding to near pre-pandemic levels by June 2020
  • Slaughter rates in Region 2, a minor pork-processing region, did not recover from the pandemic's shock before the end of 2020
    2/24/2022
    Slaughter rates in Region 2, a minor pork-processing region, did not recover from the pandemic's shock before the end of 2020
  • Slaughter rates in minor pork-processing region, Region 9, exceeded 2019 rates even following the pandemic's onset
    2/24/2022
    Slaughter rates in minor pork-processing region, Region 9, exceeded 2019 rates even following the pandemic's onset
  • USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program incentivizes higher quality cover practices using an Environmental Benefits Index
    2/24/2022
    USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program incentivizes higher quality cover practices using an Environmental Benefits Index
  • Food prices were below overall inflation in 2021
    2/23/2022
    Food prices were below overall inflation in 2021
  • Percent of production under contract, by contract type, for selected commodities, 2020
    2/23/2022
    Percent of production under contract, by contract type, for selected commodities, 2020
  • Distribution of farms, value of production, and farm assets, 2020
    2/23/2022
    Distribution of farms, value of production, and farm assets, 2020
  • Pumping restrictions were the most common component of irrigation organization drought plans in 2019
    2/22/2022
    Pumping restrictions were the most common component of irrigation organization drought plans in 2019
  • Organic dairy farms see slower productivity growth than conventional operations
    2/22/2022
    Organic dairy farms see slower productivity growth than conventional operations
  • Consumer Price Index, a key input for USDA’s 10-year commodity projections, to increase in developed regions while decreasing in developing regions
    2/18/2022
    Consumer Price Index, a key input for USDA’s 10-year commodity projections, to increase in developed regions while decreasing in developing regions
  • Grains, oilseeds, meat, and related products made up 77.2 percent of U.S. agricultural exports to Mexico in 2021
    2/18/2022
    Grains, oilseeds, meat, and related products made up 77.2 percent of U.S. agricultural exports to Mexico in 2021
  • In 2021, 74.3 percent of U.S. agricultural imports from Mexico consisted of vegetables, fruit, beverages, or distilled spirits
    2/18/2022
    In 2021, 74.3 percent of U.S. agricultural imports from Mexico consisted of vegetables, fruit, beverages, or distilled spirits
  • U.S.-Mexico agricultural trade expanded substantially from the 1990s through the first decade of the 21st century, but U.S. exports to Mexico grew little thereafter until 2021
    2/18/2022
    U.S.-Mexico agricultural trade expanded substantially from the 1990s through the first decade of the 21st century, but U.S. exports to Mexico grew little thereafter until 2021
  • The gap in hours worked between hired workers and self-employed and unpaid workers largely disappeared between 1948 and 2017
    2/17/2022
    The gap in hours worked between hired workers and self-employed and unpaid workers largely disappeared between 1948 and 2017
  • A higher share of farm operators of large farms—with gross income of at least $1 million—have graduated from college, but the gap is closing
    2/17/2022
    A higher share of farm operators of large farms—with gross income of at least $1 million—have graduated from college, but the gap is closing