Chart Gallery

  • Bell pepper seasonal import volume from Mexico and average percentage change, 2008-20
    11/8/2021
    Bell pepper seasonal import volume from Mexico and average percentage change, 2008-20
  • U.S. fresh vegetable import volume continues steady growth
    11/8/2021
    U.S. fresh vegetable import volume continues steady growth
  • Bell pepper import volume from Canada has increased across all four seasons
    11/8/2021
    Bell pepper import volume from Canada has increased across all four seasons
  • Food Pantry Use Increased in 2020 for Most Types of U.S. Households
    11/8/2021
    Food Pantry Use Increased in 2020 for Most Types of U.S. Households
  • Irrigation Organizations Use Conveyance Infrastructure To Deliver Water to Irrigated Farms and Ranches
    11/8/2021
    Irrigation Organizations Use Conveyance Infrastructure To Deliver Water to Irrigated Farms and Ranches
  • Participation by children in USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) increased during FY 2020
    11/8/2021
    Participation by children in USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) increased during FY 2020
  • Most U.S. counties exempt groceries from sales taxes
    11/5/2021
    Most U.S. counties exempt groceries from sales taxes
  • Cost cited as major reason for not lining canals that carry water to farms, ranches in 2019
    11/3/2021
    Cost cited as major reason for not lining canals that carry water to farms, ranches in 2019
  • Frozen turkey inventories 24 percent below 3-year average as consumers gobble up supplies
    11/1/2021
    Frozen turkey inventories 24 percent below 3-year average as consumers gobble up supplies
  • USDA Seamless Summer Option and Summer Food Service Program meal sites expanded earlier in 2020 than in 2019
    10/29/2021
    USDA Seamless Summer Option and Summer Food Service Program meal sites expanded earlier in 2020 than in 2019
  • In 2020, crops sector received 65 percent of Paycheck Protection Program loans for agriculture
    10/27/2021
    In 2020, crops sector received 65 percent of Paycheck Protection Program loans for agriculture
  • Texas carves new position leading the United States in pumpkin revenues
    10/25/2021
    Texas carves new position leading the United States in pumpkin revenues
  • Agricultural output growth comes from increasing the use of land and other resources and from raising the productivity of those resources
    10/22/2021
    Agricultural output growth comes from increasing the use of land and other resources and from raising the productivity of those resources
  • USDA's Summer Food Service Program served a record number of free meals despite fewer sites in fiscal year 2020
    10/22/2021
    USDA's Summer Food Service Program served a record number of free meals despite fewer sites in fiscal year 2020
  • Gap between H-2A positions certified and H-2A visas issued grew during COVID-19 pandemic
    10/20/2021
    Gap between H-2A positions certified and H-2A visas issued grew during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Local residents living in oil-dependent counties experienced long-term effects following the oil boom and bust of the 1980s
    10/18/2021
    Local residents living in oil-dependent counties experienced long-term effects following the oil boom and bust of the 1980s
  • October 2021 Average Livestock Slaughter Weights and Milk per Cow
    10/18/2021
    October 2021 Average Livestock Slaughter Weights and Milk per Cow
  • sugarbeet production forecasts
    10/18/2021
    sugarbeet production forecasts
  • Sugarcane percent harvested
    10/18/2021
    Sugarcane percent harvested
  • World’s most vulnerable populations consumed fewer calories a day during pandemic
    10/15/2021
    World’s most vulnerable populations consumed fewer calories a day during pandemic
  • India's 2021 rice exports projected to be a record 20.0 million tons; Thailand's 2021 exports projected lowest since 1997
    10/14/2021
    India's 2021 rice exports projected to be a record 20.0 million tons; Thailand's 2021 exports projected lowest since 1997
  • Leading global cotton consumers
    10/14/2021
    Leading global cotton consumers
  • Soybean meal and oil prices
    10/14/2021
    Soybean meal and oil prices
  • U.S. corn inventories, quarterly, on-farm versus off-farm
    10/14/2021
    U.S. corn inventories, quarterly, on-farm versus off-farm
  • U.S. stocks
    10/14/2021
    U.S. stocks
  • Robust demand for pasta spurs record durum wheat use and strong imports
    10/13/2021
    Robust demand for pasta spurs record durum wheat use and strong imports
  • U.S. milk production
    10/13/2021
    U.S. milk production
  • U.S. household food insecurity remained unchanged in 2020
    10/12/2021
    U.S. household food insecurity remained unchanged in 2020
  • Emergency allotments, participation increase led to 66-percent increase in SNAP benefits in second half of FY 2020
    10/8/2021
    Emergency allotments, participation increase led to 66-percent increase in SNAP benefits in second half of FY 2020
  • Impact of changing capital gains taxation at death varies by farm size
    10/6/2021
    Impact of changing capital gains taxation at death varies by farm size
  • Combined crop year 2020/21 value of production forecasts (for barley, corn, upland cotton, oats, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat) were revised up in September 2020 and May 2021 compared to pre-pandemic February 2020 forecasts
    10/6/2021
    Combined crop year 2020/21 value of production forecasts (for barley, corn, upland cotton, oats, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat) were revised up in September 2020 and May 2021 compared to pre-pandemic February 2020 forecasts
  • Combined value of production forecast (for beef, pork, broilers, turkeys, eggs, and milk) in 2020 continued to be revised through May 2021
    10/6/2021
    Combined value of production forecast (for beef, pork, broilers, turkeys, eggs, and milk) in 2020 continued to be revised through May 2021
  • Spending on food assistance in second half of FY 2020 outpaced spending in second half of FY 2019 by $4.5 billion a month on average
    10/4/2021
    Spending on food assistance in second half of FY 2020 outpaced spending in second half of FY 2019 by $4.5 billion a month on average
  • SNAP benefit payments increased 66 percent in second half of FY 2020
    10/4/2021
    SNAP benefit payments increased 66 percent in second half of FY 2020
  • WIC participation increased for children but not for women or infants in the second half of FY 2020
    10/4/2021
    WIC participation increased for children but not for women or infants in the second half of FY 2020
  • P-EBT payments led to a rise in overall spending on programs targeted toward children
    10/4/2021
    P-EBT payments led to a rise in overall spending on programs targeted toward children