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  • Nonoperator landlords residing within 50 miles of their land owned 67 percent of rented acreage in 2014
    3/29/2021
    Nonoperator landlords residing within 50 miles of their land owned 67 percent of rented acreage in 2014
  • Figure 1: Top 10 exporters of agricultural products, 2014
    3/29/2021
    Figure 1: Top 10 exporters of agricultural products, 2014
  • Figure 2: Top 10 exporters of animal products, 2014
    3/29/2021
    Figure 2: Top 10 exporters of animal products, 2014
  • Figure 3: Top 10 exporters of plant products, 2014
    3/29/2021
    Figure 3: Top 10 exporters of plant products, 2014
  • Pork stocks unlikely to build to pre-COVID levels in 2021
    3/26/2021
    Pork stocks unlikely to build to pre-COVID levels in 2021
  • Top 4, 8, and 20 firms' share of U.S. food sales, 1990-2019
    3/24/2021
    Top 4, 8, and 20 firms' share of U.S. food sales, 1990-2019
  • Top U.S. exporters of agricultural products, 2010
    3/24/2021
    Top U.S. exporters of agricultural products, 2010
  • Top U.S. exporters of crops and products, 2014
    3/24/2021
    Top U.S. exporters of crops and products, 2014
  • Top U.S. exporters of animal products, 2014
    3/24/2021
    Top U.S. exporters of animal products, 2014
  • Share of food-at-home spending in the United States returned to Great Recession levels in 2020
    3/24/2021
    Share of food-at-home spending in the United States returned to Great Recession levels in 2020
  • Corn, soybean farmers covered part of their production with futures, options, and marketing contracts in 2016
    3/22/2021
    Corn, soybean farmers covered part of their production with futures, options, and marketing contracts in 2016
  • In most States, the average nonoperator lived within 200 miles of their land in 2014
    3/19/2021
    In most States, the average nonoperator lived within 200 miles of their land in 2014
  • Absent landlords owned a minority of total farmland acreage rented out in 2014
    3/19/2021
    Absent landlords owned a minority of total farmland acreage rented out in 2014
  • Medical care inflation outpaced overall U.S. inflation and income growth, 2013-18
    3/19/2021
    Medical care inflation outpaced overall U.S. inflation and income growth, 2013-18
  • Inflation-driven change in costs of U.S. foodborne illnesses varied substantially across pathogens, 2013-18
    3/19/2021
    Inflation-driven change in costs of U.S. foodborne illnesses varied substantially across pathogens, 2013-18
  • Inflation in value of preventing deaths accounted for 76 percent of total inflation in the economic cost of 15 U.S. foodborne illnesses, 2013-18
    3/19/2021
    Inflation in value of preventing deaths accounted for 76 percent of total inflation in the economic cost of 15 U.S. foodborne illnesses, 2013-18
  • Costs of 15 major foodborne illnesses in the United States totaled $17.6 billion in 2018
    3/19/2021
    Costs of 15 major foodborne illnesses in the United States totaled $17.6 billion in 2018
  • Five pathogens caused most foodborne illness costs in United States
    3/19/2021
    Five pathogens caused most foodborne illness costs in United States
  • Small share of farm estates created in 2020 will be required to file tax return or will owe estate tax, ERS estimated
    3/19/2021
    Small share of farm estates created in 2020 will be required to file tax return or will owe estate tax, ERS estimated
  • Landlords residing within 200 miles of their land owned majority of rented acreage in 2014
    3/19/2021
    Landlords residing within 200 miles of their land owned majority of rented acreage in 2014
  • Absent landlords are statistically associated with lower land values
    3/19/2021
    Absent landlords are statistically associated with lower land values
  • State agricultural trade statistics by country of origin and destination and by commodity available for download on USDA, Economic Research Service's website
    3/19/2021
    State agricultural trade statistics by country of origin and destination and by commodity available for download on USDA, Economic Research Service's website
  • Rural death rates from COVID-19 surpassed urban death rates in early September 2020
    3/19/2021
    Rural death rates from COVID-19 surpassed urban death rates in early September 2020
  • Growing international demand and high domestic use send U.S. soybean stocks toward historic low
    3/17/2021
    Growing international demand and high domestic use send U.S. soybean stocks toward historic low
  • WIC specialized A50 stores most prevalent in California, Puerto Rico, Texas in 2018
    3/15/2021
    WIC specialized A50 stores most prevalent in California, Puerto Rico, Texas in 2018
  • Cumulative sugar extraction rate, beet sugar produced per sugar beet sliced, by crop year, 2010/11-2020/21
    3/15/2021
    Cumulative sugar extraction rate, beet sugar produced per sugar beet sliced, by crop year, 2010/11-2020/21
  • Percent changes between 2019 and 2020 of selected animal product retail prices
    3/15/2021
    Percent changes between 2019 and 2020 of selected animal product retail prices
  • U.S. milk production
    3/15/2021
    U.S. milk production
  • Pi Day: Production value of seven popular pie ingredients grown in the United States approaches $6 billion
    3/12/2021
    Pi Day: Production value of seven popular pie ingredients grown in the United States approaches $6 billion
  • Brazilian soybean exports fall substantially compared with recent history
    3/11/2021
    Brazilian soybean exports fall substantially compared with recent history
  • Global cotton exports
    3/11/2021
    Global cotton exports
  • Record-high wheat feeding lifts China's share of global consumption
    3/11/2021
    Record-high wheat feeding lifts China's share of global consumption
  • U.S. corn cash market prices, monthly average
    3/11/2021
    U.S. corn cash market prices, monthly average
  • U.S. rough rice exports are projected to increase 12 percent in 2020/21 and milled rice exports to decline 8 percent
    3/11/2021
    U.S. rough rice exports are projected to increase 12 percent in 2020/21 and milled rice exports to decline 8 percent
  • Participation in USDA’s School Breakfast Program doubled between 1999 and 2019
    3/10/2021
    Participation in USDA’s School Breakfast Program doubled between 1999 and 2019
  • Women accounted for an increasing share of hired farm workforce from 2009 to 2018
    3/8/2021
    Women accounted for an increasing share of hired farm workforce from 2009 to 2018