Chart Gallery
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7/6/2020
U.S. watermelon imports rise to meet growing demand -
7/1/2020
As the rural veteran population declined, the share that were age 65 or older increased -
7/1/2020
Increasing rates of nonmetro net migration offset by reductions in natural change -
7/1/2020
Nearly 1,400 nonmetro counties lost population from 2011 to 2014 -
7/1/2020
Nonmetro areas end decade with near-zero population change -
7/1/2020
Population growth returns to nonmetro counties near metro areas but continues to decline in more remote settings -
7/1/2020
Population shifts reflect cutbacks in energy-sector employment and renewed migration to recreation destinations -
7/1/2020
Population rebounded in counties adjacent to metro areas during the second half of the decade -
7/1/2020
Productivity growth is the only factor contributing to agricultural growth positively in all subperiods since 1948 -
7/1/2020
Skipping dinner affected daily calories more than diet quality -
6/29/2020
The production of five popular vegetables relies on foreign labor -
6/26/2020
California, New York, and Texas rank as the top 3 States in number of U.S. food and beverage processing plants -
6/25/2020
Abundant U.S. honey supplies in 2019 lead to a decline in honey prices -
6/24/2020
U.S. pork processing capacity utilization rebounds as COVID-19 infections of plant labor forces recede -
6/22/2020
Farm households reported that working off the farm provided greater and more stable income, along with health and retirement benefits -
6/19/2020
Global cotton mill use sustains unprecedented decline as COVID-19 impact unfolds -
6/17/2020
Actual 2019 and forecast 2020 and 2021 US meat production for the four major species -
6/17/2020
Americans obtained just over one-third of their vegetables in away-from-home eating places in 2007-08 -
6/16/2020
All counties with extreme poverty in 2018 were rural (nonmetro) counties -
6/16/2020
U.S. wheat supplies and exports tend to move in the same direction -
6/16/2020
U.S. rice stocks projected to increase 35 percent in 2020/21 -
6/16/2020
World sugar production 2009/10 to 2020/21 -
6/15/2020
Retail orange juice sales rise during pandemic to highest levels in 5 years -
6/15/2020
Planting of 2020/21 U.S. soybean crop proceeding much faster than a year ago -
6/12/2020
Prices for two key grains diverge on COVID-19-linked shifts in demand -
6/11/2020
USDA’s Summer Food Service Program served 2.7 million children at 47,463 sites in 2019 -
6/10/2020
Record global feed grains production projected in 2020/21 amid pandemic’s uncertainty -
6/9/2020
Labor costs on specialty crop farms accounted for 3 times as much of their total cash expenses as the average for all U.S. farms -
6/5/2020
Eating-out expenditures in March 2020 were 28 percent below March 2019 expenditures -
6/4/2020
Growth in pork sales to China led record U.S. pork exports in first quarter 2020 -
6/3/2020
By 2018, industrial hemp was planted under pilot programs in 22 States on more than 90,000 acres -
6/3/2020
Cover crops and rotational grazing were more widely used by organic producers between 2012 and 2014 -
6/3/2020
Hard red varieties make up majority of wheat sales as U.S. global export share trends lower -
6/3/2020
Hemp production in Canada, the most relevant analog for the U.S. industry, remains volatile -
6/3/2020
Increased demand for fresh limes, lemons, and tangerines drove the post-2007 increase in loss-adjusted U.S. fresh citrus availability -
6/3/2020
The United States imported raw hemp even before the pilot programs allowed domestic production