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  • USDA lowered projections of U.S. soybean exports this year after China imposed retaliatory tariffs
    9/25/2019
    USDA lowered projections of U.S. soybean exports this year after China imposed retaliatory tariffs
  • ICYMI... Inflation in grocery store food prices varies across U.S. metropolitan areas
    9/24/2019
    ICYMI... Inflation in grocery store food prices varies across U.S. metropolitan areas
  • Per capita disappearance of red meats and poultry, retail basis
    9/23/2019
    Per capita disappearance of red meats and poultry, retail basis
  • Conservation practices have decreased soil erosion on cultivated cropland over time
    9/20/2019
    Conservation practices have decreased soil erosion on cultivated cropland over time
  • ICYMI . . . Rising wages point to a tighter farm labor market in the United States
    9/19/2019
    ICYMI . . . Rising wages point to a tighter farm labor market in the United States
  • U.S. spending on food away from home outpaced food-at-home spending in 2018
    9/18/2019
    U.S. spending on food away from home outpaced food-at-home spending in 2018
  • ICYMI... Historic Midwest flooding in Spring 2019 severely impacted rural counties in Iowa and Nebraska
    9/17/2019
    ICYMI... Historic Midwest flooding in Spring 2019 severely impacted rural counties in Iowa and Nebraska
  • U.S. cotton export comparison
    9/17/2019
    U.S. cotton export comparison
  • China’s share of U.S. cotton and textile imports decreased in the first half of 2019
    9/16/2019
    China’s share of U.S. cotton and textile imports decreased in the first half of 2019
  • Older adults make up more of the SNAP caseload than a decade ago
    9/13/2019
    Older adults make up more of the SNAP caseload than a decade ago
  • ICYMI... Smaller farms often rely on the principal operators and their spouses for labor, while larger farms rely on hired labor
    9/12/2019
    ICYMI... Smaller farms often rely on the principal operators and their spouses for labor, while larger farms rely on hired labor
  • U.S. soybean production and value expected to fall in the 2019/20 marketing year
    9/11/2019
    U.S. soybean production and value expected to fall in the 2019/20 marketing year
  • ICYMI... Higher breastfeeding rates among WIC participants would yield health-related cost savings
    9/10/2019
    ICYMI... Higher breastfeeding rates among WIC participants would yield health-related cost savings
  • Potential effects of climate change on agricultural productivity likely to vary by region
    9/9/2019
    Potential effects of climate change on agricultural productivity likely to vary by region
  • Shifts in payments for the top five crop management practices in USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program
    9/6/2019
    Shifts in payments for the top five crop management practices in USDA’s Environmental Quality Incentives Program
  • ICYMI... U.S. inventory of table-egg laying hens grew to its highest levels ever in 2018
    9/5/2019
    ICYMI... U.S. inventory of table-egg laying hens grew to its highest levels ever in 2018
  • Prevalence of food insecurity in 2018 was down from 2017
    9/4/2019
    Prevalence of food insecurity in 2018 was down from 2017
  • AW_Sept_Feature_Fig02
    9/3/2019
    AW_Sept_Feature_Fig02
  • AW_Sept_Feature_Fig03
    9/3/2019
    AW_Sept_Feature_Fig03
  • AW_Sept_Feature_Fig01
    9/3/2019
    AW_Sept_Feature_Fig01
  • AW2019_09-September19_Finding-FED_Zeballos_fig01
    9/3/2019
    AW2019_09-September19_Finding-FED_Zeballos_fig01
  • AW2019_09-September19_Finding-RRED_Rupasingha_fig01
    9/3/2019
    AW2019_09-September19_Finding-RRED_Rupasingha_fig01
  • AW2019_09-September19_Finding-MTED_Bond_fig01
    9/3/2019
    AW2019_09-September19_Finding-MTED_Bond_fig01
  • ICYMI... Rice producers in the southern United States increased adoption of hybrid and herbicide-tolerant seed varieties between 2006 and 2013
    9/3/2019
    ICYMI... Rice producers in the southern United States increased adoption of hybrid and herbicide-tolerant seed varieties between 2006 and 2013
  • Farm sector profits forecast to increase in 2019
    8/30/2019
    Farm sector profits forecast to increase in 2019
  • ICYMI... U.S. shellfish availability more than doubled from 1970 to 2016
    8/29/2019
    ICYMI... U.S. shellfish availability more than doubled from 1970 to 2016
  • Decline in school lunch participation driven by drops in full- and reduced-price participation
    8/28/2019
    Decline in school lunch participation driven by drops in full- and reduced-price participation
  • ICYMI... U.S. farmers adopting drought-tolerant corn about as quickly as they first adopted herbicide-tolerant and insect-tolerant varieties
    8/27/2019
    ICYMI... U.S. farmers adopting drought-tolerant corn about as quickly as they first adopted herbicide-tolerant and insect-tolerant varieties
  • Women account for an increasing share of hired farm workforce
    8/23/2019
    Women account for an increasing share of hired farm workforce
  • ICYMI... Since the burgeoning of the international avocado trade, U.S. avocado production is highest from April to July, when imports from Mexico abate somewhat
    8/22/2019
    ICYMI... Since the burgeoning of the international avocado trade, U.S. avocado production is highest from April to July, when imports from Mexico abate somewhat
  • Expanded SNAP benefits would raise Gross Domestic Product
    8/21/2019
    Expanded SNAP benefits would raise Gross Domestic Product
  • ICYMI... Use of herbicide-tolerant seeds increased quickly following their commercialization, but plateaued in recent years
    8/20/2019
    ICYMI... Use of herbicide-tolerant seeds increased quickly following their commercialization, but plateaued in recent years
  • USDA commodity-income support levels have increasingly varied since 2015
    8/19/2019
    USDA commodity-income support levels have increasingly varied since 2015
  • China’s imports of whey products and lactose decline, and U.S. loses market share
    8/16/2019
    China’s imports of whey products and lactose decline, and U.S. loses market share
  • ICYMI... Disability status can influence the risk of experiencing food insecurity
    8/15/2019
    ICYMI... Disability status can influence the risk of experiencing food insecurity
  • Farm share of retail price for Cheddar cheese down in 2018
    8/14/2019
    Farm share of retail price for Cheddar cheese down in 2018