Chart Gallery

  • Food insecurity varies by adult employment status
    3/1/2019
    Food insecurity varies by adult employment status
  • Use of herbicide-tolerant seeds increased quickly following their commercialization, but plateaued in recent years
    2/28/2019
    Use of herbicide-tolerant seeds increased quickly following their commercialization, but plateaued in recent years
  • Crop_Commodity_Fig_1_2018 Farm Act variable price trigger moves with market prices
    2/27/2019
    Crop_Commodity_Fig_1_2018 Farm Act variable price trigger moves with market prices
  • U.S. inventory of table-egg laying hens grew to its highest levels ever in 2018
    2/27/2019
    U.S. inventory of table-egg laying hens grew to its highest levels ever in 2018
  • 2018 Farm Act maintains current work requirements for USDA’s SNAP program
    2/26/2019
    2018 Farm Act maintains current work requirements for USDA’s SNAP program
  • In rural areas, single-parent families have higher poverty rates than families headed by married couples
    2/25/2019
    In rural areas, single-parent families have higher poverty rates than families headed by married couples
  • Local Regional Foods Fig_01 Mandatory funding of programs increases in 2002-2018 Farm Bills
    2/25/2019
    Local Regional Foods Fig_01 Mandatory funding of programs increases in 2002-2018 Farm Bills
  • Farm Act Trade 3a Average share of global agricultural import values, 1995-99 and 2010-14
    2/22/2019
    Farm Act Trade 3a Average share of global agricultural import values, 1995-99 and 2010-14
  • Farm Act Trade 4 Cereal food aid imports by 76 low- and middle-income countries, 1990-2012
    2/22/2019
    Farm Act Trade 4 Cereal food aid imports by 76 low- and middle-income countries, 1990-2012
  • Farm Act Trade 1 Shares of different regions in U.S. agricultural exports, 1995-2017
    2/22/2019
    Farm Act Trade 1 Shares of different regions in U.S. agricultural exports, 1995-2017
  • Farm Act Trade 5a Food security improvements projected to be largest in Asia
    2/22/2019
    Farm Act Trade 5a Food security improvements projected to be largest in Asia
  • Farm Act Trade 2 U.S. export value per region, 1995 and 2017
    2/22/2019
    Farm Act Trade 2 U.S. export value per region, 1995 and 2017
  • Five destinations accounted for 59 percent of all U.S. agricultural exports, by value, in 2017
    2/22/2019
    Five destinations accounted for 59 percent of all U.S. agricultural exports, by value, in 2017
  • 2019 inflation in grocery store food prices expected to exceed that of 2018
    2/21/2019
    2019 inflation in grocery store food prices expected to exceed that of 2018
  • Change in average annual funding for energy programs - 2014-2018 Farm Acts
    2/21/2019
    Change in average annual funding for energy programs - 2014-2018 Farm Acts
  • Economies of size possible for rice farms in the Southern United States
    2/20/2019
    Economies of size possible for rice farms in the Southern United States
  • Pasture, rangeland, and forage-area crops have driven the growth in insured acres since 2007
    2/19/2019
    Pasture, rangeland, and forage-area crops have driven the growth in insured acres since 2007
  • Improving nonmetro net migration rates are commonly found in recreation and retirement destinations
    2/15/2019
    Improving nonmetro net migration rates are commonly found in recreation and retirement destinations
  • Improving rural population trends since 2013 are mostly due to lower population loss among non-Hispanic Whites and stable growth among Hispanics
    2/15/2019
    Improving rural population trends since 2013 are mostly due to lower population loss among non-Hispanic Whites and stable growth among Hispanics
  • Increased breastfeeding rates among WIC infants would raise program costs
    2/15/2019
    Increased breastfeeding rates among WIC infants would raise program costs
  • Ethnic minorities made up 22 percent of the rural population in 2017, compared to 42 percent in urban areas
    2/15/2019
    Ethnic minorities made up 22 percent of the rural population in 2017, compared to 42 percent in urban areas
  • Expenditures on Federal and State Public Agricultural R&D, 1970-2015
    2/15/2019
    Expenditures on Federal and State Public Agricultural R&D, 1970-2015
  • National agricultural research expenditures, 1990-2013
    2/15/2019
    National agricultural research expenditures, 1990-2013
  • Net migration has driven growth in the rural (nonmetro) population since 2011-12
    2/15/2019
    Net migration has driven growth in the rural (nonmetro) population since 2011-12
  • Public and Private agricultural R&D expenditures in the United States
    2/15/2019
    Public and Private agricultural R&D expenditures in the United States
  • Rising wages point to tighter farm labor market in U.S.
    2/15/2019
    Rising wages point to tighter farm labor market in U.S.
  • Rural development telecom awards, 2012-17
    2/15/2019
    Rural development telecom awards, 2012-17
  • Year-over-year percent changes in 2018 retail prices of selected animal proteins
    2/15/2019
    Year-over-year percent changes in 2018 retail prices of selected animal proteins
  • Among children born in 2015, breastfeeding rates in WIC infants are below those of other infants
    2/14/2019
    Among children born in 2015, breastfeeding rates in WIC infants are below those of other infants
  • Higher breastfeeding rates in WIC translate into cost savings from reductions in a variety of maternal and pediatric diseases
    2/14/2019
    Higher breastfeeding rates in WIC translate into cost savings from reductions in a variety of maternal and pediatric diseases
  • Federal costs would have risen if breastfeeding rates in WIC reached medically recommended levels in 2016
    2/14/2019
    Federal costs would have risen if breastfeeding rates in WIC reached medically recommended levels in 2016
  • More time spent working on the farm leads to less off-farm labor across different commodities
    2/14/2019
    More time spent working on the farm leads to less off-farm labor across different commodities
  • Total program costs have increased by $252 million in 2016 if breastfeeding rates in WIC reached medically recommended levels
    2/14/2019
    Total program costs have increased by $252 million in 2016 if breastfeeding rates in WIC reached medically recommended levels
  • In 2016, raw milk could be legally purchased in 38 States
    2/13/2019
    In 2016, raw milk could be legally purchased in 38 States
  • December U.S. soybean stocks climb to a record high
    2/13/2019
    December U.S. soybean stocks climb to a record high
  • Specialty Crop Block Grant Program total amount awarded, by State, FY 14 - FY 18
    2/13/2019
    Specialty Crop Block Grant Program total amount awarded, by State, FY 14 - FY 18