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  • Calorie availability and importance of food in household spending are inversely related
    6/14/2018
    Calorie availability and importance of food in household spending are inversely related
  • U.S. agricultural export and import forecasts both revised upward for fiscal year 2018; trade balance stable
    6/13/2018
    U.S. agricultural export and import forecasts both revised upward for fiscal year 2018; trade balance stable
  • Economic conditions, legislation, and demographics influence the age composition of the SNAP caseload
    6/12/2018
    Economic conditions, legislation, and demographics influence the age composition of the SNAP caseload
  • Rural poverty remains regionally concentrated
    6/11/2018
    Rural poverty remains regionally concentrated
  • All-wheat food use is growing, lifts per capita utilization
    6/8/2018
    All-wheat food use is growing, lifts per capita utilization
  • Meat and poultry plants employ close to a third of all U.S. food and beverage manufacturing employees
    6/7/2018
    Meat and poultry plants employ close to a third of all U.S. food and beverage manufacturing employees
  • Percent of population participating in USDA's Summer Food Service Program, July 2016
    6/7/2018
    Percent of population participating in USDA's Summer Food Service Program, July 2016
  • Organic corn prices are generally two to three times higher than conventional corn prices
    6/6/2018
    Organic corn prices are generally two to three times higher than conventional corn prices
  • Potatoes and tomatoes are America’s top vegetable choices
    6/5/2018
    Potatoes and tomatoes are America’s top vegetable choices
  • U.S. honey is increasingly supplied through imports
    6/4/2018
    U.S. honey is increasingly supplied through imports
  • Food safety recalls occur for a variety of foods
    6/1/2018
    Food safety recalls occur for a variety of foods
  • Production of romaine lettuce is growing
    5/31/2018
    Production of romaine lettuce is growing
  • Public spending on agricultural R&D by high-income countries grew after 1960, but is now in decline
    5/30/2018
    Public spending on agricultural R&D by high-income countries grew after 1960, but is now in decline
  • Rural economies depend on different industries
    5/29/2018
    Rural economies depend on different industries
  • Older operators often run small family farms, particularly retirement and low-sales farms
    5/25/2018
    Older operators often run small family farms, particularly retirement and low-sales farms
  • U.S. production of most major meat and animal products is expected to increase in 2019
    5/24/2018
    U.S. production of most major meat and animal products is expected to increase in 2019
  • The median income of households operating farm businesses has risen over the past two decades, but remains below that of self-employed households
    5/23/2018
    The median income of households operating farm businesses has risen over the past two decades, but remains below that of self-employed households
  • Per capita disappearance of red meats and poultry is forecasted to eclipse 2007 record
    5/22/2018
    Per capita disappearance of red meats and poultry is forecasted to eclipse 2007 record
  • Livestock and poultry weights have increased progressively since 2000
    5/22/2018
    Livestock and poultry weights have increased progressively since 2000
  • Lower and more stable feed prices improve returns and promote production growth
    5/22/2018
    Lower and more stable feed prices improve returns and promote production growth
  • U.S. production of meat and poultry is fueled by strong global demand
    5/22/2018
    U.S. production of meat and poultry is fueled by strong global demand
  • Hog and broiler inventories have increased since 2000
    5/22/2018
    Hog and broiler inventories have increased since 2000
  • Between 2007 and 2018, organic corn had large price premiums—generally two to three times as high as conventional corn prices
    5/22/2018
    Between 2007 and 2018, organic corn had large price premiums—generally two to three times as high as conventional corn prices
  • Working-age adults accounted for 44 percent of SNAP participants in 2016
    5/22/2018
    Working-age adults accounted for 44 percent of SNAP participants in 2016
  • Public research expenditures in high-income countries have tended to rise faster than agricultural GDP, but this has varied over time and by country
    5/22/2018
    Public research expenditures in high-income countries have tended to rise faster than agricultural GDP, but this has varied over time and by country
  • Public spending on agricultural R&D by high-income countries grew significantly during the latter half of the 20th century, but this trend has recently reversed
    5/22/2018
    Public spending on agricultural R&D by high-income countries grew significantly during the latter half of the 20th century, but this trend has recently reversed
  • Since the late 1970s, aggregate agricultural output growth in high-income countries has been driven entirely by growth in productivity
    5/22/2018
    Since the late 1970s, aggregate agricultural output growth in high-income countries has been driven entirely by growth in productivity
  • Producer levies finance much more research relative to commodity value in Australia than they do in the United States
    5/22/2018
    Producer levies finance much more research relative to commodity value in Australia than they do in the United States
  • Nutritional quality of food store purchases increases with nutrition information use
    5/22/2018
    Nutritional quality of food store purchases increases with nutrition information use
  • U.S. exports of whole soybeans are forecast to grow in 2018/19
    5/21/2018
    U.S. exports of whole soybeans are forecast to grow in 2018/19
  • A hypothetical increase in U.S. agricultural exports is estimated to add rural jobs across different agri-food sectors
    5/18/2018
    A hypothetical increase in U.S. agricultural exports is estimated to add rural jobs across different agri-food sectors
  • SNAP/FSP participants and eligible people, fiscal 1994-2015
    5/17/2018
    SNAP/FSP participants and eligible people, fiscal 1994-2015
  • Recent food price inflation in line with overall inflation
    5/17/2018
    Recent food price inflation in line with overall inflation
  • Monthly U.S. dried garlic trade spiked temporarily in 2016/17
    5/16/2018
    Monthly U.S. dried garlic trade spiked temporarily in 2016/17
  • Agriculture and its related industries added over $1 trillion to U.S. GDP in 2016
    5/15/2018
    Agriculture and its related industries added over $1 trillion to U.S. GDP in 2016
  • Close to 90 percent of U.S. consumers’ food and beverage spending is for domestically produced products
    5/14/2018
    Close to 90 percent of U.S. consumers’ food and beverage spending is for domestically produced products