Administrative Publication No. (AP-121) 28 pp

February 2024

Selected Charts from Ag and Food Statistics: Charting the Essentials, 2024

This collection of charts and maps presents key statistics about the farm sector, food spending and prices, food security and nutrition assistance, rural communities, agricultural production and trade, and the interaction of agriculture and natural resources—all and more found in ERS's regularly updated website chart collection, Ag and Food Statistics: Charting the Essentials.

Errata: On October 29, 2024, the chart entitled “Change in all-food CPI, intermediate foods and feeds PPI, and field crop prices, 2003-22” was updated with the correct annual percent change in field crop prices for 2022. No other changes were made.

Keywords: Key agriculture indicators, charts, statistics, maps, agriculture, agricultural trade, agricultural production, agricultural prices, natural resources, food consumption, food availability, food prices, food spending, food security, food and nutrition assistance programs, nutrition, farm commodities, farms, farm income, farm sector, rural economy

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