Farm Program Atlas
This interactive mapping tool shows farm program data by county.
(Featured 12/15/2011 - 2/22/2012)
|
Identifying Overlap in the Farm Safety Net
Do multiple farm program payments overcompensate for losses?
(Featured 12/2/2011 - 2/13/2012)
|
The Changing Organization of U.S. Farming
Changing production practices, including adoption of labor-saving innovations, have contributed to and been affected by increases in both agricultural productivity and the concentration of production.
(Featured 12/2/2011 - 2/13/2012)
|
2011 Farm Income Forecast
Net farm income is forecast at $100.9 billion for 2011, up $21.8 billion for a rise of 28 percent from 2010.
(Featured 11/29/2011 - 1/11/2012)
|
Child Nutrition Programs
Information about USDA-administered food assistance programs serving the nutritional needs of children
(Featured 12/1/2011 - 1/11/2012)
|
Direct and Intermediated Marketing of Local Foods in the United States
Local foods marketing channels encompass a wide range of producers.
(Featured 11/23/2011 - 1/6/2012)
|
ERS 50th Anniversary
ERS will celebrate its 50th Anniversary on May 4-5, 2011. Since its creation in 1961, ERS has informed and enhanced food and agricultural policy through incisive, science-based research and analysis.
(Featured 11/23/2011 - 12/15/2011)
|
How Much Time Do Americans Spend on Food?
Overview of time use patterns in eating and other food-related activities.
(Featured 11/21/2011 - 12/2/2011)
|
Renewable Identification Numbers and U.S. Biofuel Mandates
How Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) enforce biofuel mandates in the U.S.
(Featured 11/9/2011 - 12/2/2011)
|
Agricultural Outlook Forum 2012
USDA– Growing, Innovating, and Celebrating 150 Years
(Featured 11/9/2011 - 12/1/2011)
|
USDA awards 2.2 million for research on food assistance and nutrition programs in FY 2011
Awards focus on food assistance programs, food choices, and the economy, and behavioral economics to promote child nutrition.
(Featured 10/24/2011 - 11/29/2011)
|
Americans' Perceptions of Diet Quality
Report analyzes self-assessments of the healthfulness of Americans' diets.
(Featured 10/18/2011 - 11/23/2011)
|
ERS Charts of Note
Stay informed: Sign up for ERS Charts of Note
(Featured 11/3/2011 - 11/23/2011)
|
Food Safety in Meat and Poultry Processing Plants
Report examines food safety audits, processing plant characteristics, and use of food safety technology.
(Featured 10/18/2011 - 11/21/2011)
|
Distillers' Grains as a Source of Livestock Feed
Estimating the Substitution of Distillers’ Grains for Corn and Soybean Meal in the U.S. Feed Complex.
(Featured 10/17/2011 - 11/9/2011)
|
SNAP Data System
Updated time-series data and maps on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and benefits.
(Featured 10/17/2011 - 11/9/2011)
|
Rural America At A Glance, 2011 Edition
The 2011 edition focuses on the U.S. rural economy, including employment trends, poverty, education, and population trends.
(Featured 10/12/2011 - 11/3/2011)
|
Trends and Developments in Hog Manure Management: 1998-2009
With less cropland for spreading the manure, hog farmers may be compensating through more effective manure management.
(Featured 9/27/2011 - 10/24/2011)
|
Alternatives to a State-Based ACRE Program: Expected Payments Under a National, Crop District, or County Base
Changing the aggregate level of revenue used to trigger payments in ACRE would change expected benefits and, perhaps, enrollment levels.
(Featured 9/26/2011 - 10/18/2011)
|
Nitrogen in Agricultural Systems: Implications for Conservation Policy
Reducing Agriculture’s Nitrogen Footprint: Are New Policy Approaches Needed?
(Featured 9/27/2011 - 10/18/2011)
|
Household Food Security in the United States in 2010
The percentage of U.S. households with very low food security declined from 2009 to 2010, while the percentage food insecure remained essentially unchanged.
(Featured 9/7/2011 - 10/17/2011)
|
ERS Co-Convenes Rural Wealth Creation Conference
Conference aims to create a dialogue on research, policy and practice
(Featured 10/3/2011 - 10/5/2011)
|
2011 Farm Income Forecast (August 2011)
Net farm income is forecast at $103.6 billion for 2011, up $24.5 billion for a rise of 31 percent from 2010.
(Featured 8/30/2011 - 10/3/2011)
|
Impacts of Higher Energy Prices on Agriculture
ERS analysis of three scenarios finds higher energy-related production costs would generally lower agricultural output, raise prices of agricultural products, and reduce farm income in the short run.
(Featured 8/29/2011 - 9/28/2011)
|
The Ethanol Decade: An Expansion of U.S. Corn Production, 2000-09
Farm-level data reveal that the simultaneous net expansion of corn and soybean acreage resulted from a reduction in cotton acreage, a shift from uncultivated hay to cropland, and the expansion of double cropping.
(Featured 8/29/2011 - 9/28/2011)
|
Food and Nutrition Assistance Research conferences—September 22 and 23
The conferences focus on emerging research issues related to domestic food assistance and nutrition programs administered by USDA.
(Featured 8/31/2011 - 9/26/2011)
|
Cattle Feeding Practices in Mexico
Mexican feeder-calf and fed cattle production systems.
(Featured 8/24/2011 - 9/19/2011)
|
Characteristics of Conventional and Organic Apple Production in the United States
Examining trends in the U.S. apple sector and comparing production and marketing characteristics under organic and conventional farming systems.
(Featured 8/22/2011 - 9/7/2011)
|
Public Agriculture Research Spending and Future U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth: Scenarios for 2010-2050
By 2050, global agricultural demand is projected to grow by 70-100 percent due to population growth, energy demands, and higher incomes in developing countries. Meeting this demand from existing agricultural resources will require raising global agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) by a similar level.
(Featured 8/22/2011 - 9/7/2011)
|
Effect of Food and Beverage Prices on Children's Weight
Findings from the Quarterly Food-at-Home Price Database (QFAHPD) and other data sources.
(Featured 8/8/2011 - 8/30/2011)
|
Cropland Conversion in the Northern Plains
How fast are grasslands being converted to cropland in the United States and especially in the Northern Plains? Can a temporary (5-year) ban on crop insurance purchase for converted grassland slow grassland to cropland conversion? More broadly, what has been the role of crop insurance and other farm programs in grassland to cropland conversion?
(Featured 7/20/2011 - 8/24/2011)
|
Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System
Annual update to the ERS food availability per capita data system includes three related data series on food consumption.
(Featured 7/20/2011 - 8/24/2011)
|
Food Expenditures
Spending on food away from home was 47.9 percent of the $1,240.4 billion in total food expenditures in 2010.
(Featured 7/20/2011 - 8/24/2011)
|
ERS: The Founding Era
Dr. Willard Cochrane and Dr. John Schnittker played key roles in establishing ERS, and in shepherding its early years. Here, they reminisce and envision the future.
(Featured 7/7/2011 - 8/22/2011)
|
Prices of Healthy Foods Differ Geographically
Relative prices of healthy foods vary considerably by geographic location which may contribute to geographic variation in diet and health outcomes.
(Featured 7/13/2011 - 8/22/2011)
|
Why Have Food Commodity Prices Risen Again?
This report discusses the factors that have contributed to the recent large and rapid increase in global food commodity prices.
(Featured 6/28/2011 - 8/8/2011)
|
Brazil's Cotton Industry
This report identifies the factors contributing to Brazil's rise as a major cotton exporter.
(Featured 6/22/2011 - 7/20/2011)
|
Food Consumption and Nutrient Intake Data
Updated data tables on food consumption and nutrient intake by where food was purchased and eaten.
(Featured 6/24/2011 - 7/20/2011)
|
Update on International Food Security
Estimated impact of high food commodity prices on food security in 70 developing nations in 2010.
(Featured 5/25/2011 - 7/20/2011)
|
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Updated information about SNAP, the Nation’s largest domestic food and nutrition assistance program for low-income Americans.
(Featured 6/8/2011 - 7/13/2011)
|
Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America
Map the latest indicators on people, jobs, agriculture, and county classifications.
(Featured 6/2/2011 - 6/28/2011)
|
Does Regional Price Variation Affect the Buying Power of WIC Vouchers?
This report used 2004-06 Nielsen Homescan data to examine prices of fruits and vegetables in 26 metropolitan market areas to determine how price variations affect WIC fruit and vegetable vouchers' purchasing power.
(Featured 5/19/2011 - 6/24/2011)
|
Food Security Improved Following the 2009 ARRA Increase in SNAP Benefits
Food insecurity of low-income households declined by 2.2 percentage points from 2008 to 2009.
(Featured 4/27/2011 - 6/8/2011)
|
Scanner Data Conference: June 1-2, 2011
A 2-day conference to discuss how scanner data can contribute to food policy research will be held on June 1 and 2, 2011 at ERS headquarters.
(Featured 4/27/2011 - 6/2/2011)
|
Selected Trade Agreements and Implications for U.S. Agriculture
How recent trade agreements pursued by the United States could affect U.S. agricultural trade.
(Featured 4/15/2011 - 5/25/2011)
|
Reciprocal Trade Agreements and Their Effects on the World Agricultural Marketplace
How reciprocal trade agreements (RTAs) have impacted global agricultural trade.
(Featured 4/15/2011 - 5/2/2011)
|
Food Price Outlook, 2011
In 2011, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all food is projected to increase 3 to 4 percent.
(Featured 3/30/2011 - 4/27/2011)
|
The WIC Program Briefing Room
Updated WIC Program Briefing Room highlights recent ERS research and publications
(Featured 3/29/2011 - 4/27/2011)
|
The global rice market after the Japan tsunami
Information on the impact of Japan’s tsunami on the global rice market.
(Featured 4/8/2011 - 4/20/2011)
|
NAFTA at 17
The seventh and final report in a Congressionally-mandated series about the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on U.S. agricultural trade.
(Featured 4/6/2011 - 4/14/2011)
|
Current Issues in Japanese Agriculture
Information about agricultural trade in Japan and production in the prefectures most seriously affected by the natural disasters.
(Featured 3/22/2011 - 4/8/2011)
|
U.S. Fertilizer Trade
Annual data on U.S. imports and exports of selected fertilizer types by country.
(Featured 3/14/2011 - 4/6/2011)
|
Updated Database of Food and Nutrition Assistance Publications
Search an electronic database for the latest food and nutrition assistance publications supported by FANRP research projects.
(Featured 3/21/2011 - 3/30/2011)
|
Retail Prices for Beef and Bread
How retail beef and bread prices respond to changes in ingredient and input costs.
(Featured 3/14/2011 - 3/29/2011)
|
Climate Change Policy and the Adoption of Methane Digesters on Livestock Operations
Higher carbon prices could spur adoption of methane digesters.
(Featured 3/7/2011 - 3/22/2011)
|
Agricultural Contracting Update
Formal contractual arrangements in agriculture account for 40 percent of the value of U.S. agricultural production.
(Featured 3/7/2011 - 3/21/2011)
|
New Food Dollar Series
A revised and expanded food dollar data series to better understand our food costs.
(Featured 2/24/2011 - 3/21/2011)
|
2011 Farm Income Forecast
Net farm income is forecast to be $94.7 billion in 2011, up $15.7 billion (20 percent) from the 2010 forecast.
(Featured 2/14/2011 - 3/7/2011)
|
Quarterly Food-at-Home Price Database (QFAHPD)
The Quarterly Food-at-Home Price Database (QFAHPD) provides food price data to support research on the economic determinants of food consumption, diet quality, and health outcomes.
(Featured 2/18/2011 - 3/7/2011)
|
USDA Agricultural Projections to 2020
Longrun (10-year) projections for the agricultural sector through 2020.
(Featured 2/14/2011 - 3/7/2011)
|
2011 Agricultural Outlook Forum
Attend the USDA's annual Outlook Forum, where the Secretary of Agriculture and government, farm, and industry leaders discuss the future of American agriculture.
(Featured 1/24/2010 - 2/24/2011)
|
Financial Characteristics of Vegetable and Melon Farmers
This report presents a financial snapshot of the U.S. vegetable and melon farms by region and farm size over three 3-year periods (1999-2007).
(Featured 2/11/2011 - 2/17/2011)
|
How Much Do Fruits and Vegetables Cost?
ERS estimates the average price per cup equivalent for 153 commonly consumed fresh and processed fruits and vegetables.
(Featured 2/8/2011 - 2/17/2011)
|
Peru's Fruit and Vegetable Exports
This report provides an overview of the Peruvian fruits and vegetables export industry, highlighting different degrees of competition with U.S. industries and impacts on U.S. growers.
(Featured 1/3/2011 - 2/11/2011)
|
Your Food Environment Atlas
With 168 indicators of the food environment--up from the original 90--the updated Atlas sheds even more light than the original on your community's ability to access healthy foods and its success in doing so.
(Featured 1/19/2011 - 2/8/2011)
|
2010 Farm Income Forecast
Net farm income is forecast to be $81.6 billion in 2010, up $19.4 billion (31 percent) from 2009.
(Featured 1/4/2011 - 1/24/2011)
|
WIC Participation Patterns
Many eligible households do not participate in WIC; eligible pregnant women and children age 1-5 are far less likely to participate than infants and postpartum women.
(Featured 1/11/2011 - 1/19/2011)
|
U.S. food service industry
Updated information on the growing food service market, including fast food outlets.
(Featured 12/21/2010 - 1/11/2011)
|
Market Issues and Prospects for U.S. Distillers’ Grains Supply, Use, and Price Relationships
This report provides a current and near-term analysis of the rapidly developing market for distillers' grains (DDGS), including factors such as supply, use, and price relationships. Photos used by permission of Western New York Energy, LLC.
(Featured 12/9/2010 - 1/3/2011)
|
Household Food Security in the United States, 2009
The percentage of U.S. households that were food insecure had increased sharply in 2008 as the recession deepened but remained essentially unchanged in 2009, at 14.7 percent.
(Featured 12/6/2010 - 12/21/2010)
|
Derivatives Trading Reform and the Impact on Agribusiness
This article reviews some important features of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and discusses their potential impact on agribusiness.
(Featured 11/10/2010 - 12/9/2010)
|
U.S. retail food markets
Updated information on sales and sales growth, industry structure, trends, and recent research
(Featured 11/29/2010 - 12/6/2010)
|
Nonmetropolitan Outmigration Counties
Over a third of nonmetro counties lost at least 10 percent of their population through net outmigration over 1988-2008; some are poor, many are prosperous.
(Featured 11/16/2010 - 11/30/2010)
|
Price Spreads from Farm to Consumer
Updated comparisons of retail and farm prices for foods in several commodity groups
(Featured 11/1/2010 - 11/16/2010)
|
USDA Feed Grain Baseline, 2010-19
This discussion summarizes analysis underlying the feed grain supply and use projections for 2010-19.
(Featured 11/1/2010 - 11/16/2010)
|
Long-Term Impact of Increased Biofuel Production
This report examines how meeting the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS-2) would affect various key components of the U.S. economy.
(Featured 10/21/2010 - 11/10/2010)
|
How Much Lower Are Prices at Discount Stores?
An examination of retail food price differences between nontraditional retail stores and traditional retail stores.
(Featured 10/25/2010 - 11/1/2010)
|
Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare
This briefing room offers a synthesis of ERS research, analysis, and data on rural Americans' income, poverty and welfare.
(Featured 10/12/2010 - 10/26/2010)
|
Effect of Eating Out on Children’s Diet Quality
Eating meals and snacks prepared away from home--rather than food prepared at home--increases caloric intake of children, especially older children.
(Featured 10/18/2010 - 10/25/2010)
|
Got Data?
Click here for access to all data sets, databases, statistics, tables, graphs, charts, maps, and data products available from ERS
(Featured 10/20/2010 - 10/21/2010)
|
Turning Chinese Apples Into Juice Exports
report analyzes the remarkable growth in China’s apple juice concentrate exports since the 1990s and the factors behind the growth.
(Featured 10/5/2010 - 10/20/2010)
|
Rural America At A Glance, 2010 edition
This new brochure highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas.
(Featured 9/14/2010 - 10/12/2010)
|
Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food
Summary of findings from a national-level assessment of the extent and characteristics of food deserts--areas with limited access to affordable and nutritious food
(Featured 9/7/2010 - 10/5/2010)
|
ERS Research on Food Safety
ERS research on food safety
(Featured 9/20/2010 - 10/5/2010)
|
Japan's Beef Market
This report provides a broad overview of the beef market in Japan, including consumer’s preferences, domestic production practices, domestic and trade policies, and market outlook.
(Featured 9/1/2010 - 9/14/2010)
|
Eating Patterns and Time-Use Patterns
2008 data from the Eating and Health Module of the American Time Use Survey
(Featured 8/30/2010 - 9/7/2010)
|
Karnal Bunt Certification and Wheat Exports
This report provides the results of ERS research on the economic consequences of ending the USDA Karnal bunt (KB) certification program for U.S. exports to countries that ban wheat imports from countries known to have the disease.
(Featured 8/24/2010 - 9/1/2010)
|
Farm-Based Recreation
Looking at the characteristics of who operates farm-based recreation enterprises.
(Featured 8/24/2010 - 8/31/2010)
|
Quarterly Food-at-Home Price Database
Food price data to support research on the economic determinants of diet quality and health outcomes
(Featured 8/23/2010 - 8/30/2010)
|
Data for Rural Analysis
ERS produces and maintains a number of data sets that are used by policymakers and researchers to identify and describe rural and urban areas.
(Featured 8/9/2010 - 8/24/2010)
|
Food Security Assessment: 2010-20
This report evaluates the food security status of 70 developing countries. Food-insecure people are those consuming less 2,100 calories per day per person.
(Featured 7/19/2010 - 8/24/2010)
|
Child Nutrition Programs
Information about USDA-administered food assistance programs serving the nutritional needs of children
(Featured 8/4/2010 - 8/9/2010)
|
Family Farm Report, 2010 Edition
Most U.S. farms are family operations, and even the largest farms are predominantly family run.
(Featured 7/26/2010 - 8/9/2010)
|
Food Price Outlook, 2010
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all food is projected to increase 1.5 to 2.5 percent in 2010
(Featured 7/26/2010 - 8/4/2010)
|
ERS Research on Conservation Policy
ERS Research on Conservation Policy
(Featured 7/19/2010 - 7/26/2010)
|
Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference
Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference: Emerging Issues and Recent Findings will be held on September 24, 2010, at ERS headquarters.
(Featured 7/19/2010 - 7/26/2010)
|
ERS Research on Local Foods
ERS Research on Local Foods
(Featured 7/12/2010 - 7/19/2010)
|
Journal Publications by ERS Researchers
The published and forthcoming journal articles authored by ERS researchers provide a sample of the variety of professional journals in which Agency economists and social scientists publish and vet their research with the scientific community.
(Featured 6/29/2010 - 7/19/2010)
|
Next-Generation Biofuels
This report assesses the short-term outlook for production of next-generation biofuels and the near-term challenges facing the sector.
(Featured 5/26/2010 - 7/6/2010)
|
Child Nutrition Programs Briefing Room
Information about USDA-administered food assistance programs serving the nutritional needs of children
(Featured 6/21/2010 - 6/28/2010)
|
Foodborne Illness Cost Calculator
Updated estimates of costs of illness for Salmonella and E. coli
(Featured 6/15/2010 - 6/21/2010)
|
Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
Are coupons more effective then price discounts?
(Featured 6/8/2010 - 6/15/2010)
|
ERS Research on Rural Broadband
See how ERS research informs rural broadband issues
(Featured 6/7/2010 - 6/14/2010)
|
Local Food Systems: Concepts, Impacts, and Issues
Comprehensive overview of local food systems
(Featured 6/1/2010 - 6/8/2010)
|
Targeting Rural Development Assistance
Looking at forms of assistance to distressed rural areas.
(Featured 5/26/2010 - 6/7/2010)
|
Ag GHG grants
June 14, 2010 is the deadline for applications for competitive grants
(Featured 5/10/2010 - 5/26/2010)
|
Trade and Food Security in Indonesia
This report evaluates the impact of Indonesia’s transition from a food-first focus to an export-oriented development strategy on its agricultural production, productivity growth, consumer food demand, and lifestyle.
(Featured 5/17/2010 - 5/26/2010)
|
International Agricultural Supply and Use Projections
International long-term projections of supply, demand, and trade for major agricultural crops and meats for selected countries and global totals through 2019.
(Featured 5/10/2010 - 5/17/2010)
|
Indian Sugar Sector
Indian Sugar Sector Cycles Down, Poised to Rebound
(Featured 4/23/2010 - 5/10/2010)
|
Price Volatility in Afghanistan’s Wheat Market
This report assesses whether Afghanistan is sufficiently connected to international wheat markets to cope with volatility in domestic production.
(Featured 5/3/2010 - 5/10/2010)
|
Tracking U.S. Organic Agriculture
Recent data from ERS on U.S. organic production
(Featured 3/31/2010 - 5/4/2010)
|
Fruit Policies in Japan
This report reviews Japanese government programs to support domestic fruit production and how these policies affect fruit consumption in one of the largest markets for U.S. fruits.
(Featured 4/22/2010 - 5/3/2010)
|
Flexible Consumer Behavior Survey (FCBS)
Linking dietary behavior, attitudes, and nutritional knowledge to food choices, dietary status, and health outcomes.
(Featured 4/12/2010 - 4/22/2010)
|
Energy use in the U.S. Food System
Energy use for U.S. household food purchases increased between 1997 and 2002 at a rate more than six times the rate of increase for total domestic energy use.
(Featured 3/30/2010 - 4/12/2010)
|
Small Farms in the United States
Small farms in the U.S. persist under pressure as production continues to shift to larger operations.
(Featured 3/2/2010 - 3/31/2010)
|
Infant Formula Costs to the WIC Program
trends in rebates and wholesale prices in WIC Program
(Featured 3/22/2010 - 3/30/2010)
|
A Century of Data on Americans’ Food Consumption
A redesigned and updated Food Availability (Consumption) Data System is more user friendly and features a multimedia overview.
(Featured 2/18/2010 - 3/22/2010)
|
Impact of Food Away From Home on Adult Diet Quality
Estimating the effect of food-away-from-home on caloric intake and diet quality
(Featured 3/9/2010 - 3/22/2010)
|
Long-Term Agricultural Projections, 2010-2019
10-year economic projections of the food and agriculture sector
(Featured 2/11/2010 - 3/2/2010)
|
2010 Agricultural Outlook Forum
Attend the USDA's annual Outlook Forum, where the Secretary of Agriculture and government, farm, and industry leaders discuss the future of American agriculture.
(Featured 1/25/2010 - 2/11/2010)
|
Peanut Outlook: Impacts of the 2008-09 Salmonella Outbreak
2009 foodborne illness outbreak linked to Salmonella in peanut products resulted in one of the largest food safety recalls ever in the United States. Consumer purchases of peanut-containing products initially slowed during the recalls, but retail purchases soon returned to normal and peanut processing held steady. The recalls do not appear to have had a lasting impact on peanut demand and production.
(Featured 2/1/2010 - 2/11/2010)
|
Outlook Food and Farm Markets
Commodity, trade, food price, farm income, and farm finance outlook
(Featured 1/25/2010 - 2/2/2010)
|
Careers at ERS
ERS has summer internship opportunities and postdoctoral positions available in 2008
(Featured 12/30/2009 - 1/25/2010)
|
Growth and Equity Effects of Agricultural Marketing Efficiency Gains in India
Agriculture is the largest source of employment in India, and food accounts for about half of consumer expenditures. More efficient agricultural marketing could generate economywide gains in output and wages, raise agricultural producer prices, reduce consumer food prices, and increase private consumption, particularly by low-income households.
(Featured 1/5/2010 - 1/25/2010)
|
Meeting Total Fat Requirements for School Lunches
Relationship between school policies and characteristics and the fat content of National School Lunch Program (NSLP) lunches
(Featured 12/7/2009 - 1/19/2010)
|
New Product Introductions
New U.S. food and beverage product introductions in retail outlets have followed an upward trend since the early 1990s
(Featured 12/22/2009 - 1/11/2010)
|
Participation in Conservation Programs by Targeted Farmers
Targeted farmers include those with 10 or fewer years of experience, farmers with limited farm sales and income, and farmers belonging to segments of the population that have historically been subject to discrimination.
(Featured 12/14/2009 - 12/30/2009)
|
2009 Farm Income Forecast
Net farm income forecast down 34.5 percent in 2009
(Featured 11/24/2009 - 12/14/2009)
|
The Post-Buyout Experience: Peanut and Tobacco Sectors Adapt to Policy Reform
Marketing quota and price support programs for peanuts and tobacco were longstanding features of U.S. farm policy until the Government enacted quota buyouts in 2002 (peanuts) and 2004 (tobacco). Quota owners were compensated with temporary payments, but elimination of the quota programs exposed producers more to market risks and brought about structural changes at farm, regional, and marketwide levels.
(Featured 12/2/2009 - 12/14/2009)
|
Comparing Two Sources of Retail Meat Price Data
This report compares scanner price data with publicly available data collected by the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
(Featured 11/23/2009 - 12/2/2009)
|
Health Status and Health Care Access of Farm and Rural Populations
Rural residents have higher rates of age-adjusted mortality, disability, and chronic disease than their urban counterparts.
(Featured 11/12/2009 - 11/24/2009)
|
Characteristics, Costs, and Issues for Organic Dairy Farming
Organic milk production has been one of the fastest growing segments of organic agriculture in the United States in recent years
(Featured 11/4/2009 - 11/23/2009)
|
2010 Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference
2010 Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference: Emerging Issues and Recent Findings will be held on December 10, 2009, at ERS headquarters.
(Featured 11/5/2009 - 11/16/2009)
|
Rural Amenities Briefing Room
The rural outdoors has become a major asset for rural communities--and a key advantage that some rural areas have over urban areas.
(Featured 11/5/2009 - 11/12/2009)
|
Food Spending Declined and Food Insecurity Increased for Middle- and Low-Income Households, 2000-2007
From 2000 to 2007, median spending on food by U.S. households declined by 12 percent relative to the (rising) cost of the USDA Thrifty Food Plan, while the national prevalence of very low food security increased by about one-third.
(Featured 10/27/2009 - 11/5/2009)
|
Rural America at a Glance
The current recession has affected both nonmetro and metro areas similarly as manufacturing and other major employment sectors have contracted, increasing unemployment rates and exacerbating the mortgage foreclosure crisis
(Featured 10/22/2009 - 11/5/2009)
|
Feed Grains Database
A redesigned Feed Grains Database, with historical data in yearbook tables and a new custom query application
(Featured 10/27/2009 - 11/4/2009)
|
Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook
Includes special article "Tight Supplies Expected To Sustain High U.S. Sugar Prices into 2009/10"
(Featured 10/13/2009 - 10/27/2009)
|
Invasive Species Management: 2009 PREISM Workshop
Annual workshop on the economics of invasive species management will be held Oct. 22 and 23, 2009 at ERS and will be simultaneously WEBCAST. View agenda and register to attend.
(Featured 10/7/2009 - 10/22/2009)
|
2009 RIDGE Conference
Annual Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Conference will be held on October 15 and 16, 2009 at ERS.
(Featured 10/7/2009 - 10/14/2009)
|
Marketing U.S. Organic Foods
U.S. organic-industry growth is evident in an expanding number of retailers selling a wider variety of foods, the development of private-label product lines by many supermarkets, and the widespread introduction of new products.
(Featured 10/6/2009 - 10/13/2009)
|
Food Insecurity in Households with Children
Nearly 16 percent of households with children were food insecure sometime during 2007
(Featured 9/23/2009 - 10/7/2009)
|
Global Climate Change
New briefing room provides an overview of the agricultural issues surrounding global climate change
(Featured 9/29/2009 - 10/7/2009)
|
U.S. Cotton Prices and the World Cotton Market
This report analyzes recent structural changes in the world cotton industry and develops a statistical model that reflects current drivers of U.S. cotton prices.
(Featured 9/21/2009 - 10/6/2009)
|
Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
A closer look at the numbers and characteristics of beginning farmers and ranchers
(Featured 9/14/2009 - 9/29/2009)
|
Procurement and Handling by Organic Contractors
This database contains select results from 2007 and 2004 surveys of organic manufacturers, processors, and distributors on their commodity procurement and contracting practices.
(Featured 9/9/2009 - 9/21/2009)
|
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) briefing room
The SNAP briefing room highlights ERS research on issues related to SNAP participation. Formerly the Food Stamp Program, the new name reflects the program's recent modernization and greater focus on nutrition.
(Featured 9/9/2009 - 9/16/2009)
|
2009 Farm Income Forecast
Net farm income forecast down 38 percent in 2009
(Featured 8/27/2009 - 9/14/2009)
|
What the World Economic Crisis Means for Global Agricultural Trade
The global economic crisis that started in late 2008 has led to a sharp curtailment of international trade, including a short-term decline in the value of global agricultural trade of around 20 percent. After slowing, global agricultural trade will continue to grow in the future.
(Featured 8/24/2009 - 9/9/2009)
|
Food Price Outlook, 2009
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all food is projected to increase 2.5 to 3.5 percent in 2009
(Featured 8/26/2009 - 9/1/2009)
|
Broadband Internet’s Value for Rural America
Rural communities benefit from greater broadband Internet access
(Featured 8/25/2009 - 8/27/2009)
|
Follow ERS on Twitter
Follow ERS’s Twitter feed and connect with updates on economic and policy analysis, data, and more!
(Featured 8/18/2009 - 8/26/2009)
|
Economic Research on Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Issues
ERS publications related to the WIC Program and child nutrition programs
(Featured 8/18/2009 - 8/25/2009)
|
Issues and Prospects in Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat Futures Markets
New Entrants, Price Volatility, and Market Performance Implications
(Featured 8/12/2009 - 8/24/2009)
|
Baby Boom Migration and Its Impact on Rural America
The propensity to migrate to nonmetro counties significantly increases as people reach their fifties and sixties
(Featured 8/11/2009 - 8/18/2009)
|
Interplay of Regulation and Marketing Incentives in Providing Food Safety
Food safety process control in meat and poultry processing plants
(Featured 8/11/2009 - 8/18/2009)
|
An Illustrated Guide to Research Findings from USDA's Economic Research Service
A sampling of recent ERS research illustrating the breadth of the Agency’s research on current policy issues: from biofuels to food consumption to land conservation to patterns of trade for agricultural products.
(Featured 8/4/2009 - 8/12/2009)
|
Diet Quality and Food Consumption
Research on dietary patterns, food consumption trends, and nutritional/health outcomes
(Featured 8/4/2009 - 8/11/2009)
|
Rural Broadband At A Glance, 2009 Edition
Although rural residents enjoy widespread access to the Internet, they are less likely to have high-speed/broadband Internet access than their urban counterparts.
(Featured 7/27/2009 - 8/11/2009)
|
Transmission of Exchange Rate Changes to Agricultural Prices
Movements in countries’ exchange rates can substantially change the prices of goods faced by producers and consumers and thereby affect incentives to produce, consume, and trade goods.
(Featured 7/20/2009 - 8/4/2009)
|
Food Safety Briefing Room
Economic research on safety of U.S. food supply
(Featured 7/13/2009 - 7/27/2009)
|
Food Security Assessment, 2008-09
After rising nearly 11 percent from 2007 to 2008, the number of food-insecure people in the developing countries analyzed by ERS researchers is estimated to rise to 833 million in 2009, an almost 2-percent rise from 2008 to 2009.
(Featured 7/7/2009 - 7/27/2009)
|
Total Food Expenditures
Total food expenditures for all food consumed in the U.S. was $1,165.3 billion dollars in 2008
(Featured 6/24/2009 - 7/1/2009)
|
Emerging Issues in the U.S. Organic Industry
Examining recent economic research on the rapidly changing organic industry.
(Featured 6/4/2009 - 6/24/2009)
|
NAFTA at 15: Building on Free Trade
Implementation of the agricultural provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has drawn to a close. Agricultural trade within the free-trade area has grown dramatically, and the agricultural sectors of Canada, Mexico, and the United States have become much more integrated.
(Featured 6/15/2009 - 6/24/2009)
|
Russia’s Growing Agricultural Imports: Causes and Outlook
Russia is the second largest agricultural importer among emerging markets after China.
(Featured 5/28/2009 - 6/15/2009)
|
Federal Tax Policies and Farm Households
Examining the impacts of changes in Federal individual income and estate tax policies on farm households.
(Featured 5/19/2009 - 6/4/2009)
|
The 2008/2009 World Economic Crisis: What It Means for U.S. Agriculture
The world economic crisis that began in 2008 has major consequences for U.S. agriculture.
(Featured 5/5/2009 - 6/1/2009)
|
WIC and the Battle Against Childhood Overweight
Trends in the relationship between WIC participation and childhood risk of being overweight
(Featured 5/12/2009 - 5/28/2009)
|
Ethanol Co-Product Use in U.S. Cattle Feeding
Ethanol co-products, such as dried distiller's grains, have become economically viable components in cattle feed rations over the last few years.
(Featured 5/7/2009 - 5/19/2009)
|
U.S. Public Agricultural Research
Changes in Funding Sources and Shifts in Emphasis, 1980-2005
(Featured 4/24/2009 - 5/19/2009)
|
Food Assistance Landscape: FY 2008 Annual Report
Overview of USDA's domestic food assistance programs, including expenditures, participation, and benefit levels
(Featured 5/5/2009 - 5/12/2009)
|
WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Economic Issues, 2009
WIC Program: current issues, operations, history, trends, and population served
(Featured 4/29/2009 - 5/5/2009)
|
State Variations in Food Stamp Benefits and Cross-Program Effects
For food stamp recipients who also received cash benefits from other Government assistance programs, benefits varied widely by State
(Featured 4/21/2009 - 4/29/2009)
|
Exploring Alternative Farm Definitions
Implications for agricultural statistics and program eligibility.
(Featured 3/20/2009 - 4/24/2009)
|
Supermarket Loss Estimates
Updated food loss estimates for fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, and seafood
(Featured 4/15/2009 - 4/21/2009)
|
China's Ongoing Agricultural Modernization
This report provides an overview of current issues in China's agricultural development, policy responses to these issues, and assesses the effects of these policies on China's growing role in international markets.
(Featured 4/7/2009 - 4/17/2009)
|
Economic Linkages Between the WIC Program and the Farm Sector
Food purchased with vouchers from the WIC Program add to farm revenue and farm jobs
(Featured 4/6/2009 - 4/15/2009)
|
Consequences of Higher Input Costs and Wheat Prices for U.S. Wheat Producers
The recent historic rise in farm input costs and wheat prices has had economic effects on the U.S. wheat sector.
(Featured 3/27/2009 - 4/6/2009)
|
Bioenergy and Its Implications for Agriculture
The implications of increased demand for feedstocks to meet the Nation's biofuels goals are uncertain. Questions include what types of feedstocks will be used, at what prices, grown where, and with what implications for greenhouse gases and sustainability?
(Featured 3/9/2009 - 3/20/2009)
|
2009 Farm Income Forecast
Net farm income forecast down 20 percent in 2009
(Featured 2/10/2009 - 3/11/2009)
|
Long-Term Agricultural Projections, 2009-2018
10-year economic projections of the food and agriculture sector
(Featured 2/10/2009 - 3/9/2009)
|
Eating Patterns and Time-Use Patterns
2007 Data from the Eating and Health Module of the American Time Use Survey
(Featured 2/11/2009 - 2/25/2009)
|
2008 Farm Bill Side-By-Side
ERS compares key provisions of the 2008 Farm Bill with 2002-07 farm legislation, side by side. Includes: user's guide, A-Z list of major provisions, and internal search function.
(Featured 2/4/2009 - 2/21/2009)
|
Million-Dollar Farms in the New Century
Million-dollar farms (those with annual sales of $1 million or more) represent 2 percent of all farms and account for 48 percent of farm sales.
(Featured 2/3/2009 - 2/12/2009)
|
The Transformation of U.S. Livestock Agriculture: Scale, Efficiency, and Risks
The nature, causes, and effects of structural changes in livestock production.
(Featured 1/23/2009 - 2/4/2009)
|
Rising Food Prices Take a Bite Out of Food Stamp Benefits
Shortfall between food stamp benefits and the cost of a nutritional diet grows with the rate of food price inflation.
(Featured 12/30/2008 - 1/13/2009)
|
Environment for Agricultural and Agribusiness Investment in India
The policy environment for agribusiness in India has grown more investor friendly since the late 1990s and private investment appears to be responding, but significant barriers remain and the pace of future reforms remains uncertain.
(Featured 12/12/2008 - 1/9/2009)
|
China Is Using More Corn for Industrial Products
China's corn imports are minimal, even though it is using a growing proportion of its corn to produce starch, ethanol, and other industrial products. Many of the corn-based industrial products are exported.
(Featured 12/14/2009 - 1/5/2009)
|
Behavioral Experiment to Encourage Healthy Eating in College Cafeteria
Effects of various payment options and menus selection methods on food choices of college students
(Featured 12/15/2008 - 12/30/2008)
|
Careers at ERS
Employment at ERS offers a stimulating intellectual environment with great potential for personal and professional growth.
(Featured 11/25/2008 - 12/15/2008)
|
2008 Farm Income Forecast
2008 Net Farm Income Is Forecast To Be $86.9 Billion
(Featured 11/25/2008 - 12/12/2008)
|
2009 Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference
2009 Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference: Emerging Issues and Recent Findings will be held on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at ERS headquarters
(Featured 11/12/2008 - 12/4/2008)
|
Rural America At A Glance, 2008 Edition
Get the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas.
(Featured 11/10/2008 - 11/25/2008)
|
Sourcing Organic Ingredients
Certified organic handlers use contracts and other forms of vertical coordination for procuring ingredients and maintaining strong working relationships with their suppliers.
(Featured 10/27/2008 - 11/25/2008)
|
USDA Awards $1.8 Million for Research on Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs
Fiscal 2008 awards in the FANRP competitive grants and cooperative agreements program
(Featured 10/27/2008 - 11/12/2008)
|
Effects of Avian Influenza News on Consumer Purchasing Behavior
How do newspaper articles about potential health hazards from avian influenza (bird flu) influence food demand?
(Featured 10/20/2008 - 10/27/2008)
|
Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management 2008 Competitive Awards
USDA awards $974,000 to research the economics of combating invasive pests
(Featured 10/8/2008 - 10/27/2008)
|
2008 PREISM Workshop: Looking at the Economics of Invasive Species Management
October 23 and 24, 2008 at ERS. View the workshop agenda and register to attend.
(Featured 10/20/2008 - 10/24/2008)
|
Food Safety and Imports
An ERS study of U.S. Food and Drug Administration data found that import refusals highlight food safety problems
(Featured 9/17/2008 - 10/20/2008)
|
Listen to ERS Podcasts
ERS produces regular podcasts on a variety of subjects.
(Featured 10/6/2008 - 10/20/2008)
|
Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food: Understanding Food Deserts Workshop
ERS hosts workshop on Oct. 9 at ERS headquarters. View the agenda.
(Featured 9/30/2008 - 10/8/2008)
|
2008 RIDGE Conference
Annual Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Conference will be held on October 16 and 17, 2008 at ERS.
(Featured 9/10/2008 - 9/24/2008)
|
2008 Farm Income Forecast
2008 Net Farm Income Is Forecast To Be $95.7 Billion
(Featured 8/28/2008 - 9/15/2008)
|
Dietary Knowledge versus Roadblocks to Healthy Eating
The effect of dietary knowledge on food choices may wane when individuals experience long intervals between meals and eat away from home.
(Featured 8/18/2008 - 9/10/2008)
|
Decline in Consumer Use of Food Nutrition Labels, 1995-2006
Most consumers use nutrition labels on food packages, but use has declined for most label components since the mid-1990s
(Featured 8/11/2008 - 8/28/2008)
|
Coming Soon: 2008 Farm Bill Side-By-Side
Sign up to receive an e-mail notice when the 2008 Farm Bill Side-By-Side is released.
(Featured 6/11/2008 - 8/22/2008)
|
Who Will China Feed?
Though China continues to be a major player in global food exports, growing resource constraints and environmental costs could mean an end to ''easy'' growth for Chinese agriculture.
(Featured 6/11/2008 - 8/22/2008)
|
Profile of Hired Farmworkers, A 2008 Update
Hired farmworkers make up a third of the total agricultural labor force and are critical to U.S. agricultural production, particularly in labor-intensive sectors such as fruits and vegetables.
(Featured 8/6/2008 - 8/18/2008)
|
National School Lunch Program
Historical trends,participant characteristics, and challenges for the NSLP.
(Featured 7/29/2008 - 8/11/2008)
|
Employment Opportunities at ERS
The Economic Research Service has a number of current openings, and will be recruiting at the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) meetings in Orlando, Florida, on July 26-28, 2008.
(Featured 7/22/2008 - 7/29/2008)
|
Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System
Annual update to the ERS food availability (formerly food consumption) per capita data system includes three related data series on food consumption.
(Featured 6/30/2008 - 7/17/2008)
|
Accepting Research Proposals in Behavioral Health Economics
July 3, 2008 deadline for applications for competitive grants in behavioral health economics
(Featured 6/3/2008 - 7/9/2008)
|
Bio Energy Awareness Days (BEAD II), June 19-22, 2008
Bio Energy Awareness Days (BEAD II), Washington, D.C., June 19-22, 2008
(Featured 6/17/2008 - 6/23/2008)
|
Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S.
Rapid growth in the adoption of genetically engineered crops continues in the U.S.
(Featured 7/9/2008 - 6/23/2008)
|
Coming Soon: 2008 Farm Bill Side-By-Side
Stay abreast of ERS' farm bill-related research and analysis by signing up to receive e-mail notices of the latest activities and releases.
(Featured 6/3/2008 - 6/11/2008)
|
Global Agricultural Supply and Demand: Factors Contributing to the Recent Increase in Food Commodity Prices
Many factors have contributed to the runup in food commodity prices over the last 2 years.
(Featured 5/5/2008 - 6/11/2008)
|
China Briefing Room
The China Briefing Room offers a synthesis of ERS research, analysis, and statistics on Chinese agriculture
(Featured 5/22/2008 - 6/4/2008)
|
The U.S. Organic Handling Sector in 2004
Findings of the Nationwide Survey of Organic Manufacturers, Processors, and Distributors
(Featured 5/6/2008 - 5/28/2008)
|
FANRP Invites Research Proposals
Proposals are due May 19, 2008
(Featured 5/13/2008 - 5/22/2008)
|
Wheat Data
Now available monthly: data on U.S. supply, disappearance, prices, and trade for five classes of wheat
(Featured 5/5/2008 - 5/13/2008)
|
2007 Farm Bill Resources
ERS analysts examine the economic effects of current farm legislation on producers, consumers, taxpayers, and rural communities, and evaluate potential effects of alternative policies and programs.
(Featured 4/22/2008 - 5/6/2008)
|
FANRP Invites Research Proposals
Proposals are due May 19, 2008
(Featured 3/17/2008 - 5/5/2008)
|
Food Price Outlook, 2008
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all food is projected to increase 4.0 to 5.0 percent in 2008
(Featured 4/28/2008 - 5/5/2008)
|
Agricultural Contracting Update
U.S. agricultural production continues to shift away from cash markets and toward greater use of contracts.
(Featured 4/1/2008 - 4/28/2008)
|
Food Stamps and Obesity: What Do We Know?
Studies show that the likelihood of being overweight or obese varies by selected subgroups of Food Stamp Program participants
(Featured 4/21/2008 - 4/28/2008)
|
Price Trends Are Similar for Fruits, Vegetables, and Snack Foods
Has the price of a healthy diet changed?
(Featured 3/31/2008 - 4/22/2008)
|
Long-Term Agricultural Projections
10-year economic projections of the food and agriculture sector
(Featured 4/8/2008 - 4/21/2008)
|
Convergence in Global Food Demand and Delivery
Food-purchasing patterns and food delivery mechanisms of high-income countries are being increasingly copied by middle-income countries.
(Featured 3/17/2008 - 4/8/2008)
|
PREISM Invites 2008 Research Proposals
Proposals are due April 25, 2008
(Featured 3/7/2008 - 4/1/2008)
|
Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs Briefing Room
Project descriptions, research publications, grant programs, and conferences sponsored by the Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP)
(Featured 2/25/2008 - 3/17/2008)
|
Food Price Outlook, 2008
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all food is projected to increase 3.0 to 4.0 percent in 2008.
(Featured 3/10/2008 - 3/17/2008)
|
Global Impacts of Biofuels
With near record oil prices, alternative fuels such as biofuel (made most commonly from corn, sugarcane, and vegetable oil) have drawn attention worldwide.
(Featured 3/2/2008 - 3/3/2008)
|
2008 Farm Income Forecast
2008 net farm income is forecast to be $92.3 billion
(Featured 2/12/2008 - 2/25/2008)
|
Agricultural Outlook Forum 2008
Register now for USDA's 84th annual Forum where the Secretary of Agriculture and government, farm, and industry leaders discuss the future of American agriculture
(Featured 2/4/2008 - 2/12/2008)
|
Rising food prices podcast
The combination of rising energy prices, use of feed crops for biofuel, greater world food demand, and stagnant food aid may undermine the food security of low-income countries.
(Featured 2/4/2008 - 2/12/2008)
|
Can Food Stamps Do More To Improve Food Choices?
An economic perspective on tactics to improve the diets of food stamp recipients
(Featured 2/4/2008 - 2/11/2008)
|
The Changing Economics of U.S. Hog Production
The increasing size and specialization of hog operations reflect structural change in U.S. swine production during the past 15 years.
(Featured 1/11/2008 - 1/28/2008)
|
Commodity Background Reports
A series of commodity background reports that offer a broad picture of U.S. agriculture.
(Featured 1/14/2008 - 1/18/2008)
|
The End of the Multifibre Arrangement:
Impact on Developed and Developing Countries Conference: January 31 and February 1, 2008
(Featured 1/7/2008 - 1/18/2008)
|
2007 Farm Income Forecast
(Featured 12/24/2007 - 12/31/2007)
|
2007 Farm Income Forecast
(Featured 12/18/2007 - 12/31/2007)
|
Food Safety Briefing Room
Economic issues that affect the safety of the U.S. food supply
(Featured 12/1/2007 - 12/31/2007)
|
Informing Food and Nutrition Assistance Policy: 10 Years of Research at ERS
Highlights from 10 years of food and nutrition assistance program research
(Featured 12/5/2007 - 12/31/2007)
|
U.S. Grain Consumption: Who, What, Where, and How Much?
Consumption of whole grains in American diets
(Featured 12/11/2007 - 12/18/2007)
|
Wheat Data
Now available monthly: data on U.S. supply, disappearance, prices, and trade for five classes of wheat
(Featured 12/10/2007 - 12/17/2007)
|
Integrating Commodity and Conservation Programs
Can a single program support farm income and encourage producers to adopt environmentally sound farming practices?
(Featured 10/30/2007 - 11/26/2007)
|
Rural America At A Glance, 2007 Edition
The most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas.
(Featured 10/30/2007 - 11/26/2007)
|
USDA awards $2.5 million for research on food assistance and nutrition programs
Fiscal 2007 awards in the FANRP competitive grants and cooperative agreements program
(Featured 10/29/2007 - 11/26/2007)
|
Organic Agriculture
Get new information on organic production, prices, and recent findings.
(Featured 10/10/2007 - 10/30/2007)
|
2008 Food Assistance Research Conference
2008 Food Assistance Research Conference: Recent Findings and Emerging Issues will be held on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at ERS headquarters
(Featured 10/29/2007 - 10/29/2007)
|
Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs and Obesity: 1976-2002
Economic analysis of trends in the relationship between participation in food assistance programs and obesity
(Featured 10/19/2007 - 10/29/2007)
|
Global Growth, Macroeconomic Change, and U.S. Agricultural Trade
After a decade of uneven export growth and rapidly growing imports, U.S. agriculture has begun to reassert its position in global trade markets.
(Featured 10/10/2007 - 10/19/2007)
|
2007 RIDGE Conference
The annual Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Conference will be held on October 11 and 12, 2007 at ERS headquarters
(Featured 10/1/2007 - 10/10/2007)
|
Food Safety Briefing Room
ERS food-safety research examines how markets, consumers, and regulators interact to provide safe food, and analyzes the economic efficiency of these interactions.
(Featured 9/19/2007 - 10/10/2007)
|
2007 PREISM Workshop: Looking at the Economics of Invasive Species Management
October 18 and 19, 2007. View the workshop agenda and register to attend.
(Featured 9/21/2007 - 10/1/2007)
|
Food Marketing System in the U.S. briefing room
Monitoring important developments in food markets in the U.S.
(Featured 8/22/2007 - 9/11/2007)
|
Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S.
Data cover GE varieties of corn, cotton, and soybeans for 2000-07, by State.
(Featured 7/19/2007 - 8/22/2007)
|
Could Behavioral Economics Help Improve Diet Quality for Nutrition Assistance Program Participants?
Possible options for improving diets and health of nutrition assistance program participants
(Featured 6/19/2007 - 8/11/2007)
|
Examining the Structure & Finances of Family Farms
U.S. farms are diverse, ranging from small retirement and residential farms to enterprises with annual sales in the millions. Nevertheless, most U.S. farms— 98 percent in 2004 —are family farms. Even the largest farms tend to be family farms.
(Featured 6/11/2007 - 7/19/2007)
|
Food Security Assessment, 2006
The number of hungry people in the 70 lower income countries covered in this report rose from 804 million in 2005 to 849 million in 2006.
(Featured 7/3/2007 - 7/17/2007)
|
Retail and Consumer Aspects of the Organic Milk Market
Most organic milk is sold in conventional supermarkets, organic price premiums are large and vary by region, and most organic milk is branded.
(Featured 6/13/2007 - 7/3/2007)
|
The U.S. Food Marketing System: Recent Developments, 1997-2006
Recent developments in U.S. food system include an increase in nontraditional grocery retailers
(Featured 6/12/2007 - 6/19/2007)
|
Environmental Effects of Agricultural Land-Use Change
Examining the productivity and environmental characteristics of croplands shifting in and out of production and the corresponding effects from agricultural policies affecting land use.
(Featured 5/23/2007 - 6/12/2007)
|
Who Has Time To Cook? How Family Resources Influence Food Preparation
Low-Income Households: Who Has Time To Cook?
(Featured 5/4/2007 - 5/21/2007)
|
PREISM Invites 2007 Research Proposals
Proposals are due May 7, 2007
(Featured 3/9/2007 - 5/4/2007)
|
Cost Pass-Through in the U.S. Coffee Industry
Report examines the effect of changes in commodity costs on manufacturer and retail prices
(Featured 4/10/2007 - 5/1/2007)
|
FANRP Invites 2007 Research Proposals
Proposals are due May 21, 2007
(Featured 3/15/2007 - 4/10/2007)
|
International Agricultural Productivity Growth Workshop
Monitoring and improving agricultural productivity is critical for enhancing rural economic growth and national competitiveness.
(Featured 2/20/2007 - 3/16/2007)
|
The Food Assistance Landscape: FY 2006 Annual Report
Trends through fiscal 2006 in USDA's $53 billion dollar food assistance programs
(Featured 3/2/2007 - 3/16/2007)
|
Long-Term Agricultural Projections
10-year economic projections of the food and agriculture sector
(Featured 2/14/2007 - 3/8/2007)
|
2007 Farm Income Forecast
(Featured 2/14/2007 - 3/2/2007)
|
2007-16 Agricultural Projections
10-year economic projections of the food and agriculture sector
(Featured 2/14/2007 - 2/14/2007)
|
Farmers Balance Off-Farm Work and Technology Adoption
Farm households that rely heavily on off-farm income have a tendency to adopt farm technologies that save management time.
(Featured 2/6/2007 - 2/14/2007)
|
Organic Agriculture
Get new information on organic production, prices, and recent findings.
(Featured 1/16/2007 - 1/31/2007)
|
USDA 2007 Farm Bill Proposals
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today unveiled the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 2007 farm bill proposals.
(Featured 1/31/2007 - 1/31/2007)
|
2007 Food Assistance Research Conference
2007 Food Assistance Research Conference: Recent Findings and Emerging Issues will be held on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 at ERS headquarters.
(Featured 1/10/2007 - 1/24/2007)
|
Big-Box Stores: Transforming the Marketplace
Recent growth of nontraditional retail food outlets has transformed the food market landscape
(Featured 1/4/2007 - 1/24/2007)
|
Agriculture in the WTO
Agriculture has taken center stage in the WTO Doha Round.
(Featured 11/21/2006 - 1/3/2007)
|
2006 Farm Income Forecast
(Featured 11/30/2006 - 1/1/2007)
|
Rural America At A Glance
The most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas.
(Featured 11/17/2006 - 12/5/2006)
|
Household Food Security in the United States, 2005
The prevalence of food insecurity declined from 11.9 percent of households in 2004 to 11.0 percent in 2005.
(Featured 11/14/2006 - 11/29/2006)
|
Domestic Agricultural Policy Issues
ERS analysts conduct a broad range of studies to frame and inform discussions on how farm programs and policies affect agricultural markets and farm household well-being.
(Featured 11/7/2006 - 11/21/2006)
|
2007 Agricultural Outlook Forum
March 1-2, 2007 - Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia.
(Featured 11/7/2006 - 11/17/2006)
|
ERS’s Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP)
FANRP project descriptions, grants programs, and FANRP-sponsored conferences.
(Featured 11/6/2006 - 11/14/2006)
|
Rural Development Strategies
This briefing room examines development strategies and their components, including infrastructure improvement, business assistance, education and training, amenity-based development, and community development.
(Featured 11/3/2006 - 11/7/2006)
|
USDA awards $1.8 million for research on food assistance and nutrition programs
Fiscal 2006 awards in the FANRP competitive grants and cooperative agreements program
(Featured 10/27/2006 - 11/6/2006)
|
Livestock and Meat Trade Data
Monthly and annual data for imports and exports of live cattle and hogs, beef and veal, lamb and mutton, pork, broiler meat, turkey meat, and shell eggs.
(Featured 9/14/2006 - 11/3/2006)
|
2006 PREISM Workshop: Looking at the Economics of Invasive Species Management
October 19 and 20, 2006. View the workshop agenda and register to attend.
(Featured 9/26/2006 - 10/19/2006)
|
2006 FANRP Small Grants Conference
This year's Small Grants Conference will be held on October 12 and 13, 2006, at the Economic Research Service, 1800 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036.
(Featured 9/13/2006 - 10/13/2006)
|
2006 Farm Income Forecast
(Featured 8/31/2006 - 9/14/2006)
|
3nd Annual Henry C. Taylor Lecture
Pricing the Priceless" Presented by Dr. W. Kip Viscusi at ERS' 3rd annual Henry C. Taylor Lecture. September 20, 2:00 p.m. at ERS. Reception to follow.
(Featured 8/16/2006 - 9/13/2006)
|
An Economic Chronology of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in North America
The first confirmed cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Canada and the United States had significant effects on trade and prices of U.S. cattle and beef.
(Featured 8/1/2006 - 9/13/2006)
|
Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators, 2006 Edition
Trends on resources used in, and affected by, agricultural production.
(Featured 7/25/2006 - 8/31/2006)
|
Amber Waves Special Issue: Agriculture and the Environment
Reprints and updates of articles and indicators highlighting conservation policy and program design, impact of conservation programs on farmers and the environment, and other emerging issues.
(Featured 7/7/2006 - 8/16/2006)
|
Global Food Security: Looking Ahead
Estimates and projections of the number of hungry people in 70 lower income countries.
(Featured 6/1/2006 - 8/1/2006)
|
Whole-Farm Approaches to a Safety Net
Whole-farm revenue programs could provide a safety net to all U.S. farms.
(Featured 6/28/2006 - 7/27/2006)
|
Major Uses of Land Over Time
This publication presents the results of the latest (2002) inventory of U.S. major land uses, drawing on data from the Census, public land management and conservation agencies, and other sources.
(Featured 5/31/2006 - 7/7/2006)
|
Examining the Structure & Finances of Family Farms
Most farms in the United States—98 percent in 2003—are family farms. They are organized as proprietorships, partnerships, or family corporations. Even the largest farms tend to be family farms.
(Featured 5/15/2006 - 6/27/2006)
|
Examining the Structure & Finances of Family Farms
Structure and Finances of U.S. Farms: 2005 Family Farm Report
(Featured 5/5/2006 - 6/1/2006)
|
Genetically Engineered Crops: The First Decade
Examining R&D activity by seed producers, adoption by farmers, and attitudes of consumers toward biotech.
(Featured 4/4/2006 - 6/1/2006)
|
Recent Analyses on Soybean Rust
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the presence of soybean rust in the United States for the first time in November 2004.
(Featured 4/7/2006 - 5/15/2006)
|
Programs, Payments, & People
7 Economic Briefs on Conservation Programs, Farm Structure, and Economic Well-Being
(Featured 3/14/2006 - 4/21/2006)
|
About Our New Look
We've spent quite a bit of time over the past months listening to our users to find out how to improve. We hope that our changes, the latest in a series of incremental enhancements, will make it easier to see what ERS offers and easier to get to the wealth of our products and services.
(Featured 3/20/2006 - 4/4/2006)
|
2006 Farm Income Forecast
(Featured 2/10/2006 - 3/31/2006)
|
2006-15 agricultural baseline projections
10-year economic projections of the food and agriculture sector
(Featured 2/10/2006 - 3/31/2006)
|
FANRP Invites 2006 Research Proposals
Proposals are due May 22, 2006
(Featured 3/17/2006 - 3/31/2006)
|
PREISM Invites 2006 Research Proposals
Proposals are due April 28, 2006
(Featured 2/15/2006 - 3/31/2006)
|
2006 Food Assistance Research Conference
Conference was February 15, at ERS
(Featured 1/12/2006 - 2/15/2006)
|
2006 Agricultural Outlook Forum
February 16-17, 2006 Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia
(Featured 12/15/2005 - 2/13/2006)
|
2005 Farm Income Forecast
(Featured 11/3/2005 - 2/10/2006)
|
China's Agricultural Lending
Farm lending is one of several policy initiatives to aid farmers
(Featured 1/10/2006 - 2/10/2006)
|
Rural Low-Skill Employment
The changing rural economy has reduced the share of low-skill jobs
(Featured 10/31/2005 - 2/1/2006)
|
Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act
Did the mandatory requirement aid the market?
(Featured 9/23/2005 - 1/17/2006)
|
FANRP 2005 Awards
2005 grant and co-op awards announced
(Featured 10/28/2005 - 1/12/2006)
|
Animals and the Environment
Enviromental impacts of animal production with alternatives for improving air & water quality.
(Featured 9/26/2005 - 12/17/2005)
|
Rural America at a Glance, 2005
Trends in employment, population, poverty, and income.
(Featured 9/29/2005 - 11/22/2005)
|
PREISM Invasive Species Management
Competitive awards & invasive species workshop
(Featured 10/13/2005 - 10/28/2005)
|
Organic Agriculture Workshop
Innovations in organic marketing, technology, and research.
October 6-7, 2005
(Featured 7/22/204 - 10/18/2005)
|
2005 Farm Income Forecast
(Featured 8/31/2005 - 10/4/2005)
|
Conservation on Working Land
Issues relating to conservation programs for working lands.
(Featured 6/23/2005 - 9/26/2005)
|
Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act
Did the mandatory requirement aid the market?
(Featured 9/23/2005 - 9/26/2005)
|
Workshop on EU Food Regulations
What are the implications of new EU food regulations for trade?
(Featured 9/13/2005 - 9/23/2005)
|
Tobacco Buyout Workshop
How will the industry adapt to the end of the Federal tobacco program?
(Featured 7/26/2005 - 9/16/2005)
|
Crop Genetic Resources: An Economic Appraisal
A new report examines the role of genetic resources and diversity in agricultural production
(Featured 6/13/2005 - 9/6/2005)
|
China: Rural Food Consumption and Data
A new report plus an online collection of ag and economic data
(Featured 7/25/2005 - 8/31/2005)
|
Recent Agricultural Policy Reforms in North America
Countercyclical assistance is the common thread among recent agricultural policy innovations of the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
(Featured 4/26/2005 - 8/26/2005)
|
China's Ag Imports are Booming
China is now the 4th-largest market for U.S. ag exports
(Featured 5/4/2005 - 7/25/2005)
|
Farm Policy and Rural Economy Workshop
A research and policy workshop sponsored by the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy and the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Hart Senate Office Building—Room 902
Friday, June 24, 2005
(Featured 6/5/2005 - 6/24/2005)
|
Cotton After the Multifiber Arrangement
The end of the MFA and other forces are reshaping world textile and cotton markets
(Featured 4/21/2005 - 6/5/2005)
|
Demographic Change and the Global Food System: Conference
USDA’s Economic Research Service is hosting a half-day conference on Wednesday, May 25, that will address demographic trends and other related issues affecting the global food economy in an age marked by demographic transformation in both developing and developed countries.
(Featured 4/28/2005 - 5/25/2005)
|
FANRP Invites Research Proposals
Proposals are now being accepted
(Featured 3/17/2005 - 5/24/2005)
|
PREISM 2005 Awards Proposals Now Accepted
Proposals are due April 29, 2005
(Featured 4/4/2005 - 5/2/2005)
|
Global Food Industry: Conference
Policy and competitiveness issues facing the global food economy
(Featured 2/24/2005 - 4/25/2005)
|
2005-14 agricultural baseline projections
10-year economic projections of the food and agriculture sector
(Featured 2/15/2005 - 4/15/2005)
|
PREISM 2005 Awards
2005 grant and co-op awards announced
(Featured 2/24/2005 - 3/25/2005)
|
Rural America at a Glance
Trends in employment, population, poverty, and income
(Featured 1/28/2005 - 2/15/2005)
|
Conservation Compliance
Performance and potential in U.S. conservation policy
(Featured 1/25/2005 - 2/10/2005)
|
ERS China Program
Reports on China’s rapidly changing economy
(Featured 1/25/2005 - 2/10/2005)
|
Outlook for Food and Farm Markets
Learn about the forces shaping commodity markets
(Featured 1/25/2005 - 2/10/2005)
|
2005 Food Assistance Research Conference
Register to attend February 16 and 17, at ERS.
(Featured 1/10/2005 - 1/24/2005)
|
Farming practices, businesses, households
Use our new dynamic web-based data delivery tool to learn about agriculture online
(Featured 11/9/2004 - 1/24/2005)
|
Soybean Rust Economic Assessment
Economic implications of soybean rust entry into the U.S.
(Featured 11/10/2004 - 1/24/2005)
|
U.S.-Canada Hog Trade
Factors affecting U.S.-Canada hog trade
(Featured 12/2/2004 - 1/24/2005)
|
Fiber and Textile Trade
Mandated phase-out of import quotas likely to change trade
(Featured 12/9/2004 - 1/14/2005)
|
2004 Farm Income Forecast
(Featured 11/9/2004 - 12/9/2004)
|
Rural America at a Glance
Recent socioeconomic indicators on rural America
(Featured 11/23/2004 - 12/9/2004)
|
2004 FANRP Small Grants Conference
December 2 and 3, 2004 at ERS
(Featured 11/15/2004 - 11/23/2004)
|
Contracts, Markets, and Prices
Organizing the production and use of agricultural commodities
(Featured 11/8/2004 - 11/23/2004)
|
FANRP 2004 Awards
2004 grant and co-op awards announced
(Featured 10/14/2004 - 11/5/2004)
|
PREISM 2004 Awards
2004 grant and co-op awards announced
(Featured 10/15/2004 - 11/5/2004)
|
rural poverty at a glance
Recent statistics about poverty in rural America
(Featured 9/28/2004 - 10/18/2004)
|
ag biotech patents
Agricultural Biotechnology Intellectual Property Database
(Featured 8/26/2004 - 10/14/2004)
|
peanut policy change
Peanut sector adjusts following elimination of the marketing quota system
(Featured 7/16/2004 - 10/13/2004)
|
conservation compliance
Reducing soil erosion is one of the major goals of U.S. agri-environmental policy, and Conservation Compliance is a primary tool for achieving this aim.
(Featured 6/9/2004 - 10/7/2004)
|
grain-based foods workshop
Exploring consumption trends and data sources
(Featured 8/13/2004 - 9/28/2004)
|
farm policy, farm households, and the rural economy
Existing U.S. farm programs have their origins in the 1930s, a period when the well being of U.S. farm households and rural communities were tightly linked. Although farms, farm households, and rural communities at the beginning of the 21st century are vastly different, commodity-based support programs continue to play a central role in U.S. agricultural policy. This raises questions about whether current policies most effectively target the needs of an evolving farm and rural economy.
(Featured 7/16/2004 - 8/25/2004)
|
hispanics in rural america
Analyzing social and economic consequences of rural Hispanic growth.
(Featured 7/13/2004 - 8/13/2004)
|
traceability in the u.s. food supply
A search for the birthplace of the cows whose meat went into a particular pound of hamburger or for the farms that grew the wheat used in a box of cereal may seem like looking for a needle in a haystack. But U.S. ranchers, farmers, food manufacturers, and distributors have a number of incentives to keep records tracking food production and distribution. These records provide information on the flow of food and food products throughout the U.S. food supply system and aid in tracking food to its source.
(Featured 3/18/2004 - 8/10/2004)
|
soybean rust economic assessment
Soybean rust reduces yields and raises production costs for soybeans in every major production region of the world except the United States. But the recent and rapid spread of the pathogen in South America raises the prospect of its windborne entry into the U.S. as well, with a range of potential economic and policy implications.
(Featured 4/23/2004 - 8/2/2004)
|
The European Union Expands
On May 1, 2004, 10 countries will join the European Union (EU)—eight of the formerly Communist Central and East European (CEE) countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia) plus Cyprus and Malta. This is the largest expansion in the history of the EU and will bring profound changes to Europe.
(Featured 4/22/2004 - 7/19/2004)
|
time use conference
Analyzing the time use choices and constraints that individuals face.
(Featured 6/7/2004 - 7/13/2004)
|
agricultural policy workshop
Assessing farm program impacts on farm households and rural communities.
(Featured 4/22/2004 - 6/16/2004)
|
soybean price forecasting
South American soybean production, combined with the U.S. soybean stocks-to-use ratio, provides a strong basis for forecasting U.S. soybean prices. South American soybean production accounts for much of the global structural change that has altered the relationships among U.S. soybean production, use, stocks, and price. The article estimates that a 1-percent increase in South American soybean production decreases U.S. soybean prices by about one-quarter percent.
(Featured 4/13/2004 - 5/11/2004)
|
2004-13 agricultural baseline projections
Each year, USDA makes 10-year economic projections of the food and agriculture sector. The commodity projections are used to forecast farm program costs and to prepare the President's budget. The projections reflect a set of assumptions regarding macroeconomic developments and farm policies, and cover major agricultural commodities, agricultural trade, and aggregate indicators of the U.S. farm sector, such as farm income and food prices. One key use of the projections is as a "baseline" from which to analyze the impacts of potential policy changes affecting U.S. agriculture.
(Featured 2/5/2004 - 4/27/2004)
|
domestic food assistance programs
Proposals are now being accepted for the Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program through ERS’s Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program (FANRP).
(Featured 3/19/2004 - 4/22/2004)
|
U.S.-EU Food and Agriculture Comparisons
This report provides information and analysis on a wide range of topics relating to agriculture in the United States and European Union (EU), including comparisons of farm structure, production, agricultural productivity, risk management, environmental, commodity policy, trade, and food consumption, as well as implications of EU enlargement for bilateral relations.
(Featured 2/27/2004 - 4/22/2004)
|
2003 Farm Income
(Featured 2/6/2004 - 4/14/2004)
|
Invasive Species Management
ERS initiated a new program of work in fiscal year 2003 to examine the economic issues related to managing invasive pests in increasingly global agricultural markets. The ERS program focuses on national decisionmaking concerning invasive species of agricultural significance or affecting, or affected by, USDA programs.
(Featured 2/9/2004 - 3/19/2004)
|
country-of-origin labeling
Costs likely exceed benefits for mandatory country-of-origin labels.
(Featured 2/2/2004 - 3/18/2004)
|
Rural Education at a Glance
This six-page report, drawing on the 2000 Census and other Federal sources, is packed with key facts on rural education levels, including demographic and occupational information.
(Featured 2/10/2004 - 2/20/2004)
|
market context for BSE
The December 2003 announcement that a dairy cow in Washington State tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or “mad cow" disease) has focused attention on beef and cattle markets and on U.S. government actions. The incident has also underscored the importance of reliable information and analysis. USDA is providing updates on the evolving situation, including measures taken by the government and information on technical aspects. ERS monitors and analyzes cattle markets, the beef industry, food safety, and trade, providing background information and research for perspective on recent events.
(Featured 1/12/2004 - 2/13/2004)
|
The 2004 Food Assistance Research Conference: Recent Findings and Emerging Issues
This year's conference was held March 3 and 4 at the Economic Research Service, Washington, DC. Session topics included child nutrition, WIC, and the Food Stamp Program. This is the final agenda.
(Featured 1/13/2004 - 2/10/2004)
|
agricultural resources and environmental indicators (AREI) database and mapping tool
Now you can map and extract data behind statistics in AREI and other ERS publications! The AREI Database and Mapping Tool provides maximum flexibility in data access with the latest, on-the-fly, geographic information system (GIS) mapping and database retrieval technologies. This site is a work in progress. It is intended to eventually serve as one-stop access to both primary source and value-added data used to generate summaries, statistics, and graphics in a broad range of ERS publications on agricultural resources and environmental indicators. This initial version is made available with one data source and a limited number of options.
(Featured 12/4/2003 - 1/30/2004)
|
Agricultural Outlook Forum 2004
The Agricultural Outlook Forum provides the agricultural community with timely forecasts of farm prospects and insight into developments affecting the farm economy. Speakers will include top government officials, industry analysts, farmers, business leaders, and academic experts. Join the more than 1,300 people who attend this annual event. Network with attendees from all facets of US and world agriculture and the food and fiber industry.
(Featured 12/4/2003 - 1/7/2004)
|
Population Change and Rural Society Conference
Thursday and Friday, January 29-30, 2004
This conference will showcase an integrated set of social demographic studies, conducted by leading social scientists, that analyze critical demographic trends and draw conclusions about their implications for economic and social life in rural America. The research is the outcome of 2 years of planning by the Cooperative State, Research, Education, and Extension Service's (CSREES) Committee on Population Change in Rural Communities.
(Featured 12/31/2003 - 1/3/2004)
|
About Our New Look
We've spent quite a bit of time over the past months listening to our users to find out how to improve. We hope that our changes, the latest in a series of incremental enhancements, will make it easier to see what ERS offers and easier to get to the wealth of our products and services.
(Featured 12/8/2003 - 12/31/2003)
|
2003 FANRP Small Grants Conference
The 2003 Small Grants Conference was held November 20 and 21, 2003 at the Economic Research Service, Washington, DC. Session topics included Food Assistance and Child Well-Being, Food Insecurity and Hunger, Dynamics of Program Participation and Food Insecurity, and Obesity.
(Featured 11/1/2003 - 11/22/2003)
|
Amber Waves - September 2003
Vegetables, NAFTA, meat, overweight, food insufficiency, EQIP, conservation, agricultural resources, college graduates, rural indicators, tobacco, trade agreements, rural poverty, production costs, WIC, food assistance
(Featured 9/15/2003 - 11/7/2003)
|
FANRP 2003 Awards
Under the Food and Nutrition Assistance Program, USDA made awards of $1.3 million in grants and cooperative assistance. The awards will fund research on program design and operations, food Assistance as a safety net, and obesity, diet quality, and health.
(Featured 10/17/2003 - 11/3/2003)
|
wto: current issues
The ERS World Trade Organization Briefing Room has been updated to reflect events during the current round of negotiations (the Doha Development Agenda), and to address issues that are moving to the forefront, such as subsidies and countervailing measures and various technical barriers to trade.
(Featured 10/17/2003 - 10/31/2003)
|
got data?... find it quickly use it easily!
A new, improved page showcases the scope and breadth of data available from ERS in an easy-to-navigate format. An indicators section gives key facts and figures; a calendar of releases lets you know what will become available when. A resource area provides easy access to plugins and readers for working with data, as well as mapping programs, the archive collection, Information Quality Guidelines, and a sign-up for notifications of new releases. Get quick access to the most popular and featured ERS data products.
(Featured 10/3/2003 - 10/20/2003)
|
rural america at a glance
A six-page brochure highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. This brochure is the second in a series of reports that uses current social and economic data to highlight important population,labor market, income, and poverty trends in rural areas. The new metropolitan/nonmetropolitan classification is also discussed.
(Featured 9/2/2003 - 10/3/2003)
|
consumer-driven agriculture
America’s appetite, like its population, is always changing. Dining out, once thought to be a luxury, is now common. The Nation’s population is wealthier, older, more educated, and more ethnically diverse than in the past—and those demographic changes are likely to become more pronounced in the next 20 years. Recent research by ERS projects how these trends will influence food consumption and expenditures through 2020.
(Featured 7/21/2003 - 9/10/2003)
|
agricultural trade conference
The September conference will bring together policymakers, industry representatives, consumer advocates, and economists—from the United States and abroad—to address the ongoing and emerging global trade policy developments. Conference participants will have opportunity for comments and questions in the panel sessions.
(Featured 7/16/2003 - 8/21/2003)
|
manure management for water quality improvement
Agricultural pollution (such as sediment and nutrient runoff) is a prime contributor to the nation’s water quality problems. ERS routinely surveys producers’ choices of water, nutrient, pest, and soil management practices to address such problems. Especially important is work on the water quality effects of animal waste from confined feeding operations that have grown larger and more geographically concentrated in recent years.
(Featured 6/20/2003 - 7/21/2003)
|
wto agricultural trade policy commitments database
At the conclusion of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations in 1995, members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) established a broad set of rules and disciplines in the Agreement on Agriculture, governing three key areas affecting agricultural trade policy: domestic support, export subsidies, and market access. This database contains data on implementation of commitments in agricultural policy by WTO members.
(Featured 6/23/2003 - 7/17/2003)
|
U.S. organic farming
U.S. farmland managed under organic farming systems expanded rapidly throughout the 1990s, and that pace has continued as farmers strive to meet consumer demand in both local and national markets. An increasing number of U.S. farmers are adopting these systems in order to lower input costs, conserve nonrenewable resources, capture high-value markets, and boost farm income. This report updates USDA estimates of land farmed with organic practices during 1997 with estimates for 2000 and 2001, and provides new estimates on the number of certified organic operations in each State. AIB-780 (4/03).
(Featured 4/11/2003 - 4/30/2003)
|
Amber Waves February 2003
Amber Waves is a new magazine from ERS covering the full range of the agency's research and analysis, including the economics of agriculture, food, rural America, trade, and the environment. Amber Waves replaces Agricultural Outlook, FoodReview, and Rural America. ERS publishes the magazine five times a year (in February, April, June, September, and November) both in print and on the Internet.
(Featured 2/28/2003 - 4/24/2003)
|
FANRP's Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program
Proposals are now being accepted for FANRP's Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program. The publication Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Description and Application Process, Fiscal 2003, describes FANRP's Priority Research Areas and application requirements.
(Featured 3/13/2003 - 4/11/2003)
|
Outlook for Food and Farm Markets
Farmers enter the spring planting season with markets expecting an increase in total planted area of field crops, encouraged by reduced domestic supplies and higher prices compared with a year earlier. Prices for several major commodities, though, have declined from peaks last fall when the impacts of the 2002 drought were not clear. USDA will release the first survey-based acreage indication for spring-planted crops on March 31. Winter wheat seeded area for 2003 is estimated to rise 6 percent to the highest level in 5 years.
(Featured 3/18/2003 - 4/1/2003)
|
changing economics and structure of U.S. hog production
Rapid change in the size and ownership structure of U.S. hog production has created new and varied challenges for the industry, and these changes have not come without problems. Concerns about the increasing market control and power concentrated among packers and large hog operations, and about the manure management problem posed by an increasing concentration of hog manure on fewer operations, are paramount.
(Featured 2/28/2003 - 3/18/2003)
|
China: water policy reforms
China is one of the top 10 markets for U.S. agricultural exports and is the world's largest producer and consumer of a range of commodities. ERS maintains an active research program that investigates how policy and economic developments in China affect global agricultural markets.
(Featured 2/27/2003 - 3/13/2003)
|
New magazine debuts in February 2003
You've already visited our website. Now we're offering a new window into the agency's research — with a new magazine covering the economics of agriculture, food, rural America, trade, and the environment.
(Featured 12/12/2002 - 2/20/2003)
|
FoodReview: Weighing In on Obesity, Vol. 25, No. 3
This issue of FoodReview finds ERS researchers "weighing in" on a critical public health issue—the growing epidemic of Americans who are overweight and obese. The lead article takes a look at the American diet—typically too high in added sugars, refined grains, fats, and calories.
(Featured 1/24/2003 - 2/6/2003)
|
Agricultural Outlook Forum 2003
The U.S. Department of Agriculture invites you to sharpen your strategy for 2003 by attending the 79th annual agricultural outlook forum. The Forum will provide an overview of agricultural prospects and issues in a compact two-day format. Government officials, industry analysts, and farmers will assess farm prospects for the year ahead. Focus sessions will highlight major developments changing the business of agriculture. Attendees will receive new long-term commodity projections prepared by USDA.
(Featured 11/21/2002 - 2/4/2003)
|
2003-12 agricultural baseline projections
Each year, USDA agencies make 10-year projections of the food and agriculture sector. The commodity projections are used to forecast farm program costs and to prepare the President's budget. The projections reflect a set of assumptions and cover major agricultural commodities, agricultural trade, and aggregate indicators of the U.S. farm sector, such as farm income and food prices. One key use of the projections is as a "baseline" from which to analyze the impacts of potential policy changes affecting U.S. agriculture.
(Featured 12/12/2002 - 1/17/2003)
|
Final organic rule governs marketing
The national program, authorized under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990, facilitates domestic marketing of organically produced fresh and processed food, and assures consumers that such products meet consistent, uniform standards.
(Featured 10/21/2002 - 11/22/2002)
|
Measuring Rural Diversity Conference
Measuring Rural Diversity Conference—November 21-22, 2002, at the Economic Research Service, Washington, DC. At the conference, researchers will present their current work on rural conditions, such as demographic changes, business trends, and local distress.
(Featured 10/16/2002 - 11/22/2002)
|
Rural Amenities
Public amenities provided by a rural agricultural landscape, arising from open space and farm activity, are important to many citizens and policymakers. Widespread development of farmland in some parts of the country is spawning an expanding array of farmland protection programs by county, State, and Federal governments, as well as by nonprofit organizations.
(Featured 11/4/2002 - 11/22/2002)
|
Retail Scanner Prices for Meat
ERS' database contains monthly average retail price data for selected cuts of red meat and poultry, based on electronic supermarket scanner data. While not based on a random sample, the raw data underlying the database are from supermarkets across the United States that account for
approximately 20 percent of U.S. supermarket sales.
(Featured 11/5/2002 - 11/10/2002)
|
FANRP research funding opportunities: fiscal 2002 awards
FANRP's Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program made awards in fiscal 2002 to fund research on Program Design and Operations; Food Assistance as a Safety Net; Obesity; Eating Patterns, Diet Quality, and Health Outcomes; and Behavioral Nutrition. The program is publicly announced and competitively awarded through the use of peer review panels.
(Featured 10/15/2002 - 11/4/2002)
|
The Economics of Income and Wealth for Farm Households
USDA's Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) data provide an unmatched tool for analyzing policies designed to improve farm well-being. ARMS data report on both the condition of farm businesses and the farm households that operate them. ERS's new report on farm income, wealth, and well-being is the culmination of a concerted program of data collection, analysis, and publications geared toward understanding what farms and farmers earn, and how their welfare changes. The resources highlighted here are a guide to recent work in this important ERS research area.
(Featured 7/29/2002 - 10/16/2002)
|
2002 Small Grants Conference
2002 Food and Nutrition Research Small Grants Program Conference—October 17-18, 2002, at the Economic Research Service, Washington, DC. The Small Grants Program seeks to stimulate new research that will inform the public debate on food assistance and nutrition policy. At the conference, grant recipients will present the results of their work on food assistance programs, food security, and nutrition. The conference is free, but space is limited. To register, fill out the registration form and return it either by FAX to Tina Terry at 202-694-5677, or by e-mail to fanrp@ers.usda.gov. If you have questions, call 202-694-5270. For details on topics and speakers, see the conference agenda. Go to the Small Grants Program for more information on the program itself.
(Featured 9/13/2002 - 10/10/2002)
|
2002 Farm Bill - What's Changed?
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, which governs Federal farm programs for the next 6 years, was signed into law on May 13, 2002. Its provisions support the production of a reliable, safe, and affordable supply of food and fiber; promote stewardship of agricultural land and water resources; facilitate access to American farm products at home and abroad; encourage continued economic and infrastructure development in rural America; and ensure continued research to maintain an efficient and innovative agricultural and food sector.
(Featured 5/16/2002 - 9/12/2002)
|
Transition Economies
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) had a bumper crop in 2001, leading to 9.3 million metric tons (mmt) of grain exports from Ukraine, 4 mmt from Kazakstan, and 3.2 mmt from Russia. Russia is also one of the world's largest meat importers. In 2001, Russia was the world's largest poultry importer (1,280 mmt), the second largest pork importer (550 mmt), and the third largest beef and veal importer (675 mmt). ERS research addresses the issues driving crop and livestock production trends in the CIS, and the effect of reforms (or lack thereof) on future agricultural production, consumption, and trade.
(Featured 7/26/2002 - 9/12/2002)
|
FoodReview: Consumer-Driven Agriculture, Vol. 25, No. 1
This issue of FoodReview projects U.S. food consumption and spending to 2020. Articles discuss how farmers, processors, retailers, and foodservice operators are responding to this changing demand for food. Two additional articles look at food assistance expenditures and household food security.
(Featured 6/17/2002 - 7/29/2002)
|
World Food Summit
At the 1996 World Food Summit, the United States and 185 other countries committed to halving the number of undernourished people in the world by 2015. Each country agreed to develop a national plan of action and to report periodically on progress made toward this goal. On June 10-13, 2002, countries will assemble again in Rome for the "World Food Summit Five Years After" conference. They will look at the reality of chronic food insecurity and the continuing challenges to meeting the original World Food Summit goal.
(Featured 6/3/2002 - 7/29/2002)
|
China - The 21st century
China is one of the top 10 markets for U.S. agricultural exports and is the world's largest producer and consumer of a range of commodities. ERS maintains an active research program that investigates how policy and economic developments in China affect global agricultural markets.
(Featured 4/10/2002 - 6/17/2002)
|
Draft Report of the Economic Research Service’s Information Quality Guidelines
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued government-wide guidelines
for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information
disseminated by Federal agencies. Congress directed OMB to issue these guidelines
in section 515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act for
Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-554). OMB published its guidelines in the Federal
Register on September 28, 2001, at 66 FR 49718-49725 and updated the guidelines on
February 22, 2002, at 67 FR 8452-8460 and on March 4, 2002, at 67 FR 9797.
(Featured 5/1/2002 - 6/4/2002)
|
ERS research on water quality topics
In 1972, Congress fortified clean water legislation in response to growing public concern over serious and widespread water pollution. The resultant Clean Water Act now safeguards our Nation's rivers, streams, lakes, and coastal areas, with a goal of fishable and swimmable waters. Its pollution control programs and wetland restoration efforts have brought about a demonstrable improvement in the quality of our water.
In October 2002, the Clean Water Act turns 30 and will be up for congressional reauthorization. ERS joins the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Geological Survey, and several nongovernment sponsors in recommitting to this worthy goal.
(Featured 4/1/2002 - 5/15/2002)
|
FANRP’s Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program
Proposals are now being accepted for FANRP’s Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program. The publication Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Description and Application Process, Fiscal 2002, which is downloadable, describes FANRP’s Priority Research Areas and application requirements. More information on research funding opportunities and a downloadable Budget form ARS-455 are also available on the website. The deadline for proposals is May 17, 2002.
(Featured 3/26/2002 - 5/1/2002)
|
Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)
ARMS is USDA's annual, national survey of farms. It is the primary source of information about the financial condition, production practices, use of resources, and economic well-being of America's farmers and farm households. Data and analysis from ARMS answer key questions from USDA policy officials, Congress, and other decisionmakers within and outside the Federal Government about the differential impacts of alternative policies and programs across the farm sector and among farm families. ARMS also provides a rich database for researchers to understand the rapidly changing structure and characteristics of American farming.
(Featured 3/4/2002 - 4/11/2002)
|
USDA's projections for 2002 and for 2002-11
Unveiled farm-sector projections for 2002 and the USDA Agricultural Baseline Projections to 2011.
(Featured 2/19/2002 - 4/2/2002)
|
Agriculture in Brazil and Argentina
This report identifies key factors underlying the agricultural productivity growth and enhanced international competitiveness of
Brazil and Argentina in the past decade.
(Featured 1/16/2002 - 3/26/2002)
|
Rural America: Welfare Reform, Vol. 16, Issue 3
This issue of Rural America presents several articles on the impacts of welfare reform upon rural Americans. Additional articles cover farm labor, federal funds, and child poverty.
(Featured 1/9/2002 - 3/1/2002)
|
FoodReview: Global Food Trade, Vol. 24, No. 3
This issue of FoodReview presents a series of articles about international trade in food and food products. Two additional articles look at food supply nutrients and food marketing costs.
(Featured 1/8/2002 - 2/20/2002)
|
Agricultural Outlook Forum 2002
The Forum will provide an overview of agricultural prospects and issues in a compact two-day format. Government officials, industry analysts, and farmers will assess farm prospects for the year ahead. Focus sessions will highlight major developments changing the business of agriculture. Attendees will receive new long-term commodity projections prepared by USDA.
(Featured 12/18/2001 - 1/10/2002)
|
Agricultural R&D And Technology Adoption
Both at home and abroad, the driving force behind agricultural research agenda-setting is now growth in private sector R&D. While the level of public funding for research has leveled off since the mid-1980s, private research expenditures, bolstered by strengthened intellectual property rights, tripled in real terms between 1960 and 1996 and continue to grow. Research priorities are also affected by the shift in focus toward the agricultural inputs supply industries particularly biotechnology. These trends influence the development of technology available to producers and the pace at which that technology is adopted. ERS is at the forefront of economic research on agricultural R&D and its effects on the adoption of production technologies. The reports featured here add to that knowledge base.
(Featured 11/8/2001 - 1/8/2002)
|
FoodReview: Examining the Well-Being of Children, Vol. 24, No. 2
The theme for this issue of FoodReview is ''America's Children.'' A series of articles discuss the well-being of America's children, children's diet quality, the problem of overweight children in America, foodborne disease among children, the economics of breastfeeding, and food assistance programs that help children and their families. A special article discusses U.S. consumption of tree nuts. Another special article looks at food availability and affordability in Washington, DC.
(Featured 11/8/2001 - 1/8/2002)
|
food and nutrition assistance programs: FANRP
FANRP's Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program made awards in fiscal 2001 to fund research on Workforce Attachment, Income Volatility, and Administrative Costs; Food Assistance as a Safety Net; Targeting High Needs Subgroups; Eating Patterns, Food Choices, and Health Outcomes; and Nutrition Education: Public and Private Returns to Education. The awards in this program are between $100,000 and $400,000. The program is publicly announced and competitively awarded through the use of peer review panels.
(Featured 11/8/2001 - 12/18/2001)
|
Food and Agricultural Policy
Designed to take a longer term view of our Nation's agriculture & food system and offer constructive ideas to help guide future farm policy, this report examines the enormous changes faced by today's food and farm system, as well as the lessons learned from more than seven decades of food and farm policies.
The report offers a set of principles to guide policy development for the future—addressing issues such as trade, a farm safety net, system infrastructure, conservation and environment, rural communities, nutrition and food assistance, and program delivery systems.
(Featured 9/21/2001 - 11/1/2001)
|
Urban development, land use, and agriculture
Land quite literally underlies all economic activity, but nowhere more than for agriculture. Land is the primary input for crop production and grazing livestock, a source of rural amenities, and a store of value for farmland owners. Continuing a long and rich tradition of ERS research on land use and values, we present new products probing the issue of "sprawl" and its impact on farming in the city's shadow.
(Featured 9/1/2001 - 10/25/2001)
|
commodity policy backgrounders
A series of just-released reports provide commodity-based background information on issues and topics facing producers and industry as the Congressional debate proceeds. These reports address market conditions, policy proposals, WTO considerations, and the interactions between markets and policy.
(Featured 8/2/2001 - 10/22/2001)
|
Manure management
Livestock and poultry manure applied to farmland is a valuable source of organic nutrients, but manure nitrogen and phosphorus in excess of the farm's crop requirements can compromise water quality. Many confined animal operations are unable to use all manure nutrients produced on land under their control.
This has prompted concern commensurate with the increasing concentration of animal feeding operations, which also tend to be specialized and thus have less cropland on which to apply manure. A new report, Confined Animal Production and Manure Nutrients, uses survey data to estimate the number of confined animals, the amount of manure nutrients, and the capacity of nearby land to assimilate these nutrients.
(Featured 7/20/2001 - 9/21/2001)
|
Global Food Consumption and Trade
Higher income, urbanization, other demographic shifts, improved transportation, and consumer perceptions regarding quality and safety are changing global food consumption patterns. Shifts in food consumption have led to increased trade and changes in the composition of world agricultural trade. Given different diets, food expenditure and food budget responses to income and price changes vary between developing and developed countries.
(Featured 6/29/2001 - 8/2/2001)
|
Agricultural biotechnology
ERS has been monitoring the advance of agricultural biotechnology since 1991, and now collects its findings in a new briefing room devoted to the subject.
(Featured 3/16/2001 - 2/19/2001)
|
Agricultural Outlook - May 2001
Articles include: Soybean Plantings to Expand, Corn to Recede in 2001; Farm Credit Use Expected to Rise Slightly; Interest Rates on Farm Loans Likely to Fall Throughout 2001; Forces Shaping Global Food Demand & Agricultural Trade; Canada's Agriculture: 5 Years After the End of Transportation Subsidies; Agri-Environmental Payments: Rewarding Farmers for Environmental Performance; Moving Farmers Toward New Production Practices; Poor Winter Weather Reduces Beef Supply; U.S. Farm Policy for the 21st Century: A Diversity of Visions for the Future.
(Featured 5/2/2001 - 2/19/2001)
|
Agricultural Outlook, June-July 2001
China's fruits and vegetables, cattle exports from Mexico, farm policy, farm payments, farm income and policy, Northern Great Plains, crop prices, stone fruits, field crop forecast, meat supply and prices
(Featured 6/5/2001 - 2/19/2001)
|
Agri-Environmental Policy at the Crossroads: Guideposts on a Changing Landscape
This report identifies policy tools and design features that have improved the effectiveness of current programs, and tradeoffs in designing a program of agri-environmental payments.
(Featured 2/16/2001 - 2/19/2001)
|
E-Commerce and Agriculture Symposium
Agenda for the ERS-hosted symposium on e-commerce and agriculture
(Featured 5/23/2001 - 2/19/2001)
|
Economics of Food Labeling
This report traces the economic theory behind food labeling and presents three case studies in which the government has intervened in labeling and two examples in which government intervention has been proposed.
(Featured 3/2/2001 - 2/19/2001)
|
FANRP Grants Announcement (PDF file)
Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Program, Fiscal 2001.
Competitive Grants and Cooperative Agreements Program: Description and Application Process.
(Featured 3/16/2001 - 2/19/2001)
|
Focus on Farms
New ERS products examine diversity in the U.S. farm sector: income, structure, and farm families
(Featured 6/1/2001 - 2/19/2001)
|
Foot-and-mouth disease
Official foot-and-mouth disease information from the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
(Featured 4/9/2001 - 2/19/2001)
|
Issues in Food Security
Includes a number of short multidisciplinary issue papers that address how food security in the United States and throughout the world is affected by issues like trade liberalization, income distribution, and natural resources.
(Featured 5/2/2001 - 2/19/2001)
|
Rural America, Volume 15, Number 4
The rural South is examined in seven articles in this issue of the Rural America magazine.
(Featured 4/17/2001 - 2/19/2001)
|
The Road Ahead: Agricultural Policy Reform in the WTO—Summary Report
In 2000, World Trade Organization (WTO) members continued global negotiations on agricultural policy reform. To help policymakers and others realize what is at stake in the global agricultural negotiations, this report quantifies the costs of global agricultural distortions and the potential benefits of their full elimination.
(Featured 3/2/2001 - 2/19/2001)
|
Welcome to our new home
Welcome to a completely redesigned, re-engineered ERS website. Built with the most up-to-date technologies, the new website gives you easy access to a wealth of relevant information and data. The same timely, comprehensive economic analysis on agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development, is now available in a streamlined, easy-to-use format.
(Featured 1/2/2001 - 1/31/2001)
|
A Safety Net for Farm Households
Discussions in the public arena have raised fundamental questions about the ultimate goals of farm policy and the need for establishing a safety net for farm households. This report examines four scenarios for government assistance to agriculture based on the concept of ensuring some minimum standard of living.
(Featured 1/2/2001 - 1/15/2001)
|
2012 Farm Income Forecast
Net farm income is forecast to be $91.7 billion in 2012, down $6.3 billion (6.5 percent) from the 2011 forecast.
(Featured 2/13/2012)
|
Food Desert Locator
The Food Desert Locator provides a spatial overview of low-income neighborhoods with high concentrations of people who are far from a supermarket or large grocery store.
(Featured 1/6/2012)
|
Major Uses of Land in the United States, 2007
Begun in 1945, the ERS Major Land Uses series is the only accounting of all major uses of public and private land in all 50 States.
(Featured 1/11/2012)
|
Research Investments and Market Structure in the Food Processing, Agricultural Input, and Biofuel Industries Worldwide
This study examines global R&D spending by private industry in seven agricultural input sectors, food manufacturing, and biofuel and describes the changing structure of these industries.
(Featured 1/11/2012)
|
Trends in U.S. Farmland Values and Ownership
This report examines both macroeconomic (interest rates, prices of alternative investments) and parcel-specific (soil quality, government payments, proximity to urban areas) factors that affect farmland values.
(Featured 2/22/2012)
|
USDA Agricultural Projections to 2021
Longrun (10-year) projections for the agricultural sector through 2021.
(Featured 2/13/2012)
|
446 entries.
|
