…to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists, a genomic database of U.S. beef cattle is now available online. The complete genomes of 96 bulls representing different U.S. cattle breeds were…
Large Family Farms Continue to Dominate U.S. Agricultural Production
Nearly all farms in the U.S. are designated as family farms, according to new data by the Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. USDA found that in 2015, farms designated…
Analysts Say Bacon Shortage Not Likely
…demise of Chicago Mercantile Exchange belly trading pit. The Department of Agriculture data for January on pork bellies, from which bacon is made, put total stocks at 14 million pounds….
Agri View: Food Labeling
…at the nutritional data that is required by law to be posted. That law has been in effect since 2010. But it alerts you to the fat content, the caloric…
Congress Reintroduces Legislation to Cut Red Tape For Conservationists
…System for Award Management (SAM) and obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to receive financial assistance from federal agencies like NRCS. Mandating that farmers and ranchers comply with…
Influence of Income and Prices on Global Dietary Patterns by Country, Age, and Gender
…and countries/regions. How Was the Study Conducted? Comprehensive data of global consumption patterns available from the Global Dietary Database (2010) were used in this research. The database contains intake data…
Almond Board: Commitment to Research
…of California, Davis, Brent Holtz and Amélie Gaudin: Potential of Whole Orchard Recycling to Build Sustainability and Resilience of Almond Production · University of California, Davis, Patrick Brown: Data-Driven Block-Level…
U.S. Distillers Grains Exports Reached 11.48 Million Metric Tons in 2016
…2016, down 10 percent from 2015’s record-high but still the second-highest on record, according to a 10-page summary of 2016 ethanol co-product trade data published today by the Renewable Fuels…
New FARM Program Environmental Stewardship Module Helps Measure Improvements in Dairy Sustainability
…63 percent smaller carbon footprint than it did 70 years ago. The FARM Environmental Stewardship program captures more detailed data on these great advances, while at the same time presenting…
Net Farm Income Expected to Dip further in 2017
…Farm Sector Balance Sheet Data, and Charts and Maps of U.S. Farm Income Statement Data for farm sector data visualizations. Farm Household Income and Characteristics for data related to farm…
U.S. Trends in Food Availability
…Dietary Guidelines for Americans using the food availability data, the loss-adjusted food availability data, and the nutrient availability data in ERS’s Food Availability (Per Capita) Data System. The food availability…
Ag Producers’ Confidence Surges During January
…since data collection began in October 2015. Figure 1. Purdue/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. October 2015 to January 2017. The largest contributor to the sharp uptick in optimism since October…
Ethanol Exports Reached Record-High 1.01 Billion Gallons in 2016
Net exports of ethanol from the United States set a new record of 1.01 billion gallons in 2016, according to a new eight-page summary of 2016 ethanol trade data published…
Funding for Plant and Animal Phenomics and Microbiome Projects
…data from cow lactation samples might reveal robustness traits such as metabolic substances (metabolites), or various reproductive and health outcomes. Researchers plan to integrate international MIR and metabolite data from…