…waste, fraud and abuse through shared data, innovation, and technology modernization. Encourage state and local innovations in training, case management, and program design that promote self-sufficiency and achieve long-term, stability…
Millennials Spend Less Per-Person on Groceries
Recent data released by the Department of Agriculture shows that millennials are spending less per-person at the grocery store. A recent analysis by USDA’s Economic Research Service of 2014 grocery…
CCOF Annual Conference to Focus on Organic Hotspots
…Jaenicke have shown that median household incomes increase while poverty rates decrease in direct response to the amount of organic food and crop production in a given county. The data…
NPPC Commends USDA for Maintaining Essential Livestock Market Programs
…the U.S. pork industry during the uncertainty of a federal government shutdown.” Maschhoff added, “The availability of LMR market data ensures that reliable and accurate information that influence critical business…
Secretary Perdue Outlines USDA Services in the Event of a Government Shutdown
…HERE (PDF, 389 KB) – ERS will: Ensure coordination of data calls; Maintain agency Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) systems; Ensure all systems remain online and…
Organics Encourage Support for Livestock Rule
…Last month, the Organic Trade Association, which is suing USDA over the withdrawal of the rule, said that USDA data shows out of the more than 47,000 comments the department…
South Korean Market Demands American Beef in Record Numbers
…year of 2016. The 177,445 tons of beef shipped to South Korea is the largest figure recorded since the agency started collecting that data in 2000. The U.S. Department of…
USDA Sending Extra Financial Help to Farmers in Seven States
…enough farmers in a county don’t respond to the surveys, the department uses data from the Risk Management Agency, and those two sets of data can be very different. The…
Sunpreme Raisins Show Quality Yields with Less Labor
…different in that the variety “dries naturally after ripening, so the fruit just ripen and then they start drying, so there’s no cutting needed,” Fidelibus stated. The data collected also…
Latest WASDE Report from USDA
…Bureau of Statistics data. World production for 2017/18 is raised 1.8 million tons led by a 2.0-million-ton increase for Russia and a 0.8-million-ton increased for Pakistan. COARSE GRAINS: This month’s…
Imperial County Agriculture Impacts Shown in New Report
Crop Report Plus…a report that takes the annual Crop Report further Crop Report Plus relates to the economic contributions of Imperial County Agriculture that quantifies data from the ag industry…
Farmers Are Becoming Less Optimistic About the Future
…and the second-highest number since the survey began collecting data in October of 2015. Optimism has especially dipped in future financial expectations. The share of farmers expecting better financial conditions…
USDA Wants More Done to Combat Crop Insurance Fraud
…Center for Agribusiness Excellence at Tarleton State University in Texas to collect data on producers who have unusual crop insurance claims that merit further review. Every year, the center produces…
Report: Vertical Farming Happening Now
…controlled environment to grow crops, with high-data monitoring. Stanford says vertical farms offer year-round growing capacities, less water consumption, and improved crop predictability. For example, AeroFarms, a 70,000-square-foot vertical farm…