…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…
Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
…the loop — how to adjust irrigation based on the aerial image data,” Goldberg said. “This co-robotics system is the next generation of precision agriculture.” The robots have to be…
House Agriculture Committee Meets
…oilseeds, peanuts, pulse crops, rice, soybeans, sugar, wheat, and wool; the Commodity Credit Corporation; risk management policies and statutes, including Federal Crop Insurance; producer data and privacy issues. Rep. Rick…
Unified Bee Health Data Key to Finding Trends
…bee health data from a whole bunch of different sources and then put it together in sort of a centralized database so that we can use human epidemiological approaches to…
Statistics Available for California Crop Year 2015
…Export reports are typically published within the corresponding crop year report. While data is made available throughout the year, crop year and export reports are published typically about one year…
USDA NASS Conducting Certified Organic Survey
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is conducting the 2016 Certified Organic Survey to gather new data on certified organic crops and livestock commodities in…
40 Percent of Farms Managed by Multiple Operators
New data released last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows nearly 40 percent of all U.S. farms are managed by more than one operator. USDA’s Economic Research Service…
Beekeepers, Farmers Prepare for Pollination
…that they are foraging on the cover crops.” “Based on hard data and anecdotal evidence, forage on the landscape—whether it be a California almond orchard or pasture in North Dakota—is…
Americans to Eat 1.33 Billion Chicken Wings
…dramatically the week of the Super Bowl. Data shows that consumers stock up the week before, too, according to Nielsen Perishables Group FreshFacts® data. More information For more information on…
Smart Phone App Balances Conservation and Production
…a centralized, open access database and becomes part of a data system that in the future will identify management options for sites having similar topography, soils, and climatic conditions, Herrick…