Agricultural R&D and Productivity

• Agricultural Productivity
• Agricultural Research & Development Policy
• Biotechnology R&D
• Industry Concentration and R&D
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Returns to Agricultural Research

Agricultural Productivity in the United States

Increased productivity is the main contributor to growth in U.S. agriculture. This data set provides estimates of productivity growth in the U.S. farm sector over the period 1948-2004, and estimates of the growth and relative levels of productivity across the individual States for the 1960-2004 period.
5/13/2008 2:00:00 PM

Agricultural Research Funding in the Public and Private Sector

These time series data for public and private funding of agricultural research and development cover the years 1970-98 (private) and 1970-2001 (public). Data are available either as nominal figures or corrected for inflation.
10/27/2003

Plant Breeding Research and Development

Based on a 1994 national plant breeding study conducted by Dr. Ken Frey of Iowa State University, this data product provides the level of plant breeding effort (in terms of staff years and estimated expenditures) in the U.S. by academia and the public and private sector. The study is a comprehensive accounting of national plant breeding efforts, and provides the only national benchmark to compare current and/or future efforts and developments in this critically important area of research. In an effort to compare and update the information in the 1994 study, a follow-up study was done to describe U.S. plant breeding investment in 2001.
6/20/2007 3:00:00 PM

Trends in Extension Staffing

Data page for information on level and allocation of Extension staffing by State, delivered through spreadsheets.
10/7/2002 12:00:00 PM