| Frequently
Requested Data on Food, Farms, Trade, and More. |
| •Commodity
Markets
•Farm
Sector
•Food
Consumption
•Forecasts
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•Rural
America
•State Summaries
•Trade
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| Commodity
Market |
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Commodity
Costs and Returns has estimates of annual production
costs and returns for major field crops and livestock
for the United States and major production regions.
Outlook Reports
published regularly, provide data and analysis on
major commodity markets and trade, and special reports
address timely topics. The annual reports also contain
historical data.
World
Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates published
monthly, provides the most current USDA forecasts
of U.S. and world supply and use of major grains,
soybeans and soybean products, and cotton; prices
of some commodities; and U.S. supply and use of
sugar and livestock products. |
Background Statistics
on U.S. Beef and Cattle Industry cover information
on production, prices, and trade on a single web
page for use by journalists and others looking for
perspective on the markets.
Background
Statistics on the U.S. Broiler Industry cover
information on production, prices, receipts, and
trade on a single web page for use by journalists
and others looking for perspective on the markets.
Broilers (chickens under 13 weeks old) constitute
virtually all commercial chicken production.
Background
Statistics on the U.S. Soybean Industry cover
acreage, production, exports, and receipts, as a
reference for journalists and others. Includes links
to other resources. |
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| Farm
Sector |
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Farm Income Forecasts
provide perspective on farm sector economic performance
and incorporate data related to production and marketing
of commodities, expenditures for inputs, and the
role of government payment programs.
Farm
Program Acres allows users to create and customize
maps and tables displaying county-level planted
and farm program acreage. Users can download and
manipulate data to illustrate the share of commodity
base acreage planted to nine major program crops
(corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice,
cotton, peanuts, and oilseeds).
U.S. and
State Farm Income Data are available via drop-down
menus and in worksheet formats, and include the
farm business net value added, net cash income,
cash receipts, government payments, production expenses,
and household income.
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Farm
Business and Household Survey Data provides
information from the annual Agricultural Resource
Management Survey (ARMS)—USDA’s primary
source of information on the financial condition,
production practices, resource use, and the economic
well-being of America's farm households.
Agricultural
Outlook: Statistical Indicators has data on
individual commodities, the general economy, agricultural
trade, farm income and expenses, farm prices, food
prices and expenditures, and other statistical indicators
of the food and agriculture system. |
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| Food Consumption |
The Food Consumption Data System tracks historical
national aggregate consumption (per capita) of several
hundred basic commodities. |
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| Forecasts
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Long-Term
Agricultural Baseline Projections provides 10-year
projections (2005-14) of the food and agriculture
sector, used to forecast farm program costs, to
prepare the President's budget, and to analyze impacts
of potential policy changes on U.S. agriculture. |
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| Rural
America |
| Profiles
of America is an interactive tool enabling the
creation and manipulation of maps, tables, and charts
that display demographic trends and other indicators
of the economic well-being of rural and urban communities.
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Rural
Indicators Map Machine is an Internet-based
mapping utility that provides a visualization of
indicators for rural areas available from ERS and
other government agencies. Indicators include population
change, unemployment rates, and median household
income. |
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| State Summaries |
State
Fact Sheets provide
information on population, employment, income, farm
characteristics, and farm financial indicators for
each state in the United States. |
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| Trade |
| FATUS
(Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States)
data cover U.S. exports and imports by country,
commodity, and Customs District; quantity and value;
monthly and annually for all countries trading with
the United States. |
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| Data
From Other Federal Agencies |
| Agricultural
Research Service (ARS) conducts continuing surveys
to monitor the food consumption and related behavior
of the U.S. population.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal
Government in the broad field of labor economics
and statistics, including consumer expenditures,
prices, and living conditions, and projections on
economic growth.
Bureau of Economic
Analysis provides detailed data on economic
activity for the Nation, regions, States, metropolitan
areas, and counties. Its national economic program
features the estimates of gross domestic product
(GDP).
| Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS) collects statistics
on world agricultural production and world agricultural
trade for a broad range of commodities.
National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) collects, summarizes,
analyzes, and publishes agricultural production
and marketing data.
U.S. Census Bureau
provides quality data about the nation's people
and economy.
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Index of Federal Statistical Agencies |
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