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Webinar: Household Food Security in the United States in 2023
In this webinar, ERS Economist Matthew Rabbitt provided an overview of USDA’s annual report on the prevalence and severity of food insecurity in U.S. households in 2023.
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Webinar: Farm Income and Financial Forecasts, September 2024 Update
During this webinar, ERS Economist Carrie Litkowski will present the September 2024 update to the farm sector income and wealth forecasts for calendar year 2024.
Land Use of Rejected, Enrolled, and Expiring Fields in the Conservation Reserve Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program pays (CRP) landowners to plant environmentally beneficial land covers instead of crops. This report determines the types of land uses removed from production when enrolled in CRP.
ERS Joins AAEA’s 2024 Annual Meeting
USDA’s Economic Research Service joins the 2024 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting July 28 - 30, 2024.
U.S. Agricultural Exports in Southeast Asia
USDA, ERS finds that U.S. competitors’ share of agricultural exports to Southeast Asia increased from 2012 to 2022, while the U.S. share remained stagnant. This report examines possible reasons—such as competitors’ advantages—and ways the U.S. position could be improved.
Structure, Costs, and Technology Used on U.S. Dairy Farms
Over the past two decades, the U.S. dairy industry has evolved, with fewer dairy farms producing more milk. This raises questions about how dairy farms have changed. This report addresses these questions and how dairy farms differ by size of the operation and by region.
The Poverty Area Measures Data Product
This report covers the USDA’s Poverty Area Measures (PAM) data product, an online resource that shows four measures of areawide poverty—high, extreme, persistent, and enduring—and helps better understand the geography of U.S. poverty.
Climate-Induced Yield Changes and TFP: How Much R&D Is Necessary To Maintain the Food Supply?
Scenarios of total factor productivity (TFP) growth (agricultural efficiency), combined with climate-induced yield change and changes in population and income, to gain a better understanding of the future of agricultural production (and thus of food supply). The scenarios showed that TFP growth—with sufficient research and dvelopment (R&D)—can meet global food demand in 2050.
Debt Use by U.S. Farm Businesses, 2012–2021
This report examines farm debt by lenders from 2012 through 2021, as well as other attributes, such as the use of different loan types (real estate and non-real estate) among different types of farm businesses.
The Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report
This report examines trends and policy changes in USDA’s largest domestic food and nutrition assistance programs through fiscal year 2023. It also summarizes recent USDA, ERS reports related to food insecurity and the cost of school meals.