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USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack Promotes 99th Ag Outlook Forum

Join USDA and leaders in the ag industry in Arlington, VA on February 23-24 for the 99th #AgOutlook Forum!

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USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack Promotes 99th Ag Outlook Forum, February 23-24, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia.

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Retail food price inflation in 2022 surpassed 2021 rates in most categories. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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Jan 25

Food retailing market concentration increased more at national level than county level over past three decades. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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Jan 25

This ERS report describes updates to ERS's food price forecasting methodology, along with a comparison to prior methods. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/publications/p.

Report cover for Time-Series Methods for Forecasting and Modeling Uncertainty in the Food Price Outlook. Image of orange arrows facing up and down next to a grocery basket.

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Jan 25

ERS improves food price forecasting methodology to enhance accuracy and treat uncertainty about future food prices more rigorously. See latest findings using new methodology: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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Fruit and Tree Nuts Data — latest stats on fresh and processed fruits, melons, and tree nuts in the United States, as well as some global data for these sectors. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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Vegetables and Pulses Data — latest stats on fresh and processed vegetables and dry pulses in the United States, as well as some global data for these sectors. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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Cattle and calf receipts accounted for largest portion of U.S. animal and animal product receipts in 2021. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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National Agricultural Statistics Service

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Jan 11

Early Bird Registration for #ICAS2023 is open! This May 17-19, join researchers, economists, statisticians, and scientists in agriculture statistics from around the world in exploring the latest innovations in the field. Register early and save: icas2023.org

Ninth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics

May 17-19, 2023, Washington, DC

Early Bird Registration Ends January 31, 2023

Register and Save

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National Agricultural Statistics Service

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Jan 18

This May, join us in Washington, D.C., for the Ninth International Conference on Agricultural Statistics. The conference will focus on fostering and leveraging best practices and research in response to the changing needs and opportunities for agricultural statistics. #ICAS2023

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Jan 23

Agriculture and related industries contributed 5.4 percent to U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

Stacked bar chart showing the contribution to U.S. gross domestic product of agriculture and related industries from 2011 to 2021.

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Jan 22

Organic Dairy and Beef Producers Face Limited Markets, Feed Grain Shortages Learn more in this Amber Waves article: ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/20.

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Jan 21

U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Industries Try To Cope With Rising Labor Costs Learn more in this month's issue of Amber Waves: ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/20.

Line chart showing labor’s share of production costs for fruit and vegetable growers, 1999 to 2019.

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Jan 20

Sugar and Sweeteners Yearbook Tables — U.S. and international sugar and sweetener production, consumption, and trade. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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National Agricultural Statistics Service

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Jan 20

Data users: We’ve made some updates to our Grain Stocks web page! New features include data visualizations, a crop progress map visualization, videos, and downloadable report forms. We want to hear about your user experience on the page. Submit feedback at nass.usda.gov/go/grainstocks

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Text: Find new features on the Grain Stocks web page! Tell us what you think at nass.usda.gov/go/GrainStocks

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The ERS Food Expenditure Series is a comprehensive data set that measures the U.S. food system, quantifying the value of food acquired in the U.S. by type of product, outlet, and purchaser. See latest update: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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The U.S. Bioenergy Statistics are a source of information on biofuels intended to present a picture of the renewable energy industry and its relationship to agriculture. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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January Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook — Inflation for all items, food, and selected animal products. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/publications/p.

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This month's Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook includes special articles on the trends in U.S. sweetener deliveries, and in estimated sugar in imported and exported products: ers.usda.gov/publications/p.

January Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook — U.S. sugar supplies in 2022/23 are raised as higher domestic production offsets lower imports. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/publications/p.

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Growth of fruit and vegetable budget shares in 2020 indicates shift in U.S. diets. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

Horizontal bar chart showing household food and alcohol budget shares by food-at-home group for the period from 2016 to 2019 and for 2020.

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Jan 18

ERS's Feed Grains Yearbook Tables contains stats on four feed grains (corn, grain sorghum, barley and oats); foreign coarse grains, hay and related items. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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Jan 18

Horticultural products drive total U.S. agricultural import growth. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

Horizontal bar chart showing shares of total U.S. agricultural import growth by commodity group from fiscal years 2012 to 2022.

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This month's Wheat Outlook includes a special article titled “Changes in Ukraine Wheat and Corn Export Patterns Since the Start of the Ukraine-Russia War". Learn more: ers.usda.gov/publications/p.

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The ERS Dairy Data set includes files covering U.S. supply, demand, and trade for milk and major dairy products. See latest update: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

January Rice Outlook — U.S. Rice Production Estimate Lowered to 160.4 Million Hundredweight Learn more: ers.usda.gov/publications/p.

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January Feed Outlook — U.S. Feed Supplies Are Reduced on Significant Cuts to Corn, Sorghum Harvested Area Learn more: ers.usda.gov/publications/p.

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The January 2023 Cotton and Wool Outlook tables provide the latest fiber data and U.S. textile and apparel trade. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/publications/p.

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January Oil Crops Outlook — 2022/23 U.S. Soybean Exports Decline on Lower Production. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/publications/p.

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Rural job growth has shifted toward high-skill workers since 2001. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

Line chart showing percent of employment in the highest-growth industries in rural areas from 2001 to 2020.

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Jan 14

Economic Research Service researchers examined rotational grazing practices of cow-calf operations, providing one of the first nationally representative datasets to describe rotational grazing systems. Learn more in this Amber Waves article: ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/20.

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Stacked bar chart showing the percent of farms practicing intensive rotational grazing and basic rotational grazing among five U.S. regions.

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Jan 13

Latest Season-Average Price Forecasts for corn, cotton, soybeans and wheat. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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Jan 13

Wheat Data — contains statistics on wheat, including hard red winter, hard red spring, soft red winter, white, durum and rye. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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Jan 13

Our latest Feed Grains Database contains stats on four feed grains (corn, grain sorghum, barley and oats); foreign coarse grains, hay and related items. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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Jan 12

ERS Meat Price Spreads contains data on monthly average price values at the farm, wholesale, and retail stages for selected cuts of beef, pork, and broilers. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

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Jan 12

Since 2015, total household income has risen for commercial farms. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

Line graph depicting median commercial farm household income by source, between the years of 2015 and 2021. From 2015 to 2021, the median total household income for commercial U.S. farms rose an estimated 16 percent, to $278,339 from $238,994.

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Jan 11

Avian influenza outbreaks reduced egg production, driving prices to record highs in 2022. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

Chart depicting weekly inventories of shell eggs and wholesale egg prices in 2022. As a result of recurrent outbreaks, U.S. egg inventories were 29 percent lower in the final week of December 2022 than at the beginning of the year. By the end of December, more than 43 million egg-laying hens were lost to the disease itself or to depopulation since the outbreak began in February 2022.

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Jan 10

One-third of U.S. food dollar spent on food services in 2021, a record high. Learn more: ers.usda.gov/data-products/.

Two charts. One is a graphic representation of a U.S. dollar bill showing the share of the food dollar that went to selected industries in 2021. The other is a horizontal bar chart showing the share change for industry groups in cents.

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