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Description: This special report highlights the increased size and production of U.S. dairy operations, as well as the ultimate consolidation. Overall number of cows and milk produced per operation is reported, as tracked over time. Category: Animals and Animal Products:Dairy Keyword: dairy animals, dairy farming, and milk Latest Release: Sep 26, 2002 Sep 26, 2002: U.S. Dairy Herd Structure
Sep 26, 2002: U.S. Dairy Herd StructureRelease datetime: Sep 26, 2002 -
ERS Rural America
Description: Rural America highlights the practical application of research in rural banking, the changing demographics of the American population, implication for child-rearing and schooling, housing, the nonmetro labor force, poverty, and the effect of farm policies on rural areas. Category: Agriculture Economics and Management:Production Practices Keyword: rural communities, rural development, and rural economics Latest Release: Jun 11, 2002 Jun 11, 2002: Rural America
Jun 11, 2002: Rural AmericaRelease datetime: Jun 11, 2002 -
Description: The dairy industry underwent dramatic restructuring in the last 50 or so years. The 1997 U.S. Department of Agriculture report by Manchester and Blayney, The Structure of Dairy Markets: Past, Present, Future, described selected dairy product markets, firms in the markets, and changes in the markets and firms for the 1975-99 period. This report provides a similar examination of milk production. Structural changes in milk production are a result of long-term evolutionary processes such as adopt... Category: Animals and Animal Products:Dairy Keyword: dairies, dairy farming, and milk Latest Release: Jun 1, 2002 Jun 1, 2002: Changing Landscape of U.S. Milk Production
Jun 1, 2002: Changing Landscape of U.S. Milk ProductionRelease datetime: Jun 1, 2002 -
NASS U.S. Wildlife Damage
Description: This report will show the total crop and livestock losses incurred by agricultural producers from wildlife damage. Economic losses will be divided into three categories: field crops; livestock and poultry; and vegetables, fruits and nuts. The reports will also show how much damage was caused by different wildlife species. U.S. Wildlife Damage is published every 5 years. Category: Agriculture Economics and Management:Safety and Injury, Crops and Crop Products:Nuts, Animals and Animal Products:Livestock, Crops and Crop Products:Grains and Oilseeds, Crops and Crop Products:Fruits, and Crops and Crop Products:Vegetables and Pulses Keyword: crop damage, damages, economic costs, predation, and wildlife Latest Release: May 3, 2002 May 3, 2002: U.S. Wildlife Damage
May 3, 2002: U.S. Wildlife DamageRelease datetime: May 3, 2002 -
Description: A compilation of Marketing Research, Statistical Data, World Wide Web resources, etc., pertaining to the U.S. Dairy Industry. Category: Animals and Animal Products:Dairy Keyword: dairy consumption, dairy farming, milk, prices, and research Latest Release: Jan 2, 2002 Jan 2, 2002: Researcher: A compilation of current Dairy Market Research
Jan 2, 2002: Researcher: A compilation of current Dairy Market ResearchRelease datetime: Jan 2, 2002 -
Description: Agricultural Outlook (AO) ceased publication in December 2002. A new magazine, AmberWaves, replaced Agricultural Outlook, FoodReview, and Rural America in February 2003. This archive contains AO publications covering commodity markets and trade, farm policy, and other food- and agriculture-related topics. Each release includes data on individual commodities, farm income, the general economy, agricultural trade, and related issues. Commodity and trade outlook data and information conti... Category: Crops and Crop Products:Tobacco, Animals and Animal Products:Dairy, Crops and Crop Products:Sugar Crops, Crops and Crop Products:Grains and Oilseeds, Animals and Animal Products:Livestock, Crops and Crop Products:Oil Crops, Crops and Crop Products:Cotton and Cottonseed, Crops and Crop Products:Vegetables and Pulses, and Animals and Animal Products:Poultry Keyword: agricultural policy, commodity prices, and farm budgets Latest Release: Jan 1, 2002 Jan 1, 2002: Agricultural Outlook
Jan 1, 2002: Agricultural OutlookRelease datetime: Jan 1, 2002Temporal coverage: 2002-02-20 - 2002-11-21 -
Description: This report contains the results of two independent surveys of growing and packing practices of fruits and vegetables. Growers were surveyed on field environment, agricultural water, organic fertilizers, harvest-field operations, harvest workers, and trace back systems. Packers were surveyed for information pertaining to packing workers, field packing, facility packing, and trace back systems. Almost all data in the report is presented in the form of percent of the total (grower or packer) po... Category: Crops and Crop Products:Fruits, Agriculture Economics and Management:Production Practices, and Crops and Crop Products:Vegetables and Pulses Keyword: agricultural structures and facilities, agrochemicals, farm labor, fertilizers, and growers Latest Release: Jun 13, 2001 Jun 13, 2001: Agricultural Chemical Usage - Fruit and Vegetable Agricultural Practices
Jun 13, 2001: Agricultural Chemical Usage - Fruit and Vegetable Agricultural PracticesRelease datetime: Jun 13, 2001 -
Description: This annual report includes information on percent of acres and farms that used selected management practices to control crop pests such as insects, weeds, and diseases. The report is based on questions included in NASS's Fall Agriculture Survey, and data for this report are categorized into the pest management categories of prevention, avoidance, monitoring, and suppression. The report is organized by percentage of acres to which the pest management practice is applied and percent of farms u... Category: Agriculture Economics and Management:Production Practices Keyword: administrative management, insect control, pest management, pesticides, and tillage Latest Release: May 30, 2001 May 30, 2001: Pest Management Practices
May 30, 2001: Pest Management PracticesRelease datetime: May 30, 2001 -
Description: This release includes information on insecticides applied to sheep and sheep facilities. Insecticides are applied to sheep and sheep facilities to control mange/mites, lice, flies, and other pests. The 22 major sheep producing States, accounting for over 80 percent of total U.S. sheep inventory, are included in this release. Please note the change in program scope from 2000 to 2010; the 2001 release included all sheep and sheep facilities, the 2011 chemical use data release excluded feedlots ... Category: Animals and Animal Products:Livestock and Agriculture Economics and Management:Production Practices Keyword: agrochemicals, insecticides, pest management, sheep, and topical application Latest Release: May 23, 2001 May 23, 2001: Agricultural Chemical Usage - Sheep and Sheep Facilities
May 23, 2001: Agricultural Chemical Usage - Sheep and Sheep FacilitiesRelease datetime: May 23, 2001 -
Description: This archived report does not contain recent information or data and was last published in January 2001. In 2000, trade practices between fresh produce shippers and food retailers gained national attention. Trade practices include fees such as volume discounts and slotting fees, as well as services like automatic inventory replenishment, special packaging, and requirements for third-party food safety certification. Trade practices also refer to the overall structure of a transaction-for examp... Category: Crops and Crop Products:Vegetables and Pulses Keyword: fresh produce, fruits, trade, and vegetables Latest Release: Jan 1, 2001 Jan 1, 2001: U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Marketing: Emerging Trade Practices, Trends, and Issues
Jan 1, 2001: U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Marketing: Emerging Trade Practices, Trends, and IssuesRelease datetime: Jan 1, 2001