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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 Release datetime: Jun 11, 2002 -
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 Release datetime: Sep 26, 2002 -
Description: This special report provided information on the consolidation and increased production of the U.S. Broiler Industry. The structure and history of the industry is explored. Category: Animals and Animal Products:Poultry Keyword: broiler chickens, chickens, eggs, hatcheries, industry, and poultry Latest Release: Nov 27, 2002 Nov 27, 2002: U.S. Broiler Industry Structure Release datetime: Nov 27, 2002 -
NASS Milkfat Price Report
Description: This report contains weekly volumes and average prices for Class II and combined Class II, III and IV milkfat utilizations. Category: Animals and Animal Products:Dairy Keyword: butter, cream, milk fat, and prices Latest Release: Dec 19, 2002 Dec 19, 2002: Milkfat Price Report Release datetime: Dec 19, 2002 -
Description: This archive contains reports from 1995-2003. Recent issues of this annual report can be found in the Global Food Security Briefing Room on the ERS website. The publication examine the near- and long-term prospects for food gaps in low-income, developing countries and food-aid availabilities in donor countries. Factors considered include food supply and demand, prices, trade, food production, population growth, foreign exchange availability, and food consumption and nutrition. Category: Crops and Crop Products:Grains and Oilseeds Keyword: development aid, food aid, Nutrition, and production economics Latest Release: Feb 1, 2003 Feb 1, 2003: Food Security Assessment Release datetime: Feb 1, 2003 -
Description: This is the first report issued by NASS on marketing contract arrangements for corn, soybeans, and wheat. Included in the report are statistics relevant to the number of contracts by crop, the percentage of production sold through marketing contracts, and prices received by farmers and crop prices. Additional characteristics mentioned in the report include distance traveled for contract versus non-contract delivery, and the presence or absence of confidentiality clauses within the contracts. Category: Agriculture Economics and Management:Retail and Market Prices, Crops and Crop Products:Oil Crops, and Crops and Crop Products:Grains and Oilseeds Keyword: corn, marketing contracts, prices, soybeans, and wheat Latest Release: Feb 27, 2003 Feb 27, 2003: Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat Sold Through Marketing Contracts Release datetime: Feb 27, 2003 -
Description: This archived report does not contain recent information or data. The report reviews the economic trends in the U.S. sheep industry through 2002. It chronicles significant historical and economic developments in the industry from both market and policy perspectives and cites prospects for the industry's survival. Issues related to both sheep meat and wool production are covered. Last published January 2004. Category: Crops and Crop Products:Cotton and Cottonseed Keyword: Australia, mutton, sheep, and wool Latest Release: Jan 1, 2004 Jan 1, 2004: Trends in the U.S. Sheep Industry Release datetime: Jan 1, 2004 -
NASS Licensed Dairy Herds
Description: This special publication was released on February 17, 2004 and contains the number of licensed dairy herds in the U.S. Beginning in 2005, data released in this publication was permanently incorporated into the February issue of the Milk Production report, along with the number of dairy operations by state that NASS has historically published. Category: Animals and Animal Products:Dairy Keyword: dairy animals and dairy farming Latest Release: Feb 17, 2004 Feb 17, 2004: Licensed Dairy Herds Release datetime: Feb 17, 2004 -
Description: This survey reports the percentage and cost of wildlife-caused loss of catfish, as well as the average expense to prevent loss in a number of catfish farming states. The Catfish Losses to Wildlife report showed producers surveyed report some wildlife-caused losses, and that the primary types of damage were wildlife eating catfish. Birds were reported as being the most common cause of loss. Category: Animals and Animal Products:Aquaculture Keyword: catfish, costs, crop losses, and wildlife-livestock relations Latest Release: Mar 16, 2004 Mar 16, 2004: Catfish Losses to Wildlife Release datetime: Mar 16, 2004 -
Description: This publication reports final estimates of production, price, and value of turkeys. These reports contain data from years 1950 to 2004 and provides a historic record and a benchmark for current estimates. Category: Animals and Animal Products:Poultry Keyword: production economics and turkeys Latest Release: Apr 1, 2004 Apr 1, 2004: Turkey - Final Estimates Release datetime: Apr 1, 2004Temporal coverage: 1998-01-01 - 2002-01-01 -
NASS Livestock Operations
Description: This report includes the number of operations and percent of inventory by size group, state, region, and/or U.S. for all cattle and calves, beef cows, milk cows, hogs and sheep. Category: Animals and Animal Products:Livestock Keyword: cattle, hogs, inventories, milk production, and sheep Latest Release: Apr 30, 2004 Apr 30, 2004: Livestock Operations Release datetime: Apr 30, 2004 -
Description: ERS ceased publication of the Sugar and Sweeteners Yearbook in report format in 2005. The yearbook tables are available in spreadsheet format from the Sugar and Sweeteners Briefing Room data page on the ERS website. This archived report contains data on U.S. and world data on acreage, yield, and production of sugar crops; production, trade, supply and use, and prices for sugar; and supply and use data for caloric and noncaloric sweeteners. Category: Crops and Crop Products:Sugar Crops Keyword: beets, exports, imports, sugarcane, and sugars Latest Release: Aug 31, 2004 Aug 31, 2004: Sugar and Sweeteners Yearbook: Report Release datetime: Aug 31, 2004 -
Description: This report provides data about non-ambulatory cattle and calves. Statistics in this report include total numbers of non-ambulatory cattle and calves in the U.S., organized by region of the U.S.. Also included are the status of the cattle (culled or recovered or died), organized by cattle over 500 pounds, and calves under 500 pounds. Category: Animals and Animal Products:Livestock Keyword: cattle diseases, death, losses, non-ambulatory cattle, and predators Latest Release: May 5, 2005 May 5, 2005: Non-Ambulatory Cattle and Calves Release datetime: May 5, 2005 -
Description: This full-text file presents the sheep and lamb inventory by class for selected states or regions and U.S. Data includes expected lamb crop, market sheep and lambs inventory by weight group, number returned to breeding herd. This report is a supplement to Sheep and goats. Category: Animals and Animal Products:Livestock Keyword: breeding, ewes, lambs, livestock, and sheep Latest Release: Jul 22, 2005 Jul 22, 2005: Sheep Release datetime: Jul 22, 2005 -
Description: This monthly report includes data on annual and monthly U.S. and global trade, production, and consumption of manufactured and unmanufactured tobacco on a commodity basis and a country by country basis. Category: Crops and Crop Products:Tobacco Keyword: burley tobacco, cigarettes, flue-cured tobacco, tariffs, and tobacco Latest Release: Sep 1, 2005 Sep 1, 2005: Tobacco: World Markets and Trade Release datetime: Sep 1, 2005 -
Description: This annual dataset contains statistics on production, supply, and use of milk and other manufactured dairy products, including data on commercial, manufacturer, and government stocks and disappearance of dairy products, as well as import and export data. Also includes prices received by farmers, wholesale and retail price indexes, milk production costs, and information regarding regional shares of U.S. milk production. Tables are in .xls format and downloadable either separately or collectiv... Category: Animals and Animal Products:Dairy Keyword: dairy consumption, dairy products, milk, prices, production, and supply Latest Release: Sep 1, 2005 Sep 1, 2005: Dairy Yearbook: Dataset Release datetime: Sep 1, 2005Temporal coverage: 1970-01-01 - 2004-01-01 -
Description: This report contains data on the production cycles of broiler chickens and market eggs. Flowcharts for the production of table eggs and broilers are presented along with historical trends for data on chicken hatcheries. Also included is historical data on the value of production of chickens and eggs as well contribution per state to the value of production. Category: Animals and Animal Products:Poultry Keyword: broiler chickens, eggs, hatcheries, and poultry production Latest Release: Sep 16, 2005 Sep 16, 2005: U.S. Broiler and Egg Production Cycles Release datetime: Sep 16, 2005 -
Description: This publication provides details about the distribution of agricultural chemical active ingredients commonly applied to selected field and vegetable crops. It presents data on acreage treated with herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and other pesticides. This report expands upon the information presented in the Agricultural Chemical Usage 2004 Field Crops Summary published in May 2005 and in the Agricultural Chemical Usage 2004 Vegetable Summary published in July 2005. Chemicals are liste... Category: Crops and Crop Products and Agriculture Economics and Management:Production Practices Keyword: agrochemicals, crops, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, and pesticides Latest Release: Dec 23, 2005 Dec 23, 2005: Agricultural Chemical Usage - Chemical Distribution Rate Release datetime: Dec 23, 2005 -
Description: This annual dataset ceased publication in 2003. It contained the annual, quarterly, and monthly data for domestic livestock slaughter and meat production as well as the inventories, prices, and price indexes for meat and livestock, including cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, turkey. Also included are the domestic supply and use of red meat and poultry as well as international imports and exports. Category: Animals and Animal Products:Poultry Keyword: livestock and meat industry, meat, poultry, production, and slaughter Latest Release: Jan 1, 2006 Jan 1, 2006: Red Meat Yearbook: Dataset Release datetime: Jan 1, 2006Temporal coverage: 1970-01-01 - 2005-01-01 -
Description: This dataset includes U.S. wheat acreage, production, supply, trade, use, and price data for wheat flour and rye. The tables previously released annually as part of the Wheat Yearbook are now available in the Wheat Data product on the ERS website. Data include statistics on wheat (including the five classes of wheat: hard red winter, hard red spring, soft red winter, white, and durum) and rye. The yearbook tables are updated as new data become available. Dataset updated May 2006. A report con... Category: Crops and Crop Products:Grains and Oilseeds Keyword: durum wheat, exports, flour, imports, supply, and wheat Latest Release: May 1, 2006 May 1, 2006: Wheat Yearbook: Dataset The data on these files consist of the statistical tables found in the ERS "Wheat Situation and Outlook Yearbook" (WHS-2006, May 2006) which is updated and published once a year by the Market and Trade Economics Division, ERS/USDA.Release datetime: May 1, 2006