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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: 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 -
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: 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 -
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 -
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 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 -
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 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 -
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 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 -
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 -
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: 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 Release 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 Release 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 Release 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 Release 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 Release 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 Release 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 Release datetime: May 23, 2001