The state of African American farms continues to be a vital component to the African American economy, this despite investment and participation in it on a downward trend. We are highlighting key findings from the 2017 USDA Agriculture Census with 2012 comparison in parentheses where available. ...
Background information on the Census of Agriculture; Significance and implications of the consolidation; What NASS will offer to customers in the 1997 Census of Agriculture.BayDonaldGoodwinJaniceAllenJanetChoices: The Magazine of Food, Farm & Resource Issues...
U.S.Census Bureau of the U.S.Department of Commerce.Foreign country export data was sourced from the reporting countries national statistical agencies,as reported through Trade Data Monitor.The 2023 U.S.Agricultural Export Yearbook consists of two sections1top U.S.commodity exports and2top ...
Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that 10 percent of the country is now a "food desert." The Food Desert Locator is an online map highlighting thousands of areas where, the USDA says, low-income families have little or no access to healthy fresh food. First identified in Scotland in ...
At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the third and final tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified t
In anew articlepublished in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD), FMC outlines the industry need behind creating the Farmers Market Metrics (Metrics) program, and a timeline of the steps and partnerships that led to the creation of the tool, as well as...
Short communication Comparison of the USGS 2001 NLCD to the 2002 USDA Census of Agriculture for the Upper Midwest United States S.K. Maxwell*, E.C. Wood, A. Janus Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS), contractor to the U.S. Geological Survey (US...
The Latest USDA Census of Agriculture ShowsThe article discusses the results of the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Census of Agriculture which shows that farm operators are increasing in average age a...
USDA to Conduct Census of HorticultureU.S. Department of Agriculture
Spatiotemporal Patterns for Agroforestry Tree Crops in the U.S. Corn Belt for USDA Census of Agriculture Periods 2012–2022Within the U.S., there is a growing need to integrate environmentally friendly practices into conventional agriculture. Agroforestry enhances environmental and resource stewardship ...