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  • More efficient irrigation methods are being adopted on farmland in the Western United States
    1/6/2016
    More efficient irrigation methods are being adopted on farmland in the Western United States
  • No-till or strip-till use on all acres of four major crops, 2010-11
    12/21/2015
    No-till or strip-till use on all acres of four major crops, 2010-11
  • Editor's Pick 2015, #7:<br>Dairy production is concentrated in climates that expose animals to less heat stress
    12/17/2015
    Editor's Pick 2015, #7:<br>Dairy production is concentrated in climates that expose animals to less heat stress
  • U.S. irrigated fieldcrop acreage projected to decline under climate change
    11/27/2015
    U.S. irrigated fieldcrop acreage projected to decline under climate change
  • Drivers of climate-change induced shifts in irrigated acreage differ across regions, 2060
    11/18/2015
    Drivers of climate-change induced shifts in irrigated acreage differ across regions, 2060
  • U.S. irrigated fieldcrop acreage projected to decline under climate change
    11/16/2015
    U.S. irrigated fieldcrop acreage projected to decline under climate change
  • Climate change to increase the severity of surface-water shortages across much of the U.S. Southwest
    11/16/2015
    Climate change to increase the severity of surface-water shortages across much of the U.S. Southwest
  • Climate change is projected to induce shifts in total, dryland, and irrigated fieldcrop acreage across regions in the U.S.
    11/13/2015
    Climate change is projected to induce shifts in total, dryland, and irrigated fieldcrop acreage across regions in the U.S.
  • Dairy production is concentrated in climates that expose animals to less heat stress
    7/8/2015
    Dairy production is concentrated in climates that expose animals to less heat stress
  • U.S. public sector plays a key role in collecting, conserving, and distributing crop genetic resources
    6/22/2015
    U.S. public sector plays a key role in collecting, conserving, and distributing crop genetic resources
  • Maintaining and restoring wetlands could remove nitrogen cost effectively over much of the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River watersheds
    6/1/2015
    Maintaining and restoring wetlands could remove nitrogen cost effectively over much of the Upper Mississippi and Ohio River watersheds
  • Agriculture accounts for 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions
    5/27/2015
    Agriculture accounts for 10 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions
  • Chesapeake Bay watershed crop acres, vulnerable acres, acres in need of treatment, and cropland acres receiving manure, by sub-basin, 2011
    4/29/2015
    Chesapeake Bay watershed crop acres, vulnerable acres, acres in need of treatment, and cropland acres receiving manure, by sub-basin, 2011
  • Costs of restoring and preserving wetlands vary across the United States
    4/10/2015
    Costs of restoring and preserving wetlands vary across the United States
  • Per-cow milk production is lower in hot climates
    11/20/2014
    Per-cow milk production is lower in hot climates
  • The agricultural sector can adapt to uncertainty in future productivity growth
    9/23/2014
    The agricultural sector can adapt to uncertainty in future productivity growth
  • Share of operator expenses for energy-based purchases, particularly fertilizer, typically higher among U.S. farm businesses specializing in commodity crops
    9/5/2014
    Share of operator expenses for energy-based purchases, particularly fertilizer, typically higher among U.S. farm businesses specializing in commodity crops
  • Energy-based inputs commanded a large share of farm business expenses in the Mississippi Portal and Southern Seaboard
    9/5/2014
    Energy-based inputs commanded a large share of farm business expenses in the Mississippi Portal and Southern Seaboard
  • Average energy-based expenses varied considerably among U.S. farm businesses specializing in different commodities
    9/5/2014
    Average energy-based expenses varied considerably among U.S. farm businesses specializing in different commodities
  • The share of farm business expenses devoted to energy-based inputs was lower among larger farm businesses
    9/5/2014
    The share of farm business expenses devoted to energy-based inputs was lower among larger farm businesses
  • Fuel and fertilizer prices paid by agricultural producers move in tandem
    9/3/2014
    Fuel and fertilizer prices paid by agricultural producers move in tandem
  • Agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions disproportionately high relative to share of economy
    6/2/2014
    Agriculture's greenhouse gas emissions disproportionately high relative to share of economy
  • Agriculture's role in climate change: greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration
    4/22/2014
    Agriculture's role in climate change: greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration
  • Rural counties drive the 2000-11 growth in U.S. onshore production of oil and natural gas
    2/21/2014
    Rural counties drive the 2000-11 growth in U.S. onshore production of oil and natural gas
  • U.S. corn yield response to July precipitation is asymmetric
    10/23/2013
    U.S. corn yield response to July precipitation is asymmetric
  • Simulations of expanding eligibility for CRP in drought-prone counties show large increases in offers in the West
    6/25/2013
    Simulations of expanding eligibility for CRP in drought-prone counties show large increases in offers in the West
  • Use of CRP's haying and grazing provisions reached an all-time high during the 2012 drought
    6/25/2013
    Use of CRP's haying and grazing provisions reached an all-time high during the 2012 drought
  • The tendency of higher temperature and low rainfall to occur together is greatest in the Southern Plains, Central Rockies, and Mississippi Delta
    6/25/2013
    The tendency of higher temperature and low rainfall to occur together is greatest in the Southern Plains, Central Rockies, and Mississippi Delta
  • Simulations of adding a drought risk factor to the EBI show limited increases in offers in the Northern Plains and the Texas Panhandle
    6/25/2013
    Simulations of adding a drought risk factor to the EBI show limited increases in offers in the Northern Plains and the Texas Panhandle
  • Drought risk, as measured by variation in the PMDI, generally increases from East to West
    6/25/2013
    Drought risk, as measured by variation in the PMDI, generally increases from East to West
  • Farmer's potential revenue's from participating in offset markets would vary with carbon price and region
    4/9/2013
    Farmer's potential revenue's from participating in offset markets would vary with carbon price and region
  • Agricultural growth can be decomposed into price, resource, and productivity components
    3/22/2013
    Agricultural growth can be decomposed into price, resource, and productivity components
  • Total factor productivity (TFP) accounts for a rising share of agricultural growth over time
    3/22/2013
    Total factor productivity (TFP) accounts for a rising share of agricultural growth over time
  • Agricultural total factor productivity growth has accelerated in developing and transition countries since the 1970s . . .while growth in agricultural resources (land, labor, capital, and materials) has slowed
    3/22/2013
    Agricultural total factor productivity growth has accelerated in developing and transition countries since the 1970s . . .while growth in agricultural resources (land, labor, capital, and materials) has slowed
  • Agriculture's role in climate change: greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration
    2/28/2013
    Agriculture's role in climate change: greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration
  • Weather also impacted food commodity prices in 2010 and 2011
    8/7/2012
    Weather also impacted food commodity prices in 2010 and 2011