Vegetable and Pulses Outlook: April 2021

Despite the pandemic’s negative impact, domestic utilized production of vegetable and pulse crops was largely unchanged in 2020

Two Scenarios for Increasing Market Access in Agricultural Trade

ERS compares the Effects of Tariff Removal and the Trade Facilitation Agreement

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The Opioid Epidemic: A Geography in Two Phases

Prescription painkillers in the 2000s and illicit opioids such as fentanyl in the 2010s have driven the opioid epidemic

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Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: March 2021

This issue provides analysis of supply-and-demand conditions in the U.S. fruit and tree nuts markets, including 2021 projections

China's Refusals of Food Imports

China adopts stricter safety measures for imported food, making compliance more challenging for food exports to China

ERS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources

Economic implications for agriculture, food, and rural America

Reforming Market Access in Agricultural Trade: Tariff Removal and the Trade Facilitation Agreement

USDA ERS Meat Price Spread Data Product Review

The Opioid Epidemic: A Geography in Two Phases

COVID-19 Working Paper: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer Redemptions during the Coronavirus Pandemic

China's Refusals of Food Imports

Absent Landlords in Agriculture – A Statistical Analysis

Cover Crop Trends, Programs, and Practices in the United States

Vegetables and Pulses Yearbook Tables

Yearbook tables contain a time series of annual per capita supply and use data for fresh and processed vegetables and for dry pulse crops. Included are U.S. production, exports, imports, per capita utilization, and prices.

Food Price Outlook

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food is probably the most widely used indicator of changes in retail food prices. ERS regularly updates food price forecasts for the short-term period.