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Chinese Cotton: Textiles, Imports, and Xinjiang

The economic, geographic, and policy factors reshaping China’s cotton industry are influencing global trade of cotton and textiles

U.S. Bioenergy Statistics

This biofuels information source is intended to present the renewable energy industry’s relationship to agriculture

Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook: July 2022

Including the special article “Retail Beef Price Inflation Expected To Continue Concurrent With Input Price Hikes"

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Case Studies: Adjusting to Higher Labor Costs in U.S. Produce Industries

Case studies discuss production and trade patterns, current labor usage and costs, and alternatives to hand labor

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Adjusting to Higher Labor Costs in U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Industries

An analysis of how producers are using different tools to address higher labor costs

ERS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources

Economic implications for agriculture, food, and rural America

Adjusting to Higher Labor Costs in Selected U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Industries

Chinese Cotton: Textiles, Imports, and Xinjiang

Supplement to Adjusting to Higher Labor Costs in Selected U.S. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Industries: Case Studies

COVID-19 Working Paper: Food Insecurity During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Four African Countries

Low-Income and Low-Foodstore-Access Census Tracts, 2015–19

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.

State Fact Sheets

Information on population, income, poverty, food security, education, employment, farm indicators, and more.

Charts of Note

Distributed Monday-Friday to highlight charts of interest from our current and past research.

Ag and Food Statistics: Charting the Essentials

The basics on food, farming, and rural America, in a set of 70 charts and maps.

Data Visualizations

Explore interactive graphs, charts and maps.

Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America

View the diversity of challenges and opportunities across America's counties.

The Food Access Research Atlas

Users can create maps showing food access indicators by census tract using different measures and indicators of supermarket accessibility, such as income, distance, and vehicle availability.