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Webinar: Farm Income and Financial Forecasts, December 2022 Update - Thursday, Dec. 1, at 1 PM ET

During this webinar, Economist Carrie Litkowski presents the December 2022 update to the farm sector income and wealth forecasts for calendar year 2022

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Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade: November 2022

Quarterly USDA forecasts for U.S. agricultural trade in fiscal year 2023 are presented and discussed

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Rural America at a Glance: 2022 Edition

Strong rural job growth in the past decade occurred in real estate, administrative services, education, and health care

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Africa’s Agricultural Trade: Recent Trends Leading up to the AfCFTA

This report examines past and emerging trends in Africa’s sources and destinations of agricultural commodities traded

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ERS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources

Economic implications for agriculture, food, and rural America

Africa’s Agricultural Trade: Recent Trends Leading up to the African Continental Free Trade Area

Rural America at a Glance: 2022 Edition

Evaluating the Prediction Performance of the International Food Security Assessment’s Production Models: A Cross-Validation Approach

COVID-19 Working Paper: Migration, Local Mobility, and the Spread of COVID-19 in Rural America

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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, top commodities, 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.