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Vegetables and Pulses Outlook: April 2018

Raw-Fiber Equivalents of U.S. Textile Trade Data

This data product contains data series on U.S. and foreign cotton and wool supply, demand, trade and prices maintained by the Economic Research Service to support related commodity market analysis and research.

Livestock & Meat Domestic Data

Database contains current and historical data on pork, beef, veal, and poultry, including production, supply, utilization, and farm 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

The ERS State Fact Sheets provide information on population, income, poverty, food security, education, employment, organic agriculture, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators, top commodities, and agricultural exports. Data are available for all States, and for metro/nonmetro breakouts within States. Links to county-level data are provided where available. This release provides the latest available (2017) U.S. and State-Level population statistics.

The Association Between Nutrition Information Use and the Healthfulness of Food Acquisitions

The nutritional quality of foods acquired for at-home consumption increases with the level of a household's use of nutrition information. This correlation does not hold for foods acquired for away-from-home consumption.

Fruit and Tree Nut Data

Fruit and Tree Nut Data provide users with comprehensive statistics on fresh and processed fruits, melons, and tree nuts in the United States, as well as some global data for these sectors.

Vegetables and Pulses Data

This product integrates data from the ERS market outlook program with data collected by different Federal and international statistical agencies to facilitate analyses of economic performance over time, and across domestic and foreign markets. Currently, data are located in the following inter-related products:

Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook: April 2018

Reduction in domestic production reduces projected 2017/18 stocks-to-use to 14.7 percent.

Trends in Food Recalls: 2004-13

ERS study finds food product recalls increased significantly from 2004 through 2013; recalls due to undeclared allergens nearly doubled.

WIC Program

ERS conducts studies and evaluations of the WIC Program (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children), the third largest USDA domestic food and nutrition assistance program. The WIC program served about 7.3 million participants per month in fiscal year 2017, including almost half of all infants born in the United States.

Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook: April 2018

The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for April 2018 analyzes economic impacts on animal product markets of month-to-month changes in USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Use Estimates Report.

Feed Grains: Yearbook Tables

This data product contains statistics on four feed grains (corn, grain sorghum, barley, and oats), foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye, millet, and mixed grains), hay, and related items.

Rural Poverty & Well-being

ERS research in this topic area focuses on the economic, social, spatial, temporal, and demographic factors that affect the poverty status of rural residents.

Rice Outlook: April 2018

The April 2018 Rice Outlook tables contain the latest forecast for U.S. and global rice supply, use, and price.

Feed Outlook: April 2018

The April 2018 Feed Outlook report contains estimates for 2016/17 and projections for 2017/18 U.S. and global feed markets based on the most current World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.

Wheat Outlook: April 2018

The April 2018 outlook for both the U.S. and global wheat markets is analyzed based on the latest projections contained in USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report.

Oil Crops Outlook: April 2018

Strong U.S. soybean meal demand fuels a record soybean crush.

Cotton and Wool Outlook: April 2018

The April 2018 Cotton and Wool Outlook report presents and discusses USDA's latest 2017/18 U.S. and world cotton supply and demand projections. The report also includes the latest U.S. textile and apparel trade data.

SNAP Policy Database

The SNAP Policy Database provides a central data source for information on State-level program policies in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), such as eligibility criteria, recertification and reporting requirements, benefit issuance methods, and availability of online applications.

Dairy Monthly Tables

The Dairy Data files cover U.S. supply, demand, and trade for milk and major dairy products.

Wheat Data

Data on supply and use of wheat.

Feed Grains Database

This database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn, grain sorghum, barley, and oats), foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye, millet, and mixed grains), hay, and related items.

Meat Price Spreads

This page contains data on monthly average price values at the farm, wholesale, and retail stages for selected cuts of beef, pork, and broilers.

Season-Average Price Forecasts

This data product provides three Excel file spreadsheet models that use futures prices to forecast the U.S. season-average price received and the implied price loss coverage (PLC) payment rate for three major field crops (corn, soybeans, and wheat).

WASDE

U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update

This page contains data on U.S. agricultural exports and imports

Aquaculture Data

Statistics on domestically grown catfish and trout and U.S. imports and exports of fish and shellfish that may be products of aquaculture, such as salmon, shrimp, and oysters.

Livestock and Meat International Trade Data

Database contains current and past data on hogs and pork, cattle and beef, veal, and poultry, including trade by country.

Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data

This data product announces USDA's monthly release of calendar year, fiscal year, year-to-date, and monthly value of U.S. agricultural exports, imports, and trade balance.

U.S. Bioenergy Statistics

This page contains U.S. Bioenergy Statistics, which highlight the renewable energy industry and its relationship to agriculture.

Amber Waves magazine

Amber Waves presents the broad scope of ERS research and analysis on the economics of food, farming, natural resources, and rural America. The April 2018 issue includes articles on U.S. consumer demand for fresh fruit, participation trends in SNAP, the effect of avian influenza on egg prices, and the issuance of microloans to small and disadvantaged farmers.