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Webinar: Rural America at a Glance, 2024 Edition

ERS Geographer Tracey Farrigan presents findings from the 2024 Edition of Rural America at a Glance. This year's edition focuses on rural migration, employment, poverty, childcare, eldercare, and broadband.

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Pumpkins: Background and Statistics

Every year, USDA surveys top pumpkin-producing States and publishes the data the following year.

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Cuba’s Deteriorating Food Security and Its Implications for U.S. Agricultural Exports

This report discusses Cuba’s growing food insecurity stemming from reduced tourism, remittances, trade, and food production.

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Methodology of the USDA, Economic Research Service’s Agricultural Trade Multipliers

In 2021, USDA, Economic Research Service researchers overhauled the computer programming used to estimate the multipliers used in its Agricultural Trade Multipliers model to implement an approach that was more streamlined and automated, while retaining the existing structure.

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The National School Lunch Program: Background, Trends, and Issues, 2024 Edition

The National School Lunch Program provides billions of meals to tens of millions of children each year. This report presents an overview of the program and documents major program changes since 2008.

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Recent Developments in Ad Hoc Assistance Programs for Agricultural Producers

This report provides an overview of developments in U.S. Department of Agriculture ad hoc assistance programs for agricultural producers implemented during the 2017–22 period.

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Who Shops for Groceries Online?

This report presents the prevalence and frequency of past-month online grocery shopping, methods of receiving groceries bought online, main motivators for U.S. consumers to buy groceries online, and some consumer characteristics related to the topic.

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The Effect of Climate Change on Herbaceous Biomass and Implications for Global Cattle Production

This report estimated changes in herbaceous biomass on rangelands due to climate change by 2050. It estimated small global changes to biomass, meat, and milk production, with large regional variation.

Fruits and Vegetables

2024 Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Conference

Join us on Monday, October 7 for the 2024 RIDGE Conference. This conference will feature new economic research aimed at enhancing food security and dietary quality for low-income Americans. Both new and established investigators who were 2023 RIDGE grantees will present on various topics. Attendance is free, but advance registration is required for both in-person and online participants.

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U.S. Certified Organic Dairy Production: Three Decades of Growth

U.S. dairy farmers increased organic milk production over the last three decades. This report summarizes how certified U.S. organic dairy farms have changed and how they differ by size and region.