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U.S. Organic Retail Sales & Certified Organic Operating Acreage & Farms — 2011-21

March 15, 2023 | Posted in Data & Trends

The organic market has seen continued growth in retail sales in the past decade. U.S. organic retail sales increased by an average of 8% per year and surpassed $53 billion in 2020 (inflation-adjusted to 2021 dollars).

Farm Profits Forecast to Rise in 2020

September 2, 2020 | Posted in Data & Trends

Inflation-adjusted U.S. net cash farm income (NCFI), defined as gross cash income less cash expenses, is forecast to increase $4 billion (3.6%) to $115.2 billion in 2020.

Average U.S. Farm Real Estate Value Remains Near Historic Highs, But Regional Values Vary Widely

March 24, 2020 | Posted in Data & Trends

In recent years, farm real estate (land and structures) has typically accounted for about four-fifths of the total value of U.S. farm assets. Farmland values have stabilized since 2014, following a long trend of appreciation since the 1980s. However, there is regional variation in both farmland value levels and growth trends.

Age of U.S. Farmers: Is the Wrong Issue Being Addressed?

February 28, 2020 | Posted in Analysis & Commentary

Source: Farmdoc Daily

The older age of U.S. farmers remains a topic of interest (Kurtzleben; Stone). This article thus revisits the farmdoc daily article of Oct. 23, 2013, updating it with 2017 Census of Agriculture data. It is also a condensed, more focused version of a forthcoming article in the Handbook of Rural Aging. A key point is that U.S. policy should focus more on helping older farmers remain active, high performers.

ARGA Forecasts Majority of ERS Employees to Quit Ahead of Kansas City Relocation

July 5, 2019 | Posted in Ag Equipment Business

Source: Politico

A survey conducted by the American Federation of Government Employees shows that most employees affected by the USDA move will likely leave their position rather than relocate. According to Politico, with whom AFGE exclusively shared the survey results, up to 80% of employees at several Economic Research Service (ERS) departments do not plan to relocate, despite being selected to work in Kansas City.

USDA Announces Kansas City Region as the New Home for ERS and NIFA

Move puts ERS, NIFA closer to customers, expected to save nearly $300 million nominally.

June 13, 2019 | Posted in Ag Equipment Business

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will relocate the Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to the Kansas City Region.

Share of Highly Leveraged Farm Businesses Forecast to Grow in 2018 & 2019

April 30, 2019 | Posted in Data & Trends

Farm businesses — operations where farming is reported as the operator’s primary occupation or that have at least $350,000 in annual sales — accounted for more than 94% of U.S. farm sector production in 2017.

ERS Report: No-Till Farming is a Growing Practice

November 1, 2010 | Posted in Commodities, Data & Trends

A new report from the Economic Research Service branch of USDA contends approximately 35.5% of U.S. cropland planted to 8 major crops, or 88 million acres, had no-tillage operations in 2009.

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U.S. Organic Retail Sales & Certified Organic Operating Acreage & Farms — 2011-21

Farm Profits Forecast to Rise in 2020

Average U.S. Farm Real Estate Value Remains Near Historic Highs, But Regional Values Vary Widely

Age of U.S. Farmers: Is the Wrong Issue Being Addressed?

ARGA Forecasts Majority of ERS Employees to Quit Ahead of Kansas City Relocation

USDA Announces Kansas City Region as the New Home for ERS and NIFA

Share of Highly Leveraged Farm Businesses Forecast to Grow in 2018 & 2019

ERS Report: No-Till Farming is a Growing Practice

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