SER101: Introduction to Social Welfare (Martin): Agricultural Statistics

Provides a statistical look at food consumption, farms, and rural places in America. Topics include eating out, fruit and vegetable consumption, meat consumption, refined grain v. whole grain, sweeteners, and food expenditures and prices.

Includes data on individual commodities, the general economy, agricultural trade, farm income and expenses, farm prices, food prices and expenditures, and other statistical indicators of the food and agriculture system.

Agricultural Statistics is published each year to meet the diverse need for a reliable reference book on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns.

Information on economic indicators regarding the agricultural sector.

Furnishes soil maps and interpretations needed in giving technical assistance to farmers and ranchers; in guiding decisions about soil selection, use, and management; and in planning research and disseminating the results of research. The surveys also are used in educational programs about soil use and conservation.

Presents statistics on farms and farm operators; land use; farm income, expenditures, and debt; farm output, productivity, and marketing; foreign trade in agricultural products; specific crops; and livestock, poultry, and their products.

Conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture.

Information on commodities and analysis of world markets and trade of products.

Easily conduct a narrowed search the USDA’s database of agricultural statistics.