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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
The number of farms in the U.S. fell 7% over five years to about 1.9 million in 2022, and the average age of U.S. farmers rose slightly to 58.1, according to the latest Census of Agriculture.
Asparagus production in the Golden State has plummeted and farmers are turning to unique varieties and new marketing avenues to continue producing the crop.
The USDA on Friday said raised its planting forecasts for corn, soybean and most wheat, but slashed its prediction for cotton planting as dryness in Texas continues.
U.S. farmers are going to be producing and exporting a lot more grain and oilseeds for their respective 2023-24 marketing years, according to new forecasts released Thursday at USDA’s annual Agricultural Outlook Forum.
The Agriculture Department's National Agricultural Statistics Service will continue to accept census questionnaires through the spring, despite the deadline for responses thaving passed.
The Agriculture Department mailed survey codes to all of the nation’s farmers and ranchers on Tuesday with an invitation to participate in the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
Drought has spread into regions this fall essential to the Biden administration’s plans to boost wheat production through double cropping, but many farmers who follow the practice in their normal rotations haven’t strayed from their plans to sow winter wheat this fall.
The value of the U.S. industrial hemp crop in 2021 was $824 million, the National Agricultural Statistics Service said in its first report on the cannabis crop that was legalized in the 2018 farm bill.
