Food and Agricultural Industries: Opportunities for Improving Measurement and Reporting

Richard Dunn and Brent Hueth (brent.hueth@usda.gov)

Working Papers from U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

Abstract: We measure one component of off-farm food and agricultural industries using establishment level microdata in the federal statistical system. We focus on services for crop production, and compare measures of firm and employment dynamics in this sector during the period 1992-2012 with county-level publicly available data for the same measures. Based on differences across data sources, we establish new facts regarding the evolution of food and agricultural industries, and demonstrate the value of working with confidential microdata. In addition to the data and results we present, we highlight possibilities for collaboration across universities and federal agencies to improve reporting in other segments of food and agricultural industries.

Keywords: Data; Statistics; Industries and Markets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 B2 C3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2016-01
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Journal Article: Food and Agricultural Industries: Opportunities for Improving Measurement and Reporting (2017)
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