Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America

2003 - 2024

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volume 2021, articles 12

Chapter 12 Bankruptcy Rates Have Increased in Most Agricultural States

Nigel Key, Jonathan Law and Christine Whitt

volume 2021, articles 11

U.S. Fresh Vegetable Imports From Mexico and Canada Continue To Surge

Wilma V. Davis and Gary Lucier

Irrigation Organizations Use Conveyance Infrastructure To Deliver Water to Irrigated Farms and Ranches

Aaron Hrozencik, Steven Wallander and Marcel Aillery

Free Meal Sites Expanded Rapidly To Provide Meals to Children During the Early Months of the Pandemic

Saied Toossi

Food Pantry Use Increased in 2020 for Most Types of U.S. Households

Alisha Coleman-Jensen and Matthew Rabbitt

volume 2021, articles 10

U.S. Farm Producers Received Almost $6 Billion From the Paycheck Protection Program in 2020

Anil K. Giri, Dipak Subedi and Tia McDonald

Oil Booms Can Reduce Lifetime Earnings and Delay Retirement

Justin Winikoff

Local Food Sales Continue to Grow Through a Variety of Marketing Channels

Stephen Martinez

Food Spending by U.S. Consumers Fell Almost 8 Percent in 2020

Eliana Zeballos and Wilson Sinclair

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Transformed the U.S. Federal Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape

Leslie Hodges, Jordan Jones and Saied Toossi

volume 2021, articles 09

Food Insecurity to Increase in 2021 at a Higher Rate in Lower Income Countries

Felix G. Baquedano, Yacob Abrehe Zereyesus, Constanza Valdes and Kayode Ajewole

Use of H-2A Guest Farm Worker Program More Than Triples in Past Decade

Skyler Simnitt and Marcelo Castillo

U.S. Agriculture Sector Received an Estimated $35 Billion in COVID-19-Related Assistance in 2020

Anil K. Giri, Tia McDonald, Dipak Subedi and Christine Whitt

Off-Farm Income a Major Component of Total Income for Most Farm Households in 2019

Anil K. Giri, Dipak Subedi, Jessica Todd, Carrie Litkowski and Christine Whitt

Food Consumption and Nutrient Intakes Data Product Shines a Light on U.S. Diets

Joanne Guthrie and Biing-Hwan Lin

volume 2021, articles 08

Farm Milk Components and Their Use Among Dairy Products Have Shifted Over Time

Angel Teran and Jerry Cessna

Rural Poverty Has Distinct Regional and Racial Patterns

Tracey Farrigan

U.S. Food-Related Water Use Varies by Food Category, Supply Chain Stage, and Dietary Pattern

Sarah Rehkamp and Patrick Canning

volume 2021, articles 07

Updated Food Access Research Atlas Now Maps Changes in Low-Income and Low-Supermarket Access Areas in 2019

Alana Rhone

New Super Stores Slightly Expanded Purchasing Power for Participants in USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Michael Ollinger

Online Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Purchasing Grew Substantially in 2020

Jordan Jones

Grass Cover Crops, Such as Rye and Winter Wheat, Are the Most Common Cover Crops Used Before Planting Corn, Soybeans, and Cotton

Maria Bowman and Steven Wallander

For Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Households, Fruit and Vegetable Affordability Is Partly a Question of Budgeting

Jeffrey Hyman and Hayden Stewart

Commercial Farms Received the Most Government Payments in 2019

Dipak Subedi, Anil K. Giri and Tia McDonald

Adoption of Genetically Engineered Dicamba-Tolerant Cotton Seeds is Prevalent Throughout the United States

Laura Dodson, Seth J. Wechsler, Sam Williamson, Jonathan McFadden and David Smith

volume 2021, articles 06

Trans Fat Levels Among U.S. Youth Fell From 1999 to 2010

Brandon Restrepo

Women Identified as Operators on 51 Percent of U.S. Farms in 2019

Christine Whitt and Jessica Todd

Mali’s Rural-Urban Gap in Food Security Vanished Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

Jeffrey Bloem

How the Removal of Tariffs Would Impact Agricultural Trade

Jayson Beckman and Sara Scott

volume 2021, articles 05

China's Safety Requirements Pose Challenge for Food Exporters

John Gale

For the Second Time in 25 Years, Annual U.S. Food Spending Declined in 2020

Wilson Sinclair and Eliana Zeballos

3. Feed and Livestock Sectors, Economic Growth, Key in Baseline Projections

Erik Dohlman and Matthew Miller

USDA School Meals Support Food Security and Good Nutrition

Joanne Guthrie

volume 2021, articles 04

State Agricultural Trade Statistics by Country of Origin and Destination Now Available on USDA, Economic Research Service Website

Bart Kenner and Sara Scott

Incidence of Absent Landlords Has Little Effect on U.S. Agriculture Real Estate Values, Research Shows

Scott Callahan

Economic Cost of Major Foodborne Illnesses Increased $2 Billion From 2013 to 2018

Sandra Hoffmann and Jae-Wan Ahn

volume 2021, articles 02

Rural Residents Appear to be More Vulnerable to Serious Infection or Death From Coronavirus COVID-19

David McGranahan and Elizabeth A. Dobis

volume 2021

USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Contributed to Rural Economic Output, Jobs Following the Great Recession

Cristina Miller, Katherine Ralston and Stephen Vogel

Rural Counties Losing Share of Grocery Stores, Gaining Other Types of Food Retailers

Alexander Stevens

Food Taxes Linked With Spending Habits of Lower Income Households

Hayden Stewart and Diansheng Dong

ERS Modeling Shows Most Farm Estates Would Have No Change in Capital Gains Tax Liability Under Proposed Changes

Tia McDonald, Ron Durst and Christine Whitt

Cracking Open China’s Wheat Import Quota

Fred Gale

Slowing Productivity Reduces Growth in Global Agricultural Output

Keith Fuglie, Jeremy Jelliffe and Stephen Morgan

USDA’s Corn Output Projections Inform Futures Price Movements

Carlos Arnade, Linwood Hoffman and Anne Effland

Data Linkages Shed Light on Older USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participants’ Health

Leslie Hodges

volume 2020, articles Economic Research Report Number (ERR-310)

China's Import Potential for Beef, Corn, Pork, and Wheat

Jayson Beckman, Fred Gale, Stephen Morgan, Ethan Sabala, Danielle Ufer, Adriana Valcu-Lisman, Wendy Zeng and Shawn Arita

volume 2020, articles 04

Less Than 1 Percent of Farm Estates Owed Federal Estate Taxes in 2020

Tia McDonald and Ron Durst

volume 2020, articles 03

Specialized Stores Serving Participants in USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Can Reduce Program Food Costs and Increase Food Store Access

Patrick W. McLaughlin and Stephen Martinez

Persistent Cover Crop Adoption Varies by Primary Commodity Crop

Steven Wallander

Farm to Fork Initiative to Restrict European Union Agricultural Inputs May Increase Food Prices, Further Global Food Insecurity

Jayson Beckman, Maros Ivanic, Jeremy Jelliffe, Felix Baquedano and Sara Scott

Do Tariff-Rate Quotas Function as Intended by the World Trade Organization?

Jayson Beckman

Retail Food Price Inflation in 2020 Outpaced Historical Average by 75 Percent

Carolyn Chelius and Matthew MacLachlan

Farm Sector Liquidity Forecast to Decline in 2021

Carrie Litkowski

volume 2020, articles 02

Working From Home Leads to More Time Spent Preparing Food, Eating at Home

Eliana Zeballos and Brandon Restrepo

U.S. Supplies of Vegetables Available To Eat in 2019 Down Slightly From 2000, But Variety Has Grown

Andrzej Blazejczyk

International Food Security to Improve by 2030; COVID-19 Related Income Declines in 2020 Temper Overall Improvement

Felix Baquedano, Cheryl Christensen, Kayode Ajewole and Jayson Beckman

Growth in U.S. Dairy Product Exports to Southeast Asia Depends on Competition With Other Major Dairy Exporters

Jerry Cessna and Christopher G. Davis

volume 2020

Scale Economies Provide Advantages to Large Dairy Farms

James MacDonald

Taking a Closer Look at Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation and Expenditures

Laura Tiehen

Citrus Fruits Accounted for 14 Percent of Fresh Fruits Available for Americans to Eat in 2018

Andrzej Blazejczyk

U.S. Corn Exports to Mexico Have Increased With the Transition to Free Trade Under the North American Free Trade Agreement

Thomas Capehart, Steven Zahniser, Nicolás Fernando López López, Mesbah Motamed and Zully Y Silva Vargas

Fertilizer Rates Increase in the Top 10 Hog States, But Excess Nutrient Levels Are Falling

Richard Nehring

Most Global Foodborne Illness From Animal-Source Foods Can Be Traced to Six Pathogens

Sandra Hoffmann

Brazil’s Currency Depreciation and Changing Macroeconomic Conditions Determine Agricultural Competitiveness and Future Growth

Constanza Valdes, Kim Hjort and Ralph Seeley

Incentives to Retire Water Rights Have Reduced Stress on the High Plains Aquifer

Andrew Rosenberg

U.S. Farm Employers Respond to Labor Market Changes With Higher Wages, Use of Visa Program, and More Women Workers

Marcelo Castillo

Free School Lunch, Breakfast Participation Rose Between 2009 and 2019

Joanne Guthrie

Trade Liberalization Could Benefit India’s Soybean Processing Sector

Kayode Ajewole

Climatic Trends Dampened Recent Productivity Growth on Wisconsin Dairy Farms

Eric Njuki

Average Share of Income Spent on Food in the United States Remained Relatively Steady From 2000 to 2019

Eliana Zeballos and Wilson Sinclair

Corn and Soybean Farmers Combine Futures, Options, and Marketing Contracts To Manage Financial Risks

James MacDonald

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Educational Attainment Persist in Rural America

Tracey Farrigan

USDA’s Purchase to Plate Price Tool Estimates Food Costs for National Food Intake Data

Andrea Carlson, Elina Page and Rosanna Mentzer Morrison

Food Insecurity Rates Are Relatively High for Participants in Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistance Programs

Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Veronica E. Helms and Rosanna Mentzer Morrison

A Look At USDA, Economic Research Service’s Commodity Costs and Returns Data

Samantha Padilla

Fresh Blueberry Supplies Expand as U.S. Consumers Develop a Taste for Year-Round Blueberries

Jaclyn Kramer

Plant-Based Products Replacing Cow’s Milk, But the Impact Is Small

Hayden Stewart

Thirty Years After Enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Disabilities Remain a Risk Factor for Food Insecurity

Alisha Coleman-Jensen

Use of Genetically Engineered Cotton Has Shifted Toward Stacked Seed Traits

Laura Dodson

America's Diverse Family Farms: 2020 Edition - EIB-220

Christine E. Whitt, Jessica Todd and James MacDonald

Rural America at a Glance: 2020 Edition

John Cromartie, Elizabeth Dobis, Thomas Krumel, David McGranahan and John Pender

U.S. Agricultural Trade Showed Resiliency Through COVID-19 Pandemic

Adam Gerval