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

2003 - 2024

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U.S. Exports of Chickpeas, Lentils, and Dry Peas Have Dropped Sharply Due to a Steep Decline in Shipments to India: Jennifer K. Bond
ERS-Funded Eating and Health Module Paints Fuller Picture of How Much Time Americans Spend Eating: Eliana Zeballos, Jessica Todd and Brandon Restrepo
Long-Term U.S. Agricultural Outlook Affected Broadly by Uncertainty of China’s Markets: Fred Gale and James Hansen
Rural Businesses That Receive USDA Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans Less Likely To Fail: Anil Rupasingha and John Pender

The Use of Genetically Engineered Dicamba-Tolerant Soybean Seeds Has Increased Quickly, Benefiting Adopters but Damaging Crops in Some Fields: Seth J. Wechsler, David Smith, Jonathan McFadden, Laura Dodson and Sam Williamson
Net Cash Farm Income Trends Over the Past Decade Have Varied By State: Greg Lyons and Carrie Litkowski
Food-Insecure Households Spend Less and Acquire Less Food Per Week Than Food-Secure Households: Christian A. Gregory and Lisa Mancino
New ARMS Online Data Tool Allows Users To More Easily Access, Analyze, and Compare Farm Statistics: Dipak Subedi
Dried Distillers Grains (DDGs) Have Emerged as a Key Ethanol Coproduct: David W. Olson and Thomas Capehart
Larger Farms and Younger Farmers Are More Vulnerable to Financial Stress: Nigel Key

Measuring the Burden of Global Foodborne Disease From Animal and Fish Sources: Sandra Hoffmann and Arie Havelaar
Unemployment Insurance and USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Together Cushioned the Great Recession: Michele Ver Ploeg and O’Leary, Christopher J.
Climate Change Projected To Increase Cost of the Federal Crop Insurance Program due to Greater Insured Value and Yield Variability: Andrew Crane-Droesch, Elizabeth Marshall, Stephanie Rosch and Steven Wallander
Number of Food-Insecure People in Selected Low- and Middle-Income Countries Projected To Fall 45 percent Over Next Decade: Birgit Meade
Agritourism Allows Farms To Diversify and Has Potential Benefits for Rural Communities: Christine Whitt, Sarah Low and Anders Van Sandt
Low Growth in Corn Yields Has Dragged Down Sub-Saharan African Corn Production: Getachew Nigatu and James Hansen

Imported Greenhouse Tomatoes From Mexico Illustrate the Growing Diversity in Fresh-Market Tomatoes: Travis Minor, Sarah Baskins and Jennifer K. Bond
U.S. Hired Farm Workforce Is Aging: Tom Hertz
Older Infants Participating in WIC Are More Likely To Eat Vegetables Than Low-Income Non-Participating Infants: Joanne Guthrie
Specialized Stores Serving WIC Customers in California Improve Food Access Without Raising Food Costs: Patrick W. McLaughlin
U.S. Exports for Most Major Meat Commodities Grew in 2018: Lekhnath Chalise, Kim A. Ha, Mildred Haley, Russell Knight and Alex Melton
SNAP Redemptions Contributed to Employment During the Great Recession: John Pender and Young Jo
Developing Alternatives to Antibiotics Used in Food Animal Production: Stacy Sneeringer

Drought-Tolerant Corn in the United States: Research, Commercialization, and Related Crop Production Practices: Jonathan McFadden
Grocery Store Prices Rose for the First Time in 3 Years in 2018: Annemarie Kuhns
No-till and Strip-till Are Widely Adopted but Often Used in Rotation With Other Tillage Practices: Roger Claassen
The Release of China’s Rice Stocks Could Impact Global Feed Markets: Sharon Raszap Skorbiansky, Nathan Childs and James Hansen
Higher Vehicle Exclusions and Asset Limits in SNAP May Encourage Asset Accumulation Among Low-Income Households: Jessica Todd

U.S. Shoppers’ Access to Multiple Food Stores Varies by Region: Alana Rhone and Michele Ver Ploeg
Conservation Practices With Greater Benefits to Farmers and Ranchers Have Higher EQIP Completion Rates: Steven Wallander and Roger Claassen
New Data Linkages Provide Healthfulness Measures for American Grocery Store Sales: Elina T. Page and Andrea Carlson
Americans Still Can Meet Fruit and Vegetable Dietary Guidelines for $2.10-$2.60 per Day: Hayden Stewart and Jeffrey Hyman
U.S. Agricultural Exports Supported 1.2 Million Full-Time Jobs in 2017: Suresh Persuad
Who Are the World’s Food Insecure? Identifying the Risk Factors of Food Insecurity Around the World: Michael D. Smith and Birgit Meade

Brazil Once Again Becomes the World’s Largest Beef Exporter: Mustafa Zia, James Hansen, Kim Hjort and Constanza Valdes
Patterns of Pesticide Use, Exposure, and Toxicity Jointly Determine Impacts on Honeybees and Other Pollinators: David Smith and Claudia Hitaj
Retail Food Price Inflation Has Slowed Over Time: Abigail Okrent and Annemarie Kuhns
Marketing and Production Contracts Are Widely Used in U.S. Agriculture: James MacDonald and Christopher Burns
SNAP Participants Are More Likely To Leave the Program When Local Labor Markets Improve: Scherpf Erik
Quantifying the Impact of SNAP Benefits on the U.S. Economy and Jobs: Patrick Canning and Rosanna Mentzer Morrison

Economic Implications of Increased Breastfeeding Rates in WIC: Victor Oliveira, Mark Prell and Xinzhe Cheng
Mergers in Seeds and Agricultural Chemicals: What Happened?: James MacDonald
Rising Wages Point to a Tighter Farm Labor Market in the United States: Steven Zahniser, J. Edward Taylor, Tom Hertz and Diane Charlton
Rural Population Trends: John Cromartie and Dennis Vilorio

Food Insecurity Among Children Has Declined Overall But Remains High for Some Groups: Alisha Coleman-Jensen
2018 Farm Act Retains Conservation Programs But Could Reduce Payments for Land Retirement: Roger Claassen, Daniel Hellerstein and Steven Wallander
U.S. Per Capita Availability of Red Meat, Poultry, and Seafood on the Rise: Jeanine Bentley
U.S. Caloric Sweetener Deliveries Continue to Decline on a Per Capita Basis, Driven By Lower High-Fructose Corn Syrup Use: Michael J. McConnell

Changes in Commodity-Income Support Programs and Commodity Prices Have Caused Increased Variability in Support Payments: David Boussios and Erik O'Donoghue
Climate Change Likely to Have Uneven Impacts on Agricultural Productivity: Sun Ling Wang, Richard Nehring and Ryan Williams
Conservation Trends in Agriculture Reflect Policy, Technology, and Other Factors: Elizabeth Marshall, Kelly Maguire, Daniel Hellerstein and David Schimmelpfennig
Soybean Demand Projected to Grow in 2019/20, But Record Inventories Dampen Prices: Mariana Matias and Mark Ash
SNAP Households Adjust Their Expenditures and How They Spend Their Time in Response to Changes in Program Benefits: Matthew Rabbitt and Jiyoon Kim
ERS’s SNAP Distribution Schedule Database Allows for New Research on Program Impacts: Jessica Todd and Christian A. Gregory