In the last 15 years, changing skill demands among rural employers have elevated the importance of a college education. This report examines trends in the U.S. rural college labor force, focusing on ...

Genetically engineered (GE) crop varieties have achieved widespread adoption in major field crops, accounting for more than 90 percent of corn, soybean, and cotton acreage in the United States since ...

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Warmer-than-average spring temperatures accelerated crop development across California’s major fruit-producing regions, prompting earlier-than-usual harvests for cherry, peach, table grape, strawberry ...

While agriculture, forestry, and mining remain important sectors in some rural areas, service and retail industries have accounted for most job growth in rural America over the past few decades. ERS ...

The ERS Food Price Outlook (FPO) provides data on food prices and forecasts annual food price changes up to 18 months in the future. On a monthly basis, ERS forecasts the annual percentage change in ...

Dairy: Compared to previous forecasts, milk production forecasts for 2026 and 2027 were increased to 237.2 billion pounds and 238.6 billion pounds, respectively, due to higher expected cow numbers and ...

See the latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook report. Beef/Cattle: Fed cattle slaughter remains historically low, leading to lower beef production forecasts for 2026 and 2027. Cattle prices ...

See the latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook report. Pork/Hogs: Sluggish pork demand in September led to a small reduction in third-quarter pork production to 6.6 billion pounds, slightly ...

See the latest Rice Outlook report. U.S. All-Rice Supply Is Raised for 2026/27 The U.S. all-rice supply for marketing year 2026/27 (August 2026–July 2027) is raised 4.4 million hundredweight (cwt) ...