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Farms Under Threat 2040: Projected Climate Impacts on the Growing Conditions for Rainfed Agriculture in the Contiguous United States

8 May: How rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns could affect rainfed croplands in the United States.

Sustainability Impact Report: Animal Agriculture in the United States

22 May: The sustainability achievements of U.S. animal agriculture.

Feeding the Economy, 2023

24 April: The food and agriculture sector’s contribution to the U.S. economy in 2023.

Solutions to Meet the Need for Feed

17 April: Solutions to meet the growing need for feed in the United States while achieving global climate targets.

U.S. Organic Production, Markets, Consumers and Policy, 2000–21

10 April 2023: A comprehensive analysis of the organic industry since 2000, from policy to production.

Future Warming From Global Food Consumption

6 March 2023: An analysis of the impact of current food production systems on global warming and mitigation strategies.

Precision Agriculture in the Digital Era: Recent Adoption on U.S. Farms

February 2023: An analysis of U.S. farmers’ adoption of precision agriculture across six major crops.

2022 USDA Science Highlights

January 2023: This report summarizes USDA’s progress toward its science goals in 2022 as it strives to make research programs more equitable, tackle food and nutrition security, develop climate-smart solutions, and build more and better markets.

U.S. Grains Council Corn Sustainability Assurance Protocol

February 13, 2023: An overview of the Corn Sustainability Assurance Protocol, an initiative that gives insights into the sustainability of U.S. corn practices and regulations.

Farms and Land in Farms

17 February 2023: This reports on the number of farms in operation in the United States in 2022, the total land in farms, and the average farm size.

U.S. Policies and Laws in Support of Sustainability

A comprehensive set of papers that summarizes major U.S. federal laws that affect the crop, livestock, fishery and forestry sectors.

State Policies for Farm Animal Welfare in Production Practices of U.S. Livestock and Poultry Industries: An Overview

30 December 2022: This study examines State-level policies addressing practices that impact farm animal welfare.