AgribusinessUSDA's Economic Research Service reported on 23 June 2026 that per capita honey consumption in the United States has nearly doubled since 1990, and that imports made up 78 percent of the US honey supply in 2025.
EnvironmentUSDA's Economic Research Service reported in June 2026 that 36 percent of US corn, soybean, cotton and wheat acres with water-driven erosion received technical assistance, more than for any other field problem.
AgrotechAn analysis published on 9 June 2026 by USDA's Economic Research Service found that American dairies using robotic milking earned net returns $3.15 per hundredweight of milk higher, on average, than dairies that had not adopted it.
LivestockIn a 4 June 2026 chart, USDA's Economic Research Service projected 228.8 pounds of beef, pork, broiler and turkey meat and 22.5 dozen eggs per American consumer in 2026, rising to 229.4 pounds and 22.9 dozen in 2027.
AgrotechCows milked by robots produced 6 percent of U.S. milk in 2021, up from 4 percent in 2016, USDA's Economic Research Service reported. Thirteen percent of dairies with 150 to 499 cows used the technology, more than either smaller or larger farms.
EnvironmentUSDA said on 29 May 2026 that nearly 23,000 American farmers, ranchers and landowners would be asked about tillage, fertiliser, manure, irrigation and installed conservation practices for the Conservation Effects Assessment Project survey.
AgribusinessIn 2024 about 86 percent of U.S. farms were small family farms producing 17 percent of production value, while large-scale family farms, 5 percent of farms, produced half, USDA's Economic Research Service reported.
AgrotechUSDA's Economic Research Service found that in 2021 dairies of 50 to 149 head with milking robots had unpaid labour costs of $5.30 per hundredweight against $9.22 without, while adopters with 150 to 499 head paid $1.17 for hired labour against $2.10.
FruitsUSDA's Economic Research Service reported on 21 May 2026 that seven popular pie ingredients were worth $6.9 billion to U.S. growers in 2024, led by apples at more than $2.9 billion and blueberries at nearly $1.2 billion.
AgribusinessAmerican farms received 18.5 cents of every dollar spent on food at home in 2024 and only 7.1 cents of each dollar spent on food away from home, USDA's revised Food Dollar showed.
CropsThe June Agricultural Survey, which sets the acreage and grain stocks figures published on 30 June, went out to more than 90,000 American producers.
AgribusinessAmerican fuel ethanol exports reached 2.13 billion gallons in the 2024/25 corn marketing year, about 23 percent above the previous record, with Canada and the Netherlands replacing lost sales to Brazil.
LivestockUSDA's Economic Research Service said on 7 May 2026 that U.S. pork exports are projected to rise 8.6 percent, from an expected 7.2 billion pounds in 2026 to 7.8 billion pounds in 2035. In 2024 pork exports overtook chicken for the first time since 1976.
