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.
AgribusinessValue added by American farms was 6.7 cents per dollar spent on domestically produced food in 2024: 3.3 cents from livestock, 2.5 cents from crops and 0.9 cents from forestry, fishing and agricultural services.
EnvironmentUSDA's Economic Research Service reported on 30 April 2026 that cover cropping was the top-funded EQIP practice from fiscal 2014 to 2025, ahead of fences, brush management, sprinkler systems and waste-facility roofs and covers.
AgribusinessUSDA's Economic Research Service reported on April 28, 2026 that American farms received 11.8 cents of every dollar spent on domestically produced food in 2024, against 12.1 cents in 2023, with the remaining 88.2 cents going to post-farm marketing costs.
CropsUSDA's long-term projections show the eight major American row crops losing six million acres over the next decade as tight margins persist.
CropsUSDA's Economic Research Service reported on 16 April 2026 that the share of US cotton acres under double cropping or cover cropping rose from 15 percent in 2003 to 32 percent in 2019, the largest increase among corn, soybean and cotton fields.
CropsPeanut butter consumption is 6 percent above its 10-year average while other peanut products decline, and a record 6.5 billion pound crop in 2024/25 has lifted crush and exports too.
OrganicMost organic acres in the contiguous United States were farmer-owned in 2024, and small family farms operated more than 40 percent of organic land, ahead of large family farms at 24 percent and midsize at 19 percent.
LivestockUSDA's Economic Research Service reported on 2 April 2026 that US fluid milk sales fell 22 percent, from about 55,433 million pounds in 2009 to 43,179 million pounds in 2024, while whole milk's share recovered from a 2012 low of 26 percent to 39 percent.
CropsAmerican farmers intended to plant 95.3 million acres of corn in 2026, down 3%, and 84.7 million acres of soybean, up 4%, according to USDA's Prospective Plantings report of 31 March 2026.
LivestockAmerican farms held 74.3 million hogs and pigs on 1 March 2026, up slightly on the year but 1% below December, with Iowa accounting for 24.7 million head.
AgribusinessMore than two million American landowners rent out 348 million acres of farmland, and 79% of it belongs to landlords who do not farm, a USDA survey has found.
