AREC 150 - Sustaining Life: The Global Economy of Food

Fact finders for Arizona agriculture from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Information on farm & farm related jobs, top agriculture commodities, top agriculture counties, farm characteristics, farm financial indicators and more.

Contains nearly 2,500 reports and datasets from several agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. These materials cover U.S. and international agriculture and related topics. Most reports are text files that contain time-sensitive information. Most data sets are in spreadsheet format and include time-series data that are updated yearly.

Statistical data from the United Nations' Food & Agriculture Organization, Statistics Division.

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers are only a few examples.

From the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Nutrition Country Profiles are concise reviews describing the food and nutrition situation in individual countries, with background statistics on food-related factors such as agricultural production, as well as selected health, demographic, and economic indicators.

The leading source of facts and figures about American agriculture. Conducted every five years, the census provides a detailed picture of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. It is the only source of uniform, comprehensive agricultural data for every state and county in the United States.