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Agriculture: Statistics

International Statistics and Data

• FAO Yearbook. Production. Annual; latest received is 2003. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
  D. H. Hill HD1421 .F585 v.57 2003
  
• FAO Yearbook. Trade. Annual; latest received is 2001. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
  D. H. Hill HD9000.4 .F58 v.55 2001

  Note: See the FAOSTAT agriculture database (http://faostat.fao.org/) for production, trade, and other agricultural statistics.

• From the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS):
  • International Data Sets
    
  • Trade & International Markets
    (http://www.ers.usda.gov/Browse/TradeInternationalMarkets/)
    
    • Invasive Species (http://www.ers.usda.gov/Browse/TradeInternationalMarkets/InvasiveSpecies.htm)
• Trade and International Reports and Datasets (http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewTaxonomy.do?taxonomyID=7)
  From the USDA Economics, Statistics, and Market Information System.

United States Statistics and Data

• National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (http://www.nass.usda.gov/)
  
  • Agricultural Statistics Data Base (Quick Stats) (http://www.nass.usda.gov/Data_and_Statistics/Quick_Stats/)

    "Provides access to significant US and State information and the ability to query by commodity, state(s) and year(s)." "Some commodities and data items have historical series back to 1866."

  • NASS Publications (http://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/index.asp)

    Search for publications or locate by date, commodity, keyword, release day, or title.

  • Agricultural Statistics. Issued annually by the United States Department of Agriculture. Also available (1994-present) at http://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Ag_Statistics/index.asp
    Most current issues:
    D. H. Hill Library - U.S. Documents A 1.47:2008
    D. H. Hill Ref HD1751 .A43 2008
    D. H. Hill Ref A 1.47/2: 2008 (CD-ROM)
    Vet Med Ref HD1751 .A43 2008

  • Agricultural Chemical Use Database (http://www.pestmanagement.info/nass/)

  • Census of Agriculture (http://www.nass.usda.gov/Census_of_Agriculture/).
    Data is available for 2002, 1997, and 1992. 2007 data will be released February 4, 2009.
    
• USDA Economics, Statistics, and Market Information System (http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/)

  "Contains nearly 2500 reports and datasets from the economics 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."

  • Agricultural Prices--Annual (http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1003)

    "This full-text file presents the annual summary of indexes of prices received and paid by farmers; prices received for farm commodities by states and prices paid for production items by region and the U.S., past year and earlier years."

  • Agricultural Prices--Monthly (http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1002)

    "These files contain prices received by farmers for principal crops, livestock and livestock products; indexes of prices received by farmers; feed price ratios; indexes of prices paid by farmers; and parity prices."

• Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (ERS) (http://www.ers.usda.gov/)
  
  • Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS) (http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FATUS/)
    • FATUS U.S. Trade Exports (http://www.fas.usda.gov/ustrade/USTExFatus.asp?QI=)
      
    • FATUS U.S. Trade Imports (http://www.fas.usda.gov/ustrade/USTImFatus.asp?QI=)

    Includes current U.S. agricultural trade data from 1989 forward. Available from the Foreign Agricultural Service's (FAS) U.S. Trade Internet System, FASonline.

    Note: for U.S. agricultural trade data before 1989, consult Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States.
    D. H. Hill - U.S. Documents A 93.17/7: (A 105.14: for July 1977-1981)

  • Outlook Reports (http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/Outlook/). Examples: Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry; Floriculture and Nursery Crops
  • State Export Data (http://www.ers.usda.gov/data/stateexports/).
    Note: data files are in *.xls format.

North Carolina Statistics and Data

• From the NASS Agricultural Statistics Data Base (Quick Stats).
  
  • State Level Data (http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/North_Carolina/)
    
  • County Level Data for North Carolina crops and livestock (http://www.nass.usda.gov:8080/QuickStats/)
    

    Under Individual State's Data, select North Carolina. Then select a State-specific County Query.

• North Carolina Agricultural Statistics. Issued by the North Carolina [Cooperative] Crop Reporting Service in cooperation with the North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture, and the United States Dept. of Agriculture. Frequency varies: one or two issues per year.
  D. H. Hill Ref Desk S1 .N58 2004
  Current reports are available at http://www.agr.state.nc.us/stats/

• Census of Agriculture. North Carolina statistics. (http://www.agr.state.nc.us/stats/census.htm)
• North Carolina Fact Sheet (http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/NC.htm)

  Includes population, farm, and commodity information.

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• (919) 513-6823
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