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Historic, archived document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. aS441.A36 USDA Ue United States Department of Agriculture • Office of Communications Book Agriculture Fact 2001-2002 Forsalebythe SuperintendentofDocuments, U.S.GovernmentPrintingOffice Internet:bookstore.gpo.gov Phone:tollfree(866)512-1800; DCarea(202)512-1800 Fax:(202)512-2250Mail:StopSSOP,Washington,DC20402-0001 ISBN 0-16-051344-8 USDA United States Department of Agriculture • Office of Communications Book Aariculture Fact 2001 -2002 March 2003 http://www.usda.gov 1 Contents ! iii Contents Preface v 1. Current Topics: Selected Issues in American Agriculture Today i Homeland Security 2 Conservation Measures in the 2002 Farm Bill 5 Biotechnology in Brief 8 Certified Organic: Update 8 3. Energy Policy in the 2002 Farm Bill 1 2. Profiling Food Consumption in America 13 Meat Consumption at Record High 15 Eating Out Cuts Milk, Boosts Cheese Consumption 16 ...And Swells Use of Salad and Cooking Oils and Shortening 17 Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Continues To Rise 18 4. Consumers Eat Too Much Refined Grain, Too Little Whole Grain ..19 Consumption of Caloric Sweeteners Hits Record High 20 Food Expenditures and Prices 20 How Much ofthe Cost ofFood Services and Distribution Goes to Farmers? 21 American Farms •23 Acres or Sales? .24 Ghange by Sales Glass, 1982 to 1997 .26 DiversityAmongAmerican Farms 27 • Shares of Farms, Assets, and Production .30 Specialization and Diversification .30 Government Program Participation .32 Household Income •34 Farm Policy and Family Farms •34 APP i Rural America: Entering the 21st Century 37 Rural Population Growth Levels Off, but the West Gontinues To Grow 38 Rural Areas Benefited From the Nation’s Economic Prosperity 39 Rural Economies Are Based on DifferentAssets 41 Federal Funding for Rural Area Development SmallerThan for Urban Areas 42 jv Agriculture Fact Book Contents I I 5 U.S. Department of Agriculture 45 .. Departmental Administration 47 Office ofthe ChiefEconomist 52 Office ofthe Inspector General 54 Office ofthe Chief Information Officer 54 Office ofthe Chief Financial Officer 55 Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations 55 6. USDA Rural Development 57 Rural Business-Cooperative Service 58 Rural Housing Service 60 Rural Utilities Service 63 Office of Community Development 64 7 Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services 67 . Farm Service Agency 68 Foreign Agricultural Service 74 Risk ManagementAgency 81 8. Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services 85 Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion 86 Food and Nutrition Service 87 9. Food Safety 99 Food Safety and Inspection Service 100 m 10 Natural Resources and Environment . Forest Service 1 12 Natural Resources Conservation Service 126 11. Research, Education, and Economics 133 Agricultural Research Service 134 Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service ...137 Economic Research Service 140 National Agricultural Statistics Service 143 12. Marketing and Regulatory Programs 147 Agricultural Marketing Service 148 Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service 154 Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration 160 Index 163 Preface In this Agriculture FactBook, youwill find information aboutAmerican food consumption, the agricultural sector, and ruralAmerica.The book also describes the U.S. Department ofAgriculture’s wide-rangingprograms and services, including farm programs; exports; food safety; nutrition; management ofland, water, and forests; protectingourborders from pests and diseases; and research. This Agriculture FactBook is a gatewayto USDAinformation, includingwhatpeople eat,howto grow a garden, how to apply for a farm loan, how to maintain the soil andwaterresources onyourfarm orinyourtown, and how to keepyourfamily’s food safe. Ourfarmers and ranchers are an integral part ofourNation’s economic and social fabric.Throughouttheyear, USDAworks to strengthenpolicies and programs related to ourmission. Featuredinitalics throughoutthebook are ’’Agricultural Policy Notes," highlighting excerpts from Food andAgricultural Policy:Taking Stockforthe New Century, which USDA publishedin September 2001. You can findFood andAgricultural Policy:Taking Stockforthe New Century, alongwith this Agriculture FactBook 2001-2002, on USDA’sWeb site,www.usda.gov. I encourage you to use thisWeb site, its links, and othermedia to findinformation about agriculture, food, conservation, nutrition, food safety, and related issues. Secretary