Crop Production Practices—Phase II of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) is USDA's primary source of information about the current status and trends in crop production practices for major crops (corn, soybeans, wheat, and cotton). This survey also obtains data on U.S. farmers' agricultural resource use, as well as data to assess potential environmental impacts associated with crop production practices. The ARMS survey yields annual data summaries for field-level data by crop, including: irrigation technology and water use, nutrient use and nutrient management practices, crop residue management practices, pest management practices and pesticide use, and crop seed variety. Data summaries are available for production years 1996-2000 (1996-98 and 2000 for wheat).

Organic Production—Newly revised, this product provides 39 tables showing the change in U.S. organic acreage and livestock numbers from 1992 to 2001. Data for 1997, 2000, and 2001 are presented by State and commodity. Data for 2000 and 2001 for the first time include the number of certified operations, by State.

Cropping practices—Unsummarized data from the 1990-95 USDA Cropping Practices Survey. Included are data on nutrient and pesticide use, tillage practices, and related data for major field crops.

• Cropping Practices; 1995 data
• Cropping Practices; 1994 data
• Cropping Practices; 1993 data
• Cropping Practices; 1992 data
• Cropping Practices; 1991 data
• Cropping Practices; 1990 data

Fertilizer Use and Price Statistics—U.S. fertilizer use and prices and nutrients applied per acre for major farm States, 1964-93, for corn, cotton, soybeans, and wheat.

Confined Animal and Manure Nutrient Data System—This system provides state and National data about confined animal numbers and associated manure nutrients. Data are accessible as a series of downloadable Excel files by year and animal type with each file providing all available data for each state, or as customized reports within 7 standard formats allowing selection of the desired years, geographic areas, animal types, confinement status, and data items. These data are based on analysis of the data collected for the 1982, 1987, 1992, and 1997 Censuses of Agriculture done by the Economic Research Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service in conjunction with the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Agricultural chemical use on fruit/nuts and vegetables—State and U.S. fertilizer and pesticide use data for fruit, nut, berry, and vegetable crops. Also, fertilizer use data for California vegetable crops.

• Fruits & Nuts and Vegetables Summaries. 1996 Vegetable ...
• Fruit & Nuts and Vegetables Summaries. 1995 Fruit ...
• Fruit & Nuts and Vegetables Summaries. 1994 ...
• Fruit & Nuts and Vegetables Summaries. 1993 Fruit Summary
• Fruit & Nuts and Vegetables Summaries. 1992 ...
• Fruit & Nuts and Vegetables Summaries. 1991 Fruit & ...

Agricultural chemical use on field crops—State and U.S. fertilizer and pesticide use data for corn, cotton, soybeans, wheat, and fall potatoes. Includes pesticide use by active ingredient, application rates, and acres treated. Also includes data on target pest by pesticide active ingredient for fall potatoes beginning with the 1992 data.

• Field Crops; 1996 data
• Field Crops; 1995 data
• Field Crops; 1994 data
• Field Crops; 1993 data
• Field Crops; 1992 data
• Field Crops; 1991 data
  

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