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  Assessing the Recent Shift in the Price Relationship Between India’s and Global Grain Markets

  This report analyzes India’s trade restrictions and food programs following the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and international grain and oilseed prices and domestic market prices before and after the start of a new policy framework.

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  Evaluating the Impacts of Projected Yield Changes on India’s Wheat and Rice Markets

  Using a computable general equilibrium model, this report indicates there will be yield increases for rice and wheat in India. This report addresses whether this positive impact on yield will be sufficient to continue to meet domestic food demand and maintain India’s exports.

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  Demand for Alternative Feed Grains for Broiler Production in an Era of Global Price Uncertainty: The Case of Sorghum

  With rising incomes and population, the demand for chicken meat is expected to increase, meaning there will likely be an increase in feed demand. This is an opportunity to increase the share of global sorghum exports for countries like the United States.

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  Manufacturers' Bids for Infant Formula Rebate Contracts, 2013–23

  This study summarizes trends in infant formula rebate contracts and examines factors that contribute to these trends. For contracts in effect in March 2023, WIC State agencies, on average, received rebates that exceeded manufacturers’ wholesale prices for their formula. This resulted in greater savings to WIC compared with previous contracts.

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  Nonfamily Farm Operations and the Households That Operate Them

  This report explores nonfamily farms, which make up about 2 percent of total U.S. farms from 2018-22. When compared to similarly sized family farms, nonfamily farms owned more acres, but their households have lower wealth, income, and debt.

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  European Agri-Food Trade and Brexit: The First 3 Years of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

  This analysis looks at the effects of trade across a range of agri-food and commodity groups since the United Kingdom formally left the European Union on January 31, 2020.

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  Estimating the USDA, Economic Research Service Commodity Costs and Returns and the Milk Cost of Production Estimates Data Series

  This report describes the methods used by USDA to estimate annual cost and return estimates for 12 commodities: barley, corn, cotton, cow-calf, hogs, milk, oats, peanuts, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat.

• Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade: February 2025

  This report presents and discusses USDA’s February 2025 quarterly USDA forecast for agricultural trade in the United States for fiscal year 2025.

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  Irrigation Organizations: Water Measurement and Pricing

  This report uses data from the 2019 Survey of Irrigation Organizations (SIO) to characterize the state of water measurement and pricing practices among organizations delivering water to farms and ranches.

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  Aging and Wildfire Risk to Communities

  This report examines the link between where older people live and wildfire risk. It examines population aging and wildfire risk for States, counties, and fire management areas.