USDA Economics and Statistics System

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WIDTH="580"> <TR ALIGN="right"> <TD> <A HREF="#aboutESS">About the USDA Economics and Statistics System</a> </td> </tr> </table> <FORM NAME="searchForm" ACTION="http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_keyword.cgi/06"> <TABLE BORDER=0 BGCOLOR="#D9F0E8" CELLSPACING=0 WIDTH="580"> <TR ALIGN="center">   <TD> <FONT SIZE=+2>Search</FONT> titles and descriptions of: <SELECT NAME="type"> <OPTION VALUE="All">Reports and Datasets <OPTION VALUE="dataset">Datasets only <OPTION VALUE="report">Reports only </SELECT> </TD> </TR> <TR ALIGN="center">   <TD> from the selected agencies: <INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="ERS" CHECKED>ERS <INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="NASS" CHECKED> NASS <INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="WAOB" CHECKED> WAOB </TD> </TR> <TR ALIGN="center">   <TD> for these words: <INPUT NAME="query" SIZE=35> </TD> </TR> <tr align="center"><td> <a href="ess_tips.html" tppabs="http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/ess_tips.html">Search Tips</a> </td></tr> </TABLE>  <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0> <TR>   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tppabs="http://usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi?Farm%20Sector%20Economics">Farm Sector Economics</A> <LI><A HREF="../usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi-Field Crops.htm" tppabs="http://usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi?Field%20Crops">Field Crops</A> <LI><A HREF="../usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi-Food.htm" tppabs="http://usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi?Food">Food</A> <LI><A HREF="../usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi-Inputs, Technology, and Weather.htm" tppabs="http://usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi?Inputs,%20Technology,%20and%20Weather">Inputs, Technology, and Weather</A> <LI><A HREF="../usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi-International Agriculture.htm" tppabs="http://usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi?International%20Agriculture">International Agriculture</A> </UL> </TD> <TD>  <UL> <LI><A HREF="../usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi-Land, Water, and Conservation.htm" tppabs="http://usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi?Land,%20Water,%20and%20Conservation">Land, Water, and Conservation</A> <LI><A HREF="../usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi-Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.htm" tppabs="http://usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi?Livestock,%20Dairy,%20and%20Poultry">Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry</A> <LI><A HREF="../usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi-Miscellaneous.htm" tppabs="http://usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi?Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</A> <LI><A HREF="../usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi-Rural Affairs.htm" tppabs="http://usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi?Rural%20Affairs">Rural Affairs</A> <LI><A HREF="../usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi-Specialty Agriculture.htm" tppabs="http://usda2.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-usda/ess_subj.cgi?Specialty%20Agriculture">Specialty Agriculture</A> <LI><A 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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. See <a href="ess_help.html" tppabs="http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/ess_help.html">help</a> for more introductory system information. </TD> </TR> </table> <p> <table width="580"> <TR> <TH> Partners in the Economics and Statistics System: </th> </tr> <tr> <td VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <a href="../www.econ.ag.gov/index.htm" tppabs="http://www.econ.ag.gov/" TARGET="_top">ERS - Economic Research Service</a><br> The USDA's Economic Research Service provides economic analysis on efficiency, efficacy, and equity issues related to agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development to improve public and private decision making. </td> <td VALIGN="top"> <a href="../www.usda.gov/agency/oce/waob/waob.htm" tppabs="http://www.usda.gov/agency/oce/waob/waob.htm" TARGET="_top">WAOB - World Agricultural Outlook Board</a><br> The WAOB coordinates the USDA's commodity forecasting program; monitors global weather and analyzes its impact on agriculture; and coordinates USDA's weather, climate and remote sensing work. </td> </tr> <TR> <td VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <A HREF="../www.usda.gov/nass/index.htm" tppabs="http://www.usda.gov/nass" TARGET="_top">NASS - National Agricultural Statistics Service</A> <BR> Each year, the employees of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conduct hundreds of surveys and prepare reports covering virtually every facet of U.S. agriculture -- production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm aspects of the industry. NASS also currently conducts the Census of Agriculture every five years. In addition, NASS's 45 State Statistical Offices (SSO's) publish data about many of the same topics for local audiences. </TD> <td VALIGN="top" WIDTH="50%"> <A HREF="../www.mannlib.cornell.edu/index.htm" tppabs="http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/" TARGET="_top">Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell University</A> <BR> A land grant library for the State of New York, Mann is one of the Cornell University Library system's nineteen unit libraries. Mann supports Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Human Ecology, Division of Biological Sciences, and Division of Nutritional Sciences and also hosts this Economics and Statistics System. </TD> </TR> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <hr> <a href="../www.agnic.org/index.htm" tppabs="http://www.agnic.org/" target="_top"> <img border="0" alt="Agricultural Network Information Center" align=right src="grfx/agnic40x105.gif" tppabs="http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/grfx/agnic40x105.gif" height=40 width=105> </a> The USDA Economics and Statistics System participates in AgNIC, a consortium of USDA agencies, land grant libraries and other organizations committed to distributing agricultural and related information to the public. <HR WIDTH="580">   <P> <HR> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </center>  <CENTER> <FONT size=-1> <A HREF="index.htm" tppabs="http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/" TARGET="_top">USDA Economics and Statistics System</A> <BR> <A HREF="../www.mannlib.cornell.edu/index.htm" tppabs="http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/" TARGET="_top">Albert R. 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