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Texas Agriculture – Growing in Many Ways

July 17, 2019 Wil Hundl, Texas State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The recent release of the 2017 Census of Agriculture provides an opportunity to remind the general public about the importance and diversity of U.S. agriculture – and Texas is no exception! The Lone Star State ranks first in the nation for total number of farms with just over 248,000, which account...

Recreation

Building the Evidence on Corn Ethanol’s Greenhouse Gas Profile

April 02, 2019 Jan Lewandrowski, USDA Office of the Chief Economist

Over the past two decades, the demand for renewable fuels — including corn-based ethanol — has helped drive a strong domestic market for corn, and supported rural America by generating jobs (PDF, 1.5 MB). New research is confirming that corn ethanol also has more greenhouse gas benefits than...

Energy

World-Class Winter Sports on Your National Forest

February 08, 2019 Larry Moore, Office of Communication, USDA Forest Service

Americans hit the slopes about 57 million times a year, and when they go, they spend billions of dollars.

Forestry Recreation