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U.S. food spending by consumers, businesses, and Government entities increased to $2.51 trillion in 2025 from an inflation-adjusted $1.56 trillion in 1997, with spending growth for both food at home ...

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The Livestock and Meat Domestic Data product includes monthly, quarterly and semi-annual updates to several files covering a variety of statistics for red meat, poultry and egg production. The All ...

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Since the 1930s, total U.S. milk production has increased, while the number of U.S. dairy farms has declined. Over the past few decades, fewer, larger farms have produced more milk. Researchers at ...

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An estimated 10.5 percent of U.S. households were food insecure at least some time during the year in 2019, meaning they lacked access to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household ...

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Meatpacking is a concentrated industry, with a few firms accounting for most production. Across the entire U.S. economy as well as in agribusiness, industry concentration has reemerged as a policy ...

Households spend more money on food as their incomes rise, but the amount spent represents a smaller share of their overall budgets. U.S. households were divided into five equal groups, or quintiles, ...