USDA Webinar: Rural America at a Glance, 2024 Edition

Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Time: 1:00 PM ET

Duration: 1 hour

Host: Tracey Farrigan

Description: In this webinar, ERS Geographer Tracey Farrigan highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas, focusing on the age structure of the rural population and the implications of age-related demographic change including rural migration, labor force participation, poverty, childcare, eldercare, and broadband.

The USDA's Economic Research Service releases the Rural America at a Glance report annually, which summarizes the status of conditions and trends in rural areas.

Read last year's edition of the report: Rural America at a Glance, 2023 Edition.



Register now: https://primary.ers.usda.gov/conferences/webinar-rural-america-at-a-glance-2024-edition/

USDA Webinar: International Food Security Assessment, 2024–34

Date: Thursday, September 12, 2024

Time: 1:00 PM ET

Duration: 1 hour

Presenters: Lila Cardell and Yacob Abrehe Zereyesus



Description:

USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) publishes the International Food Security Assessment every year to provide current estimates and 10-year projections of food security for 83 low- and middle-income countries that are current or former food aid recipients. In this webinar, ERS Economists Lila Cardell and Yacob Abrehe Zereyesus discuss the drivers of changes in food security measures.

Register now:  https://www.ers.usda.gov/conferences/webinar-international-food-security-assessment-2024-34/

 

USDA Webinar: Farm Income and Financial Forecasts, September 2024 Update

 

Date: Thursday, September 5, 2024

Time: 1:00 PM ET 

Duration: 1 hour

Host: Carrie Litkowski

Description

USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) releases farm income and balance sheet estimates and forecasts three times a year. These core statistical indicators provide guidance to policymakers, lenders, commodity organizations, farmers, and others interested in the financial status of the farm economy. ERS' farm income statistics also inform the computation of agriculture's contribution to the U.S. economy's gross domestic product.

During this webinar, ERS Economist Carrie Litkowski will present the September 2024 update to the farm sector income and wealth forecasts for calendar year 2024.

For details about the last farm income update, click here.

Register now:  https://primary.ers.usda.gov/conferences/webinar-farm-income-and-financial-forecasts-september-2024-update/

USDA Webinar: Household Food Security in the United States in 2023

 

Webinar Details

Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Time: 1:00 PM ET 

Duration: 1 hour

Host: Matthew P. Rabbitt

 

Description

USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) plays a leading role in Federal research on food security and food security measurement in U.S. households. In this webinar, ERS Economist Matthew Rabbitt will provide an overview of USDA’s annual report on the prevalence and severity of food insecurity in U.S. households in 2023.

The report includes changes in food insecurity from previous years, the prevalence of food insecurity by selected household characteristics, and food insecurity among children.

Food-insecure households are defined as having had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members due to a lack of resources. Food-secure households are defined as having had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members.

For last year's Household Food Security in the United States in 2022 report, click here.

Register now:  https://www.ers.usda.gov/conferences/webinar-household-food-security-in-the-united-states-in-2023/

USDA Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers to Meet

 

Save the Date

July 23-25, 2024
Tarrytown, N.Y.

The Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers (ACMF) will meet to consider USDA programs and policies and their impacts on minority farmers. The ACMF will then recommend action-oriented strategies to maximize the participation of minority farmers in USDA programs and services. 

 

Meeting Pre-Registration:   

The public is invited to attend in person or virtually. Attendees should pre-register for the meeting by July 22, 2024. Please choose the days which you plan to attend in person and/or virtually. Your pre-registration should include your name, organization or interest represented, if you plan to give oral comments, and if you require special accommodations.

 

Meeting details, including the agenda, will be available on the ACMF web page. 

For more information, contact RJ Cabrera, Designated Federal Official, at acmf@usda.gov.