US Agriculture and Global Food Security Practice Flashcards

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers key statistics and figures regarding US agriculture, food waste, population trends, and government leadership roles as presented in the lecture notes.

Percentage of American farms selling directly to consumers (2024)

$$66\%$$

US disposable income spent on food (2022)

$11.3\%$ ($7,172$ per capita)

US population percentage of farm and ranch families

Less than $2\%$

American food waste (household)

About $25\%$ of food brought home each month

American food waste (production)

$40\%$ of food grown and produced in the US is never eaten

Projected World Population by 2050

$9.7$ billion people (increase of $1.8$ billion from 2022)

Historical Peak of US Farms (1935)

$6.8$ million

Current Number of US Farms

$1.9$ million

People fed by each American farm annually

$169$ people ($108$ in the US and $61$ outside the US)

Annual US Corn Production

Around $15$ billion bushels

US Corn Yield Increase Since 1950

$$490\%$$

AFNR GDP Contribution

Over $1.53$ trillion (a $5.6\%$ share)

Number of US Farm Operators

Over $3.4$ million

Global Production Increase Needed by 2050

$1$ billion tons of grain and $200$ million tons of meat

Beginning Farmers

$30\%$ of all US farmers (in business less than $10$ years)

Family Farm Land Utilization

$91\%$ of land used for farming in the US is operated by family farms

Total US Ag Exports (2023)

$175$ billion

Total US Farmland

About $875$ million acres (close to $40\%$ of the country’s land)

US Top Trade Partners (Ag Exports)

China ($29.1$ billion), Mexico ($28.6$ billion), and Canada ($28.1$ billion)

US Trade Representative

Jamieson Greer

US Secretary of Agriculture

Sec. Brooke L. Rollins

US Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

Deputy Sec. Stephen Vaden

EPA Administrator

Administrator Lee Zeldin

Health and Human Services Secretary

Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Total US Ag Imports (2023)

$195$ billion in livestock, meat, fruits, vegetables, and grain

Farmer’s Share

$15$ cents on average for every retail dollar spent on food

Employment in the broader agricultural and food sectors?

22.1 million jobs, or 10.4% of total US employment, according to USDA.