Since the nineteenth century, governments have used censuses to observe markets. In the 1920s, surveys were added to their agricultural data collection toolkits, kickstarting a revolution. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was among the most successful agencies to employ such methods. Since 1862, it has become the world’s most prominent collector and disseminator of agricultural statistics, informing US farmers, businesses, scientific institutions, and more. This paper explores the first decade of the USDA’s development into an international statistical clearing house. It highlights how the USDA collected foreign statistics and used surveys to generate the estimates of foreign markets needed to combat low prices and reduce ...
The purpose of this paper is to summarize important historical developments in agriculture in what i...
The institution of agricultural development in the United States. On the Land-grant system (1862-191...
Offsetting changes among the broad mix of commodities exported by the United States kept the total v...
The decline in transport and communication costs during the second half of the 19th century pushed f...
Contents: PART I. EARLY EFFORTS TO GATHER AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 1781-1861 (Chapter 1. Evolution ...
This article examines the statistics produced by the International Institute of Agriculture in conne...
Provides a succinct organizational history of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its impa...
Review of: The United States Department of Agriculture in Historical Perspective, edited by. Alan ...
This paper analyses the evolution of agriculture’s participation in the US gross domestic product (G...
Economic research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has achieved its greatest recognition...
Description and explanation of dynamic changes within the United States of America agriculture make ...
Review of: American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century: How It Flourished and What It Cost. Gardne...
Support for this bulletin was provided, in part, by the Feedgrain and Livestock Project funded by th...
Prior to the establishment of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1862 farmers in the U.S. had myr...
Economic statistics can be used to inform policy as it is being designed, avoid policy design mistak...
The purpose of this paper is to summarize important historical developments in agriculture in what i...
The institution of agricultural development in the United States. On the Land-grant system (1862-191...
Offsetting changes among the broad mix of commodities exported by the United States kept the total v...
The decline in transport and communication costs during the second half of the 19th century pushed f...
Contents: PART I. EARLY EFFORTS TO GATHER AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS, 1781-1861 (Chapter 1. Evolution ...
This article examines the statistics produced by the International Institute of Agriculture in conne...
Provides a succinct organizational history of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its impa...
Review of: The United States Department of Agriculture in Historical Perspective, edited by. Alan ...
This paper analyses the evolution of agriculture’s participation in the US gross domestic product (G...
Economic research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has achieved its greatest recognition...
Description and explanation of dynamic changes within the United States of America agriculture make ...
Review of: American Agriculture in the Twentieth Century: How It Flourished and What It Cost. Gardne...
Support for this bulletin was provided, in part, by the Feedgrain and Livestock Project funded by th...
Prior to the establishment of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1862 farmers in the U.S. had myr...
Economic statistics can be used to inform policy as it is being designed, avoid policy design mistak...
The purpose of this paper is to summarize important historical developments in agriculture in what i...
The institution of agricultural development in the United States. On the Land-grant system (1862-191...
Offsetting changes among the broad mix of commodities exported by the United States kept the total v...