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2022 Census of Agriculture Highlights: Illinois and Missouri

May 31, 2024 Brad Summa, Heartland Regional Director for NASS

Did you know, the United States is the largest producer, consumer and exporter of corn in the world? In 2022, corn and soybeans accounted for more than half of the U.S. crop cash receipts—totaling $148.5 billion. This is in no small part thanks to the Heartland Region states of Illinois and Missouri...

Research and Science

Basketball Legend Seeks USDA's Help to Transform Family Farm Into a Sustainable Agricultural Enterprise

May 31, 2024 Tamara Ward-Lucas, Communications Coordinator, USDA Office of Communications

For basketball great Ralph Sampson, farming is his new game of choice. The new and beginning farmer is looking to resurrect his family’s farm and spur new economic growth on the ancestral land.

Animals Farming Conservation Equity Forestry Initiatives Rural USDA Results

South Carolina Air National Guard Veteran Topeka Ham Finds New Calling with USDA’s Agricultural Research Service

October 11, 2023 Melissa Blair, Public Affairs Specialist, USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement

Georgia native Topeka Ham found a new calling serving the American public through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS) after 26 years in the South Carolina Air National Guard.

Equity Initiatives