The agricultural baseline database provides longrun, 10-year projections from USDA's annual long-term projections report. The database covers projections for major field crops (corn, sorghum, barley, oats, wheat, rice, soybeans, and upland cotton), and livestock (beef, pork, poultry and eggs, and dairy).

Some U.S bioethanol plants use a blend of maize and sorghum grains as feedstocks depending on availability and price. Knowledge of the grain composition of milled feedstock is beneficial for maximizing process efficiency and for potential future regulatory requirements. To analyze feedstock composition, we developed a duplex real-time PCR assay based on TaqMan™ probes for the simultaneous analysis of flour blends. For sorghum, the method amplified a sequence within the F-Box domain-containing protein and for maize, the method amplified a sequence of the high mobility group a (HMGa) proteins. To acquire fluorescent signals simultaneously, FAM and TAMRA fluorescent probes were used to label the sorghum- and maize- specific probes, respectively. Results showed that the primers and probes were highly specific either for maize or sorghum. The real-time duplex PCR assay was validated on simulated flour binary mixtures and high in the precision and accuracy for the sorghum PCR system. Results with the established method showed specificity and sensitivity in quantifying sorghum composition in bioethanol feedstock mixtures. Resources in this dataset: Resource title: Primer sets used File name: Table 1 1.jpg Resource title: Experimental setup File name: experiemntal set ups Real time PCR project Sorgh-Maize.xlsx Resource title: Multiplex data HMGa and FBox File name: 2022-01-24 multiplex FBox - HMGa 60 C 200nM.xls Resource description: Data and analysis of sorhum maize and miusxtures using HMGa and FBox genes Resource title: multiplex FBox HMGa flour mixes 60 C File name: 2022-02-22 multiplex FBox HMGa flour mixes 60 C 11 points.xls Resource description: PCR multiplex data FBox HMGa flour mixes 60 C Resource title: Standard curves for zein DNA HMGa gene File name: 2022-01-11 Hmga - Zein X07535 standard curves.xls Resource description: Standard curves for zein DNA HMGa gene detection

The Feed Grains Database contains statistics on four feed grains (corn, grain sorghum, barley, and oats), foreign coarse grains (feed grains plus rye, millet, and mixed grains), hay, and related items.

Quick Stats is the National Agricultural Statistics Service's (NASS) online, self-service tool to access complete results from the 1997, 2002, 2007, and 2012 Censuses of Agriculture as well as the best source of NASS survey published estimates. The census collects data on all commodities produced on U.S. farms and ranches, as well as detailed information on expenses, income, and operator characteristics. The surveys that NASS conducts collect information on virtually every facet of U.S. agricultural production.

Quick Stats API is the programmatic interface to the National Agricultural Statistics Service's (NASS) online database containing results from the 1997, 2002, 2007, and 2012 Censuses of Agriculture as well as the best source of NASS survey published estimates. The census collects data on all commodities produced on U.S. farms and ranches, as well as detailed information on expenses, income, and operator characteristics. The surveys that NASS conducts collect information on virtually every facet of U.S. agricultural production.

Recent USDA/ARS patented technologies on crop production and protection that are available for licensing are described, including summary, contact, benefits, and applications. Updated June 2018.