In addition, the cattle on feed number was 3.7% lower year over year, the 2022 calf crops was 2% lower than and feeder cattle outside of feedlots was down 2.8%, according to USDA National , View PDF chevron_right 1998 View PDF chevron_right Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, 2022 Since the mid-1990s, cattle production in the United States has taken a downward trend. Although the U.S. is still the biggest producer of cattle in the world, the implications of such trend on domestic and global food security cannot be ignored., California’s top valued agricultural export commodity continues to be almonds, with $4.7 billion in foreign sales in 2022. This figure represents an increase of 0.2 percent from the previous year. Dairy and dairy products ranked second in export value for the year at $3.2 billion, a 35.8 percent increase from 2021. Pistachios and wine came in third and fourth, respectively, with pistachio , Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production † Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars Click here for Louisiana 2022 Census of Agriculture State and County Profiles featuring land, sales, and demographic highlights and much more., Food The food index increased 1.0 percent in June following a 1.2-percent increase the prior month. The index for food at home also rose 1.0 percent in June, the sixth consecutive increase of at least 1.0 percent in that index. Five of the six major grocery store food group indexes rose in June. The index for other food at home rose 1.8 percent, with sharp increases in the indexes for butter , .