• “The impacts of the conflict in Ukraine
• and the recent increases in interest rates by the Federal Reserve

  are expected to put upward and downward pressures on food prices, respectively,” the USDA’s March report reads. “The situations will be closely monitored to assess the net impacts of these concurrent events on food prices as they unfold.”

"The large increases in all-food, food-away-from-home, and food-at-home prices in February 2022 followed similarly large changes in January. These aggregate price increases were the result of increases across many of the food categories rather than one or a few categories"

Food prices are increasing at fastest rates in 40 years, says USDA Food Price Outlook, 2022

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USDA NASS to livestream agricultural data briefings, enhances public access to valuable information

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2022 – On March 30, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will livestream the Secretary of Agriculture’s data report briefing for the first time. This and future Secretary data briefings will stream on NASS’s YouTube channel five minutes after NASS reports are released to the public. This Hogs and Pigs briefing will be live at 3:05 p.m. ET.

All reports that the Secretary of Agriculture or Secretary designate are required to sign as indicated in Departmental Regulation 1042-042 as well as a few additional reports, including Local Foods and Organics, will be livestreamed. The livestream schedule and executive summaries are posted in NASS’s newsroom.