The size of the market presented here is based on values at the wholesale level, farm receipts for sales of hogs.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: $14.4 billion
Source: “U.S. Farm Sector Cash Receipts from Sales of Agricultural Commodities, 2006-2010F,” one of many tables on the USDA’s Economic Research Service website, available online here.
Original source: Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
The size of the market presented here is based on values at the wholesale level, farm receipts for sales of peanuts.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: $800 million
Source: “U.S. Farm Sector Cash Receipts from Sales of Agricultural Commodities, 2006-2010F,” a table on the USDA’s Economic Research Service website, available online here.
Original source: Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
The size of the market presented here is based on values at the wholesale level, farm receipts for the sale of corn.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: $42.0 billion
Source: “U.S. Farm Sector Cash Receipts from Sales of Agricultural Commodities, 2006-2010F,” a table on the USDA’s Economic Research Service website, available online here.
Original source: Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
The size of the market presented here is based on values at the wholesale level, farm receipts for sales of rice.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: $3.0 billion
Source: “U.S. Farm Sector Cash Receipts from Sales of Agricultural Commodities, 2006-2010F,” a table on the USDA’s Economic Research Service website, available online here.
Original source: Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
The Afghan raisin farming business is returning after being decimated several decades ago when war arrived in that country, disrupting everything. At its peak, Afghanistan produced 86,000 metric tons of raisins annually, equivalent to 10% of the world production of the dried fruit. Today, the Afghan market represents 3% of the world’s production of raisins.
Geographic reference: Afghanistan
Year: 2008 and 2009
Market size: Approximately 27,500 metric tons each year.
Source: “New Hope for Afghan Raisin Farmers,” The New York Times, October 9, 2010, page B1.
This market size is based on estimates of the overall national market that appeared in an article about the 2010 crop in the State of Michigan. Michigan’s pumpkin production represents approximately 13.5% of the national pumpkin crop.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2010
Market size: $66.7 million
Source: “State Rolling in Pumpkins in 2010,” The Detroit News, September 23, 2010, available online here.
Total fishery production includes the domestic catch as well as imported seafood—fin fish and shellfish. The domestic catch represents 45% of total production and imported fish (fin and shell) represent the remaining 55%.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2007
Market size: 20.5 million lbs.(live weight)
Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2010, Table 861, December 2009 available online here.
Original source: U.S. Bureau of the Census and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fishery Service.
France has the largest Muslim population in Europe. According to the daily newspaper Le Figaro, “spending per household on halal food has grown twentyfold.” The availability of halal foods are increasingly not limited to small local shops. Supermarkets and some restaurants now offer halal foods also. Data are estimated.
Geographic reference: France
Year: 2010
Market size: $5.7 billion
Source: Maïa de la Baume, “Halal Foods Expand Reach in France,” The New York Times, September 8, 2010 available online here.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture tracks the production and consumption of a long list of agricultural products, reporting on them annually. The most recent USDA report on peanuts shows that on average Americans eat 6.3 pounds of shelled peanuts (or the equivalent in the form of peanut butter or other products containing peanuts) annually, up a half pound from per capita consumption rates a decade earlier.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2008
Market size: 2.6 billion lbs.
Source: Food Availablity: Spreadsheets, February 2010 available online here.
Original source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service
There are 600 natural cork makers worldwide, the largest of these is Amorim Group. The two largest cork producing countries are Portugal and Spain which together account for approximately 55% of cork production. While alternative materials are increasingly used in wine bottle closures, cork still represents 80% of the market.
Geographic reference: World
Year: 2009
Market size: 13 billion corks
Source: Wall Street Journal, May 1, 2010, page A10
Original source: Nomacorc estimates
Whey is a byproduct of making cheese. It is a thin, milky liquid that contains high levels of protein, proteins that turn out to be easily absorbed, more so than proteins from meat, soy or vegetables. In the past, whey was often discarded or used as animal feed but the market for this product has grown. It is used as an additive in many processed foods and is made into protein supplements.
Geographic reference: World
Year: 2008
Market size: 186 million metric tons — The value of whey proteins was estimated to be worth $3.8 billion in 2008
Source: “International Whey Market Overview,” 2009
Original source: Paper presented at the ADPI/ABI Annual Conference by Tage Affertsholt and 3A Business Consulting
Leading companies in this market include Charoen Pokphand, Cargill, New Home Group, Land O’Lakes Purina, and Brasil Foods.
Geographic reference: World
Year: 2009
Market size: 708 million metric tons
Source: Feed International, January/February 2010, page 12
This market size presented here is based on sales at supermarkets for the year ending October 31, 2009, and does not include all tomatoes—those used in canning, food processing, or other industrial uses.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: $1.6 billion
Source: Grocery Headquarters, February 2010, page 67
Original source: Perishables Group
Soy-based chemicals are used in the following industries: biodiesel (61%), foods and beverages (16%), plastics (10%) and all others (13%). The success of the soy chemicals industry is dependent on the continued penetration of biodiesel, as well as the adoption of alternatives to traditional, petrochemical-based materials in the manufacture of industrial products. Methyl soyate is by far the most established soy chemical due to its current dominance of the biodiesel market, although it will begin to face competition from other raw materials. Methyl soyate is also finding greater use as a solvent in a variety of markets, including cleaning products as well as paints and coatings. Other soy oil derivatives, such as polyols, will benefit from corporate initiatives to use more renewable feedstocks, as well as from consumer demands for “greener” products, particularly in the plastics (e.g., foam products) and paint and coatings markets.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2008
Market size: $1.9 billion
Source: Soy Chemicals, September 2009 available online here.
Original source: Freedonia Group
After a day of heavy egg consumption, a quick snapshot of the market for chicken eggs.
Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2009
Market size: 77.712 billion eggs, equivalent to 248 eggs per capita
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, March 30, 2010 available online here.