Grains from the Food Availability - Loss-Adjusted database shown in eq Date Type: Year; Country: USA; Commodity: Oat products: Per capita availability adjusted for loss; Attribute: Food pattern equivalents available daily-Oz-eq Sage Data. Sage Publishing Ltd Sage Data [electronic resource]

Corporate Author: United States Department of Agriculture
Published: Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, Inc. 2025

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Reports data relating to a variety of grains (e.g., barley, rye, corn) across a number of attributes, such as: weights (primary, retail, and consumer), per capital availability adjusted for loss, calories available daily (calculated by multiplying food pattern equivalents by calories per ounce-equivalent), and food pattern equivalents available daily (calculated by dividing grams per day by grams per ounce-equivalent). The loss-adjusted food availability data compiled by the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) reflect the amount of food available for human consumption in the United States when adjusted for losses such as food spoilage, cooking loss, and other shrinkages at retail and consumer levels. The dataset includes estimates for over 200 commodities, including individual fruits, vegetables, grains, added sugars and sweeteners, dairy products, nuts, meat, poultry, and seafood. ERS estimates the losses by multiplying the quantity of each commodity (that's available for consumption) by the appropriate loss consumption, which are then multiplied by the U.S. population and rolled up to their respective groups and levels. Food availability data measure the use of basic commodities, such as fish and canned and frozen fruits for food products at the farm level or an early stage of processing. They do not measure food use of highly processed foods (such as bakery products, frozen dinners, and soups) in their finished form. Ingredients of highly processed foods, however, are included as components of less processed foods, such as sugar, flour, fresh vegetables, and fresh meat. The food availability series is based on records of annual commodity flows from production to end uses. This involves the development of supply and disappearance balance sheets for each major commodity from which human foods are produced. In general, the total annual available supply of each commodity consists of the sum of production, imports, and beginning stocks. These three components are either directly measured or estimated by government agencies using sampling and statistical methods. For most commodity categories, measurable nonfood uses are farm inputs (feed and seed), exports, ending stocks, and industrial uses. The amount of food available for human consumption is calculated as the difference between available commodity supplies and nonfood use. In a few cases, supplies for human food use are measured directly and one of the other use components becomes the residual. Per capita food availability is calculated by dividing the annual total food supply during a specific time period by the U.S. total resident population plus Armed Forces overseas in a given year. Yearly population estimates are from the U.S. Census Bureau. For commodities not shipped overseas in substantial amounts, such as fluid milk and cream, ERS uses the resident population as the base. No adjustments are made for changes in the demographic makeup of the population.

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9781544332048 Sage Data CORE

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Statistical data with bibliographic citation and abstract.

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