A Declining Share of U.S. Public Agricultural R&D is Farm-Oriented

Percent of State Agricultural Experiment Station R&D directed to farm production and productivity.

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Adapted from Figure 3 in Pardey & Smith, AEI (2026)

Source: Philip G. Pardey et al., Farm Productivity–Oriented U.S. Public and Private Agri-Food R&D, unpublished data file, University of Minnesota, GEMS Informatics, 2026.Created with Datawrapper