Recent News Stories Use ERS
Data and Analysis
Farm Income to Be Record $87.1 Billion, USDA Reports
Chicago Tribune—August 31, 2007
Rising prices for livestock should push U.S. net farm income to a record high in 2007, USDA said Thursday [ERS report], forecasting that farm income would rise to $87.1 billion…. as higher grain and livestock prices offset increased production costs….
New Jersey Poised To Feed a Region Hungry for Them (tomatoes)
NorthJersey.com—August 29, 2007
… In 1960, each person ate about 12.6 pounds of fresh tomatoes and 45 pounds of processed tomatoes. By 2000, those numbers climbed to 17.8 and 74, according to a 2000 study by the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture….
Stock Up the Pantry by Foraging for Edible Plants
Gloucester Daily Times—August 29, 2007
… According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, the cost of food is likely to increase 3 to 4 percent as retailers pass on their higher costs for energy and other expenses to consumers….
Dry Weather Is tough on California Cattle Industry
Sacramento Bee, Scripps News—August 27, 2007
… "It was a fairly significant drop, especially when we thought we were in an expansion phase," said Kenneth Mathews, a beef cattle specialist with the USDA Economic Research Service….
Weather Takes Toll on Tennessee Corn Farmers
Tennessean, Tennessee dailies—August 21, 2007
… That reflects a national increase in cropland planted with corn, said Alan Baker, an agricultural economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service…. "Over the last few years, we've added a whole new demand dimension to the corn market because of ethanol and, of course, the changes in the global market for corn" for use in both foods and fuels, Baker said….
Local Peach Growers Ripe for a Bountiful Year
New Jersey Business—August 13, 2007
… stormy weather destroyed more than 90 percent of the South Carolina peach crop and 50 percent of the Georgia crop this year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service….
Volatile Natural Gas Prices Igniting Fertilizer Costs
Central Valley Business Times—August 7,
2007
… The increase in U.S. natural gas prices from
2000-2005 has led to a 17 percent decline in the nation’s
annual aggregate supply of ammonia, says the report from
the Economic Research service of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture [Impact of Rising Natural Gas Prices on U.S.
Ammonia Supply, August 2007]….
Got cows? Small dairies sell out as costs, competition
rise
NewsOK.com (Oklahoman)—August 7, 2007
… On top of these changes, global demand for
milk has increased as Australia’s dairy industry
suffered a drought and the European Union removed supports
for dairy producers, said Ephraim Leibtag, Economic Research
Service economist….
Juicy, sweet and ‘worth the wait ...’
Wet spring helps N.J. peach crop rival Georgia’s
Press of Atlantic City—August 6, 2007
… Early season storms wiped out as much as 90
percent of this year’s crop in South Carolina and
as much as 50 percent in Georgia, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service
Reports. That has increased demand for New Jersey peaches
in the region.….
Feel like this summer's costing you more? It is
Palm Beach Post—August 5, 2007
… There is a global squeeze in milk supplies,
caused by a drought in Australia and changes in subsidies
in Europe, said Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the
Economic Research Service of the United States Department
of Agriculture….
Good Weather, Less Competition a Boon for N.J. [peach]
Growers
North Jersey.com—August 2, 2007
… While optimum conditions have benefited New Jersey's
150 peach growers, early season storms wiped out as much
as 90 percent of the South Carolina crop and 50 percent
of the Georgia crop, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
Economic Research Service reports….
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