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Home Meals To Take Bigger Bite of Budget
Topeka Capital-Journal – December 28, 2007
Food for the home will increase 3.5 percent to 4.5 percent in 2008, compared with a 4.2 increase in 2007, according to a USDA Economic Research Service report released Dec. 20.
Next Item To Go Up: Food Bill
Dallas Morning News – December 25, 2007
Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the Economic Research Service of the USDA, spent Monday morning bumping up estimates for 2008 price hikes for grocery items such as fats, cooking oils, cereals and bakery products.
Much Maligned Iceberg Lettuce Turns Over a News Leaf
San Bernardino Sun – December 19, 2007
… Americans consume more iceberg than any other lettuce - about 22 pounds per person, followed by romaine at 8 pounds out of a total per capita lettuce consumption of 34 1/2 pounds in 2005, according to the Economic Research Service, USDA….
Grocery Bills To Keep Growing as Food Prices Rise
Dallas Morning News – December 18, 2007
Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the Economic Research Service of the USDA, spent Monday morning bumping up estimates for 2008 price hikes for grocery items such as fats, cooking oils, cereals and bakery products…. Mr. Leibtag said wheat costs have gone up as supplies have gone down, due in large part to a drought in Australia,…
Gold in Grain
Billings Gazette - December 16, 2007
… Agriculture in Montana and most of the United States did well in 2007, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture [ERS] is predicting record net farm income this year….
Grain Price Hikes Squeeze Food Chain
Fortune, CNN Money - December 13, 2007
… The ripples reverberate much further up the food chain, afflicting businesses throughout agriculture and related industries, a market that accounted for 4.5 percent of the U.S. GDP in 2005, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service….
From Farm to Table: What’s the Future of Food?
MSNBC – December 13, 2007
… According to the USDA Economic Research Service, the average American spends just 10 percent of our household budget on food….
Fine Times for Farmers
San Antonio Express-News – December 13, 2007
… Mitch Morehart, an agricultural economist with the USDA's Economic Research Service, said regions that are highly concentrated in corn, soybeans, wheat and dairy production should prosper the most….
Soybean Prices Pinch Processors
St. Louis Post-Dispatch – December 11, 2007
… Mark Ash of the U.S. Agriculture Department's economic research service also predicted a "considerable move" back to soybean planting next year. The agency has not made official projections.
Grain Price Hikes Hit Food Chain
Fortune – December 11, 2007
… The ripples reverberate much further up the food chain, afflicting businesses throughout agriculture and related industries, a market that accounted for 4.5 percent of the U.S. GDP in 2005, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service….
Will Ethanol Hurt Some Farmers?
Investor’s Business Daily – December 10, 2007
… The rapid and large increase in ethanol production was spurred by two events: the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and high oil prices, said Paul Westcott, an agricultural economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.….
Baking Costs Take a Beating: Prices Skyrocket for Key Ingredients
Columbus Dispatch – December 8, 2007
… Worldwide demand and shortages are behind most of the price increases. Baking necessities are hit particularly hard, said Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service. "The less-processed, more-raw ingredients experienced higher increases because they're more closely tied to commodities," he said….
Barbed Wire Economic Forces Close Out Era of Cheap Food in U.S.
Billings Gazette – December 3, 2007
… According to the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. consumers spend about 10 percent of their disposable income for food. Of that, 5.8 percent is for food at home and 4.1 percent for eating out….
Fruits, Veggies a Hard Sell
Baltimore Sun – December 2, 2007
… So far, the $6 million program has successfully pushed students to try new foods, said Joanne Guthrie, assistant deputy director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, which studied the effort….
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