Recent News Stories Use ERS
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Food Makers Look to USDA Planting Report
Associated Press, Forbes, Fortune, Houston Chronicle
- March 29, 2007
... Allen Baker, an agricultural economist with the
USDA's Economic Research Service, said the report is based
on asking farmers at the beginning of March what they
plan to plant, based on the number of acres they have
and the crop rotation cycle they've set up....
Plethora of Poultry: Athens restaurants offer something
for everybody - as long as it's chicken
Decatur (AL) Daily News – March 22, 2007
... According to Amber Waves, a publication by the
U.S. Department of Agriculture and Economic Research Service,
chicken consumption more than doubled between 1970 and
2004....
USDA Projects Big Boost in Corn Acreage
Peoria Journal Star – March 13, 2007
… The most detailed and interesting numbers
arrived Feb. 14: USDA's Agricultural Projections to 2016,
an annual publication of 10-year estimates (but not official
forecasts) of acres, income and prices served up by department's
Economic Research Service….
Florida Orange Crop Expected to Be Lower This Year
Associated Press – March 10, 2007
… Orange juice lovers have seen the cost of
the breakfast favorite rise 80 cents a gallon over last
year, said Susan Pollack, an economist with the Agriculture
Department [Economic Research Service]….
Grocery Bills Gone Wild? Tame Your Spending
Orlando Sentinel – March 7, 2007
… Land cost is a big factor as well, says Ephraim
Leibtag, an economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
Economic Research Service…. " Lower land costs
mean it costs less to build stores.”…
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