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Central Valley Rice Farmers Expect Demand To Remain High
Central Valley (CA) Business Times – October 21, 2009
Nathan Childs, an agricultural economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says California farmers will continue to benefit from tight exportable supplies of medium grain rice in the world market and can expect healthy returns reminiscent of the last two years, when the U.S. shipped record levels of medium grain rice exports….
Study Tracks Recent Organic Trends Industrywide
The Packer – October 21, 2009
One of the key findings of the USDA Economic Research Service's Marketing U.S. Organic Foods study, released this fall, is that the number of organic consumers has risen dramatically over the last decade, but these consumers are not easily categorized….
World Food Prize Draws Attention to Food Need
Journal & Courier (IN) – October 17, 2009
Food security for people in 70 developing countries is projected to deteriorate over the next decade, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service. In these nations, the number of people who don't have enough to eat is estimated to rise to 833 million in 2009, an almost 2 percent increase in one year….
More Flour, Fewer Flowers Growing
Chicago Tribune – October 14, 2009 (reprinted from Fresno Bee, Oct. 6)
Food is a necessity, and related industries do well comparatively because shoppers can't cut back on it like they can on luxuries, said Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
Farm Income Projections Down
Corn and Soybean Digest – October 13, 2009
The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) is projecting net farm income to be down 38% in 2009, as compared to 2008 net farm income figures. The total net farm income for U.S. farmers in 2009 is estimated at $54 billion….
A Sticky Issue for Anyone Fond of Fondue and Other Cheesy Delights
Washington Post – October 13, 2009
According to the Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, Americans consumed 32.48 pounds of cheese per capita in 2008, up from 11.37 pounds in 1970….
Working on How To Feed the World in 2050
Reuters AlertNet – October 12, 2009
During a robust debate on the outlook for food and agriculture, Kitty Smith, administrator of Economic Research Service (ERS) at the US Department of Agriculture, said the 2007/08 crisis was "symptomatic of what we can expect in the future"….
Oklahoma Residents Get Reliable, Safe Drinking Water
High Plains Journal – October 10, 2009
USDA's Economic Research Service defines counties as being persistently poor if 20 percent or more of the people who live there were poor over the last 30 years--using the decennial censuses.
Consumer Downturn Hits Meat Sales
North Queensland [Australia] Register – October 10, 2009
The latest average retail prices for August from the USDA's Economic Research Service show that beef retail prices were up slightly in August compared with July, suggesting there may have been another lift in consumer spending on beef.
Price Quality May Vary, but Pumpkins Plentiful
Florida Today – October 9, 2009
"Every year something happens with the pumpkin crop, someplace," said Gary Lucier, an agricultural economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "The problems crop up in the crop and people start saying we're going to be short of pumpkins and no one is going to get their pumpkins. In fact, everyone gets a pumpkin, but sometimes they pay more."
Organic Demand Outstrips Supply
Capital Press – October 8, 2009
… Market penetration for organic food has also grown steadily, according to the USDA Economic Research Service. Sales of organic foods totaled $21.1 billion in 2008 and accounted for over 3 percent of total U.S. food sales….
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