Recent news stories use ERS data and analysis.
Pork’s on picnic menu
Cincinnati Enquirer–May 26, 2005
… retail sausage prices were at their
highest level in five years, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
…
US: 2005 agriculture export forecast increased
FreshPlaza, Netherlands–May 26, 2005
… USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS)
says the forecast for US agricultural exports has
been revised to $60.5 billion, up $1.5 billion over
the February estimate. …
Slip in pork consumption shouldn't affect market
Farm Week, IL–May 25, 2005
… American per capita consumption of pork
actually declined in 2004, from an average of 51.8
pounds per person in 2003 to 50.4 pounds, according
to USDA’s Economic Research Service.…
So far, it's strawberry fields forever
Arkansas Democrat Gazette–April 29,
2005
... USDA's Economic Research Service has estimated
that average per capita strawberry consumption reached
6.6 pounds in 2002... .
Measuring Beauty [places]
Scientific
American–May 2005
… U.S. government has joined the trend by
rating each county in the contiguous 48 states
in terms of its natural amenities. The ratings,
made by the Economic Research Service of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, are based on six measures:
January temperature, January sunshine, temperature
gain between January and July (less is better),
July humidity, water area, and topographic variation…
.
Farm groups rally behind CAFTA-DR [Dominican
Republic]
Delta Farm Press – April 25, 2005
… According to USDA’s Economic Research
Service, agriculture exports to the CAFTA-DR regions
were valued at more than $55 billion in 2004 with
corn exports reaching 43 million metric tons valued
at nearly $5.3 billion… .
Product Highlight: Pumpkins
Fresh
Plaza, Netherlands – April 25, 2005
… Economic Research Service estimates
suggest the farm value of the U.S. pumpkin crop
was $172 million in 2000, with the top six States
accounting for $102 million (USDA/NASS)… .
ASA applauds USDA work for soybean rust monitoring
USAgNet – April 20, 2005
… A report by USDA’s Economic Research Service in April 2004 estimated
net economic losses ranging from $640 million to $1.3 billion in the first year
of the pathogen’s establishment in this country….
Number crunching (new dietary guidelines)
Kansas City Star – April 20, 2005
… A report released earlier this month
by the USDA's Economic Research Service found that
despite conditions that would appear to favor higher
fruit and vegetable consumption—higher awareness
of the health benefits, a wider variety of options
available in produce aisles year-round and convenient
preparations—barriers to higher consumption
remain….
Gas prices hiking other costs
Palm Beach Post - April 15, 2005
... food prices will rise about 2 percent to
3 percent overall this year. Most of that is due
to increased energy costs, said Ephraim Leibtag,
a food-price specialist for the Economic Research
Service of the US Department of Agriculture... .
Network of Sentinel Plots Aims to Spot Soy Rust
Reuters
- April 12, 2005
... these plots are critical for how you are going
to be managing soybean rust this spring and summer
if it does spread," said Stan Daberkow, an
economist with the USDA's Economic Research Service….
Beef prices hanging on trade issue
Journal Gazette,
Ft. Wayne, IN – April 10, 2005
... Nearly 10 percent of the beef produced in
the United States was exported in 2003, according
to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic
Research Service. After “mad cow” disease
was discovered, that dropped to about 1.9 percent
in 2004, the Economic Research Service estimates….
State pork producers support CAFTA
Grand Island Independent, Nebraska—April
1, 2005
… Research conducted by the Economic Research
Service (ERS) of the United States Department of
Agriculture indicated that for each dollar of non-bulk
agricultural exports, such as pork, $1.66 in additional
U.S. economic activity is generated ….
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