Recent
news stories use ERS data and analysis.
Beef prices soar as holiday nears
Charlotte
Observer—June 30, 2005
… Beef's boom is pressuring pork and poultry
prices. Like beef, they're also pennies from
records, said Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's Economic Research
Service
…
Strong to the finish—Americans
eating record amounts of spinach
Modesto Bee (CA)—June
29, 2005
… According to figures from the U.S. Department
of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, annual
consumption of all kinds of spinach — fresh,
frozen and canned — jumped 66 percent in
the decade between 1992 and 2002 …
Area experts: Mad cow case is no cause for alarm
Davis
Enterprise (CA)—June 28, 2005
… According to the USDA's Economic Research Service, total beef consumption
in the United States was 27 billion pounds in
2003 and 27.6 billion pounds in 2004 …
Steady chicken diet keeps Draper Valley on track
Puget
Sound Business Journal—June
26, 2005
… Consumer demand for chicken, while seemingly flat for the past several
years, has grown steadily over the past few decades.
Per capita consumption last year hit 85 pounds per year, according to the Economic
Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture …
China's supermarkets present export opportunity
Asia
Times— June 24, 2005
Reprint of USDA article co-authored by ERS economist.
Feeding the hungry—grocery
stores, restaurants donate food
Hagerstown Morning Herald— June
27, 2005
... A study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
Economic Research Service found that about 96 billion
pounds of food-27 percent of what was available
for human consumption - were wasted at the retail,
consumer and service levels ...
Beef prices in bull market
Florida Today — June 14, 2005
... The average retail price of a pound of choice
beef was near a record $4.255 in April, the latest
available figure, according to the U.S. Department
of Agriculture's Economic Research Service ... .
Technology is paying off
Battle Creek Enquirer – June
14, 2005
… According to the Economic Research
Service of the USDA, the percentage of family
income Americans spend on food at home, at somewhere
around 7 percent, is far lower than anywhere else
in the world. …
Consumers paying more for beef than ever before
Clarksburg Exponent and Telegram –
June 13, 2005
… According to data from the U.S. Department
of Agriculture Economic Research Service, beef prices
were relatively stable until January of 1979, when
the retail price of a pound of beef rose to over
$2 …
Retail beef prices near record
Rapid
City (SD) Journal – June 13,
2005
… Retail prices for choice beef averaged
$4.25 a pound in April, the most recent figure
available from the Agriculture Department's Economic
Research Service ...
Foreign companies to accelerate Indian apparel
export
Hindustan
Times, India—June 13,
2005
… Senior economists at the prestigious
Economic Research Service of the US Department
of Agriculture—who are keeping a close tab on
India's textile market—conclude that the
foreign companies would play a key role in accelerating
the export of Indian apparel and other related
products.
…
Dry spell helps wheat harvest
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette —
June 11, 2005
... The leading producers of soft red winter
wheat are Ohio, Illinois and Missouri, said Gary
Vocke, an economist with USDA’s Economic Research
Service. ...
Beef prices sizzling
Daily Democrat, CA – June 8, 2005
... Retail prices for choice beef averaged $4.25
a pound in April, the latest figure available from
the Agriculture Department's Economic Research Service.
…
Mad-cow scare, minimum wage hike blamed for
increases
Press and Sun-Bulletin, NY – June 8,
2005
... The overall Consumer Price Index for all
food is forecast to increase 2.5 to 3.5 percent
in 2005, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Economic Research Service. …
India cotton crop improvements needed-USDA
Reuters – June 3, 2005
... In a special report, the USDA's Economic Research
Service analyzed how India's cotton demand will be affected
by government policies, including taxes that discriminate
against manmade fibers and regulations affecting the
scale and competitiveness of the textile industry. …
Retail beef prices hit near record highs
Washington Post, dailies – June 2, 2005
… Retail prices for choice beef averaged $4.25
a pound in April, the latest period available from the
Agriculture Department's Economic Research Service.
…
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