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.…
Farmers near retirement age still working
Forbes, Washington Post, other dailies –
May 25, 2005
… Some older farmers keep their land but
rent it out for retirement money, a move tax laws
may encourage, according to an article in the April
edition of Amber Waves, a publication of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
…
Outlook for 2005 U.S. Agricultural Trade
High
Plains Journal, KS – May 25, 2005
…The U.S. Department of Agriculture
Economic Research Service and Foreign Agricultural
Service have released its outlook for 2005 U.S.
agricultural trade. …
WSU moves to patent potential soybean rust cure
Food Production Daily, Europe – May
25, 2005
…Washington State University (WSU), which
carried out the research work with the U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service
(ARS) has applied for US and international patent
protection….
Growers right on button with exotic mushrooms
San Diego Union Tribune – May 18, 2005
... After 1965, consumption in the United States
quadrupled to nearly 4 pounds per person by 2001,
according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
Economic Research Service. ...
Fed up with lunch waste
Milwaukee Journal
Sentinal – May 17,
2005
… Each year, about $600 million
in food served by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's National School Lunch Program
is thrown away by students, the department's
Economic Research Service estimates. …
China to slash wheat imports: USDA-ERS
Sydney (Australia)
Morning Herald – May
17, 2005
… The USDA's Economic Research
Service says in a monthly wheat outlook report
China's imports will be crucial to determining
world wheat trade in 2005/06.
…
For some farmers nearing retirement age, leaving
the land can be the hard part
Twin Falls Times-News, ID – May 13, 2005
… Some older farmers keep their land but rent
it out for retirement money, a move tax laws may encourage,
according to an article in the April edition of Amber
Waves, a publication of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
Economic Research Service… .
Greenhouse tomatoes: a growing business
Fresh Plaza,
Netherlands – May 10,
2005;
Richmond Times-Dispatch – May 9, 2005
... Over the past 15 years, the greenhouse tomato
business has grown from practically nothing to
account for 17 percent of the North American
tomato supply and roughly 37 percent of all tomatoes
sold in U.S. retail stores, according to the
U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research
Service…
.
Soy rust warning system
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette – May
9, 2005
... If an outbreak occurs, the country’s
economy could lose between $240 million billion
annually, depending on the severity of the soybean
rust, and $2 according to the USDA’s Economic
Research Service….
Demand for organic foods soaring
Associated
Press, Dailies – May 9,
2005
... Cathy Greene, an agricultural economist with
the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic
Research Service, said the retail market for
organic foods continues to grow about 20 percent
each year…
.
Going to seed
Hawaii Business – May 2005
... According to the Economic Research Service
of the US Department of Agriculture, the improved
seeds that have resulted over the past 70 years
are a major contributor to crop yield gains
of all major field crops in the United States… .
Is corn ready to pop?
Forbes–May 3, 2005
... The ERS research provides expert economic
analysis on many critical issues facing farmers,
agribusiness, consumers, and policymakers… .
Soybean rust packs double punch
Pioneer Press,
MN– May 1, 2005
... those [farmers'] losses would equal only 1
percent of the value of soybeans as they travel
through the broader US economy and its food and
industrial product supply chains, the Economic
Research Service economists said... .
This new house: the American dream just keeps growing
Mother
Jones– March/April 2005
Reference—Exurban homes: Economic Research
Service/Department of Agriculture,"Development
at the Urban Fringe and Beyond... ."
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