Recent
news stories use ERS data and analysis.
Hurricane damage pushes up prices
Iowa City Press-Citizen–November 29,
2005
...The Economic Research Service, which keeps
independent figures for the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
quotes industry figures to show that wholesale prices
of beet sugar rose from 26.75 cents a pound in August
to 40 cents a pound in October ...
Turkey farmers are crowing
Baltimore Sun–November 23, 2005
... Part of the improvement reflects increased
export demand, which will increase 31 percent this
year to a record 578 million pounds, the Agriculture
Department's Economic Research Service said this
month ...
Fear of bird flu isn't hurting appetite for chicken
Chicago Sun-Times–November 21, 2005
… And consumption of chicken has continued
its steady rise, from 77 pounds per person in 2000
to 84 pounds last year, figures from the U.S. Department
of Agriculture's Economic Research Service show...
Will consumers pay more for turkeys this year?
Scranton
Tilmes–November 13, 2005
... The average live weight of turkeys was at 28.2
pounds through September 2005. That’s up
from 27.1 pounds last year and 26.7 pounds in
2003, according to USDA’s Economic Research
Service...
Farmer income to fall from record 2004: USDA
says farms to contribute $118B to U.S. economy
MarketWatch–November 3, 2005
Net income for farmers in the United States
is expected to fall to $71.5 billion this year from
a record level in 2004, though income from farm
households is forecast to continue a five-year string
of increases, the U.S. Agriculture Department said
in a [ERS] report Thursday.
Turkey likely to gobble up more cash this year
Chicago Sun-Times–November 3, 2005
… The average live weight of turkeys was
at 28.2 pounds through September, up from 27.1 pounds
last year and 26.7 pounds in 2003, according to
the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research
Service ...
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