Recent
news stories use ERS data and analysis.
ERS says U.S. apple exports may jump 5 percent
due to Japan
Reuters – October 27, 2005
... "The new level of trade may have a
significant impact on the U.S. apple industry, increasing
demand for apples by nearly 5 percent," the
USDA's Economic Research Service said in a special
report ...
Canadian cattle trade flows, but not as fast
as normal
Associated Press, dailies – October
23, 2005
… In 2001, Canada shipped about 1.3 million
cattle to the United States. In 2002, a drought
year, the number was closer to 1.7 million, said
Ron Gustafson, a livestock economist with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service
…
Arkansans gear up for 2007 farm bill
Arkansas News Bureau – October 23,
2005
… In addition to the federal deficit and
trade agreements, the changing nature of the American
farm sector will affect the next farm bill, said
Neilson Conklin, director of the Market and Trade
Economics Division of USDA's Economic Research Service
...
Every bale faces the gaze of the cotton classers
Arkansas Democrat Gazette–October 16,
2005
… The United States is expected to export
16 million bales of cotton this crop year, equivalent
to nearly 40 percent of all the cotton that will
be traded internationally and representing more
than 70 percent of this year’s U. S. cotton
production, according to the Department of Agriculture’s
Economic Research Service ...
Bountiful berries
Kalamazoo Gazette (MI)–October 16,
2005
Short article on blueberries in U.S. and specific
States used ERS data as source.
Older Folks Eating Less Beef in America
Wisconsin Ag Connection–October 14,
2005
Article based on recently released ERS study
“Factors Affecting U.S. Beef Consumption.”
Study ties kids’ weight gain to produce
prices
Associated Press–October 8, 2005
... Elizabeth Frazao, a U.S. Department of Agriculture
[ERS] economist, noted that a separate USDA study
showed low-income consumers, when given an additional
dollar, didn't increase their purchase of fruits
and vegetables ...
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