Completed Peer Reviews
In accordance with OMB's Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review, 
ERS's Peer Review Agenda for potentially influential scientific information is reported below. The agenda is updated quarterly.
ERS Peer Review Agenda for Potentially Influential Scientific Information
(Completed January 2013 through March 2013) |
| Working Title |
Description |
Peer Review Plan |
| Food and Commodity Price Stabilization Policies: A Synthesis |
Economic Research Report |
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Processing Meat and Poultry for Local Markets: From Convenience to Commitment
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Economic Research Report |
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Non-convergence in Domestic Commodity Futures Markets: Causes, Consequences and Remedies
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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The First Fifteen Years of Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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Multi-Program Participation in SNAP and Unemployment Insurance: How Tight are the Strands of the Recessionary Safety Net?
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Economic Research Report |
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U.S. Wheat Production: Background and Costs of Production
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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Association Between Total Diet Cost and Diet Quality is Limited
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Economic Research Report |
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Food Insecurity in Households with Children in 2010-11: Prevalence, Severity, and Household Characteristics
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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Nutrition Standards Would Impact Availability of Most Competitive Foods but Have Smaller Revenue Effects for Most School Foodservices
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Economic Research Report |
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Farm Size and the Organization of U.S. Crop Farming
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Economic Research Report |
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ERS Peer Review Agenda for Potentially Influential Scientific Information
(Completed October 2012 through December 2012) |
| Working Title |
Description |
Peer Review Plan |
| The Role of Conservation Programs in Drought Adaption |
Economic Research Report |
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What's Driving Trends in Fluid Milk Consumption?
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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Occupational Composition in Off-Farm Industry by U.S. Farm Households
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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Rural Broadband at a Glance, 2012
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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Food Insecurity Among Households with a Disabled Adult
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Economic Research Report |
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Households Find Ways to Stretch Their Milk Dollar When Budgets Are Tight
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Economic Research Report |
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SNAP and Diet Quality: A Treatment Effects Approach
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Economic Research Report |
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The Impact of Tax Reform on Farm Businesses and Rural Households
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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Rural America at a Glance, 2012 Edition
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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Global Biofuel Markets: The Importance of Growing Production, Policy and Trade
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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ERS Peer Review Agenda for Potentially Influential Scientific Information
(Completed July 2012 through September 2012) |
| Working Title |
Description |
Peer Review Plan |
| Irradiation for the Mitigation of Pest Risks from Imported Fruit and Vegetables |
Economic Research Report |
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| Farm Level Financial Impacts of Ending Direct Payments |
Economic Brief |
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| Who are Women Farm Operators and What Do They Produce? |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Introduction of New Food Products with Voluntary Nutrient-Content Claims, 1989-2010 |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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Resources, Policies, and Agricultural Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Economic Research Report |
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Assessing Potential Technical Enhancements to the U.S. Household Food Security Measures
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Technical Bulletin |
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The Evolving Roles of the Public and Private Sectors in Agricultural Research and Development
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Economic Brief |
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Beginning Farmers and Ranchers at a Glance
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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Lessons from International Climate Change Mitigation Policies for Agriculture
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Economic Brief |
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Updating the ERS Farm Typology
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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ERS Peer Review Agenda for Potentially Influential Scientific Information
(Completed April 2012 through June 2012) |
| Working Title |
Description |
Peer Review Plan |
| Water, Energy, and Agricultural Policy Linkages: The Case of Cotton in Central Asia |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Agriculture and the Energy Sector: Agriculture's Supply and Demand for Energy Products |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Participation in USDA's Food Assistance Programs Over the Business Cycle |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| The Demand for Disaggregated Food-Away-from-Home and Food-at-Home Products |
Economic Research Report |
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| Characteristics and Production Costs of U.S. Cotton Farms, 2007 |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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Retail Wastelands: Characteristics and Influential Factors of Food Deserts
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Economic Research Report |
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Increased Consumption of Food Prepared Away from Home Poses Challenges for Improving Diet and Health: A Comparison of Diet Quality by Preparation Source, 1977-2008
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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Trends in Nitrogen Management on Cropland and Implications for Policy
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Economic Brief |
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| Access to Affordable and Nutritious Food: An Update of ERS Estimates of Food Access and Food Deserts |
Economic Research Report |
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ERS Peer Review Agenda for Potentially Influential Scientific Information
(Completed January 2012 through March 2012) |
| Working Title |
Description |
Peer Review Plan |
| Multi-Enterprising Farmers: On-Farm Diversification, Off-Farm Business Ventures, and Their Importance in the Rural Economy |
Economic Research Report |
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| Dynamic PEATSim Model: A Documentation and an Application |
Technical Bulletin |
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| Indonesia's Modern Food Retail Sector |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Nonresponse Bias Analysis of BMI Data in the Eating & Health Module |
Technical Bulletin |
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| Immigration Policy and Its Possible Effects on U.S. Agriculture and the Market for Hired Farm Labor: A Simulation Analysis |
Economic Research Report |
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| New Food Choices Free of Trans Fats are Aligning Americans' Diets with Health Recommendations |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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Variation in Competition for Vendors and Customers Across U.S. Farmers' Markets
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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Assessing the Healthfulness of Consumers' Food-at-Home Purchases
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Economic Information Bulletin |
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ERS Peer Review Agenda for Potentially Influential Scientific Information
(Completed October 2011 through December 2011) |
| Working Title |
Description |
Peer Review Plan |
| Estimating the Range of Food-Insecure Households in India |
Economic Research Report |
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| Regional Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the United States |
Economic Research Report |
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| Assessing Duplication in the Farm Safety Net |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Alleviating Poverty in the U.S.: The Role of SNAP Benefits |
Economic Research Report |
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| Regional Trade Agreements: Impacts on U.S. and Foreign Suppliers in Commodity and Manufactured Food Markets |
Economic Research Report |
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| Direct Payments, Crop Insurance, and Environmental Compliance in US Agriculture |
Economic Brief |
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| Multiple Ways to Measure the Price of Healthy Foods |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| China's Volatile Pork Industry |
Outlook Special Report |
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| Long Run Growth Prospects for Wheat Production in Afghanistan |
Outlook Special Report |
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ERS Peer Review Agenda for Potentially Influential Scientific Information
(Completed July 2011 through September 2011) |
| Working Title |
Description |
Peer Review Plan |
| Private-Sector Research Investments in Agriculture, Food and Biofuel |
Economic Research Report |
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| Rural Wealth Creation: Concepts, Measures and Strategies |
Economic Research Report |
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| Baselines in Environmental Programs and Markets |
Economic Brief |
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| Promotional Competition for National Brand and Private Label Food Products |
Economic Research Report |
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| Major Uses of Land in the United States, 2007 |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Changing Farm Structure and the Distribution of Farm Payments |
Economic Research Report |
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| Rural America at a Glance, 2011 Edition |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Policy, Technology, and Efficiency of Brazilian Agriculture, 1985-2006 |
Economic Research Report |
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| Renewable Identification Numbers Under the Renewable Fuel Standard: Implications for U.S. Corn and Soybean Oil Markets |
Outlook Special Report |
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| Where's the (Not) Meat?: Byproducts from Beef and Pork Production |
Outlook Special Report |
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ERS Peer Review Agenda for Potentially Influential Scientific Information
(Completed April 2011 through June 2011) |
| Working Title |
Description |
Peer Review Plan |
| Factors Influencing the Adoption of Precision Agriculture |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| The Infant Formula Market: Consequences of a Change in the WIC Contract Brand |
Economic Research Report |
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| Increased Realism: How Americans Perceive Their Diet Quality |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Effects of Third-Party Audits and Plant Characteristics on Food Safety Technology Use in Meat and Poultry Plants |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| How Much Time Do Americans Spend on Food? |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Economic Growth, Income Inequality, and Poverty: A Parametric Approach |
Economic Research Report |
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| An Analysis of the Limited Base Acre Provision of the 2008 Farm Act |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Farms Important to Rural Development Policy's New Focus on Local Foods and Renewable Energy |
Economic Research Report |
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| Water Conservation in Irrigated Agriculture: Trends and Challenges in the Face of Emerging Demands |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Trends in U.S. Farmland Values and Ownership |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Revenue Programs Triggered a Different Levels of Aggregation: Analysis of Expected Payments, Risk Reduction and Revenue Program Election |
Economic Research Report |
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| Public Agricultural Research Spending and Future U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth: Scenarios for 2010-2010 |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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International Food Security Assessment, 2011
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Outlook Special Report |
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International Food Security Assessment, 2010 Update: Higher Food Commodity Prices Mitigated by Improved Production Performance
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Outlook Special Report |
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European Financial Imbalances: Implications of the Eurozone Sovereign Debt Problem for U.S. Agricultural Exports
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Outlook Special Report |
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NAFTA at 17: Trade Liberalization Fades Into the Background
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Outlook Special Report |
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Estimating the Share of Imports in U.S. Food Consumption
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Outlook Special Report |
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Food Commodity Prices Have Risen-Again
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Outlook Special Report |
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ERS Peer Review Agenda for Potentially Influential Scientific Information
(Completed January 2011 through March 2011) |
| Working Title |
Description |
Peer Review Plan |
| International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns: An Update Using 2005 International Comparison Program Data |
Technical Bulletin |
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| Farmers' Direct Marketing of Local Food in the United States |
Economic Research Report |
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| Federal Tax Policies and Rural America |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Grassland To Cropland Conversion In The Northern Plans: The Role Of Markets And Policy |
Economic Research Report |
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| Impact of Regional Approaches to Rural Development: Initial Evidence on the Delta Regional Authority |
Economic Research Report |
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| Modern Grocery Retailing: A Potential Driver of Food Demand in Developing Countries |
Economic Research Report |
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| Food Security Improved Following the ARRA Increase in SNAP Benefits in 2009 |
Economic Research Report |
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| Geographic Differences in the Relative Prices of Healthy Foods |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Trends and Developments in Hog Manure Management: 1998-2009 |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Forecasting Models for the U.S. Dairy Industry |
Economic Research Report |
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| The Changing Nature of U.S. Farming |
Economic Information Bulletin |
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| Do Low Prices For Foods and Beverages Increase Children's Weight? |
Economic Research Report |
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| Wheat Flour Price Shocks and Household Food Security in Afghanistan |
Economic Research Report |
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| The Almost Ideal Demand System and The Empirical Analysis of Market Food Demand |
Economic Research Report |
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Estimating the Substitution of Distillers' Grain for Corn and Soybean Meal in the U.S. Feed Complex
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Outlook Special Report |
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Brazil's Cotton Industry: Economic Reform and Development
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Outlook Special Report |
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Contact
For information on ERS's agenda and plans for peer reviews of highly influential scientific assessments and influential scientific information, contact:
Daniel Pick
Economic Research Service
355 E Street, SW
Washington, DC 20024-3221
email: dpick@ers.usda.gov
phone: (202) 694-5278
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