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The Beef Is All About High Prices
New York Times, Sun-Sentinel (FL) – May 31,
2007
… "The bottom line is that we have to assume
that beef prices will not come down any time soon,"
says Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the Economic Research
Service of the Department of Agriculture….
Here’s Why Groceries Cost More
Richmond Times Dispatch – May 30, 2007
… Food prices overall were up 3.7 percent from
April 2006 to April 2007, according to the U.S. Department
of Agriculture's Economic Research Service….
A Fresh Look at the Refreshing Cucumber
Newark Star Ledger – May 30, 2007
…Statistics from the US Department of Agriculture's
Economic Research Service … About 62 percent of
all cucumber consumption is in fresh form, with the remainder
processed, primarily as pickles….
It Came From Los Angeles: Pinkberry’s Frozen
Yogurt
Fortune– May 25, 2007
… Per capita consumption of frozen yogurt declined
from 3.5 pounds per person in 1991 to 1.3 in 2005, says
the USDA Economic Research Service…
Demand and Costs Rise for Best Cuts
New York Times – May 23, 2007
“…we have to assume that beef prices will
not come down any time soon,” said Ephraim Leibtag,
an economist who specializes in retail stores and restaurants
for the Economic Research Service of the Department of
Agriculture…
Will Food Companies Get Milked Dry?
Business Week – May 22, 2007
… The Department of Agriculture's Economic Research
Service said in its April, 2007, report, "Milk and
dairy product prices are expected to increase through
the balance of 2007. Small production increases in 2007
will constrain supply in light of continued growth in
demand."…
Rural Areas Offering Guides to Urban Transplants
Associated Press – May 21, 2007
… An estimated 150,000 people move from metro
areas to non-metro areas annually, according to the Economic
Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture….
China’s Budding Food Industry Faces Scrutiny
USA Today – May 21, 2007
… “the share of the U.S. food supply that
comes from China is tiny, probably less than 1 percent,"
said Fred Gale, a senior economist with the China team
at the USDA's Economic Research Service….
Ethanol Effect Spurs More Farmers To Plant Corn
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – May 11, 2007
… if ethanol is pushing up food prices, the
nation's farmers deliver relatively cheap food: U.S. consumers
spend about 10 percent of their income on food, about
the least since 1929, according to statistics provided
by the USDA's Economic Research Service….
Chicken From China?
Boston Globe– May 9, 2007
... Agricultural exports from China to the United
States ballooned from $1 billion in 2002 to nearly $2.3
billion in 2006, according to the US Department of Agriculture
Economic Research Service....
Farmers Rush To Fill Demand for Corn
Minneapolis Star Tribune – May 3, 2007
… U.S. consumers spend about 10 percent of their
income on food, about the least since 1929, according
to statistics provided by the USDA's Economic Research
Service…
Prices High as the Corn
Glens Falls Post-Star, NY –May 2, 2007
… Consumer egg prices have risen 20 percent
in the last year, and "beef and poultry price increases
began to accelerate in 2007," according to a March
briefing from the USDA's Economic Research Service….
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