Recent News Stories Use ERS
Data and Analysis
Food Bills Eat Holes in Wallets
Palm Beach Post – January 26, 2008
… "The biggest factor causing food prices to rise more than normal was high energy prices," said Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the USDA's Economic Research Service….
The Egg As Economic Indicator
Charleston Gazette – January 26, 2008
…the price of eggs went up 28 percent last year, according to a preliminary report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service…
Plan To Shut Prisons Stirs Worry in Towns That Depend on Them
New York Times Online – January 26, 2008
… In the 1960s and 70s, an average of four prisons were built each year in rural America; the rate quadrupled in the 1980s and reached 24 a year in the 1990s, according to the federal Agriculture Departments economic research service….
Ease, Taste and Nutrition in a Can of Beans
Star-Ledger (NJ) – January 23, 2008
… According to the US Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, the 14 most widely grown beans for dried production in the country are pinto, navy (pea), Great Northern, black, small white, large lima, baby lima, light red kidney, dark red kidney, pink, small red, cranberry, black eye and chickpea. Others include adzuki, yellow eye and white kidney, also known as cannellini beans….
Business Briefs
Daily Press (VA) – January 19, 2008
… On average, American families and individuals spend 10 percent of their disposable personal incomes for food at home and restaurants - about $2,400 a person, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Department of Economic Research Service….
New Push for More Young Farmers
Omaha World-Herald – January 13, 2008
… Mary Ahearn with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service said that lack of hard numbers has prompted new surveys about how beginning farmers are acquiring land. The results will be released in the coming months….
Enriched Pitch
Baltimore Sun – January 10, 2008
… A recent report from the U.S. Agriculture Department's Economic Research Service said the companies are indeed looking for success in sales. They see marketing opportunities even in health-related regulations they once fought…..
Food Prices Expected To Rise
Columbia Missourian – January 9, 2008
… The Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture expects prices to rise another 4 percent this year. If the projected increase for 2008 proves true, consumers will see the highest increase in food prices since 1990….
Bread Prices Reflect Supply and Demand for Wheat
Western Queens Gazette – January 9, 2008
… According to Wheat Outlook, a report from the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 'The projected U.S. season average farm price is raised 30 cents on each end of the range to $6.20 to $6.60 per bushel, reflecting sharply higher cash and futures prices….
“Amazing” Grain Prices Feeding Farmers’ Income
Topeka Capital-Journal – January 9, 2008
…The U.S. Department of Agriculture [ERS] says net farm income, which includes farm inventory, in 2007 was a record $87.5 billion,…
Orchids Zoom in Popularity
Washington Post Online – January 5, 2008
… The Agriculture Department's Economic Research Service says flowering potted plants and cut-flower bouquets are expanding markets that account for about $20 billion in sales a year….
Healthier Frozen Yogurt Business Looks To Win Over U.S. Consumers
USA Today, Courier-News (NJ) – January 1, 2008
… Production of frozen yogurt has fallen 43 percent to 303.5 million pounds in 2006 from 1990, says Don Blayney of the USDA Economic Research Service, which means the average person ate just a pound of frozen yogurt that year….
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