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Region’s Rice Famers Expect High Demand
Daily Democrat (CA) – October 30, 2009
Nathan Childs, an agricultural economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said California farmers will continue to benefit from tight exportable supplies of medium grain rice in the world market and can expect healthy returns reminiscent of the last two years….
Global Demand for Dry Beans Jumps
Capital Press – October 29, 2009
Black beans and pinto beans accounted for 86 percent of all U.S. dry beans shipped to Mexico during the 2008-09 marketing year, which ended in August, according to a recent report from USDA's Economic Research Service.…
Farmers Fight To Survive Worst Downturn in Decades
The Business Review (Albany) – October 23, 2009
U.S. farm income is forecast to fall 38 percent this year to $54 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture [ERS forecast].
Central Valley Rice Farmers Expect Demand To Remain High
Central Valley (CA) Business Times – October 21, 2009
Nathan Childs, an agricultural economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says California farmers will continue to benefit from tight exportable supplies of medium grain rice in the world market and can expect healthy returns reminiscent of the last two years, when the U.S. shipped record levels of medium grain rice exports….
Study Tracks Recent Organic Trends Industrywide
The Packer – October 21, 2009
One of the key findings of the USDA Economic Research Service's Marketing U.S. Organic Foods study, released this fall, is that the number of organic consumers has risen dramatically over the last decade, but these consumers are not easily categorized….
World Food Prize Draws Attention to Food Need
Journal & Courier (IN) – October 17, 2009
Food security for people in 70 developing countries is projected to deteriorate over the next decade, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service. In these nations, the number of people who don't have enough to eat is estimated to rise to 833 million in 2009, an almost 2 percent increase in one year….
More Flour, Fewer Flowers Growing
Chicago Tribune – October 14, 2009 (reprinted from Fresno Bee, Oct. 6)
Food is a necessity, and related industries do well comparatively because shoppers can't cut back on it like they can on luxuries, said Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
Farm Income Projections Down
Corn and Soybean Digest – October 13, 2009
The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) is projecting net farm income to be down 38% in 2009, as compared to 2008 net farm income figures. The total net farm income for U.S. farmers in 2009 is estimated at $54 billion….
A Sticky Issue for Anyone Fond of Fondue and Other Cheesy Delights
Washington Post – October 13, 2009
According to the Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, Americans consumed 32.48 pounds of cheese per capita in 2008, up from 11.37 pounds in 1970….
Working on How To Feed the World in 2050
Reuters AlertNet – October 12, 2009
During a robust debate on the outlook for food and agriculture, Kitty Smith, administrator of Economic Research Service (ERS) at the US Department of Agriculture, said the 2007/08 crisis was "symptomatic of what we can expect in the future"….
Oklahoma Residents Get Reliable, Safe Drinking Water
High Plains Journal – October 10, 2009
USDA's Economic Research Service defines counties as being persistently poor if 20 percent or more of the people who live there were poor over the last 30 years--using the decennial censuses.
Consumer Downturn Hits Meat Sales
North Queensland [Australia] Register – October 10, 2009
The latest average retail prices for August from the USDA's Economic Research Service show that beef retail prices were up slightly in August compared with July, suggesting there may have been another lift in consumer spending on beef.
Price Quality May Vary, but Pumpkins Plentiful
Florida Today – October 9, 2009
"Every year something happens with the pumpkin crop, someplace," said Gary Lucier, an agricultural economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "The problems crop up in the crop and people start saying we're going to be short of pumpkins and no one is going to get their pumpkins. In fact, everyone gets a pumpkin, but sometimes they pay more."
Organic Demand Outstrips Supply
Capital Press – October 8, 2009
… Market penetration for organic food has also grown steadily, according to the USDA Economic Research Service. Sales of organic foods totaled $21.1 billion in 2008 and accounted for over 3 percent of total U.S. food sales….
When Eating Right Is a Grass-Roots Effort
Washington Post – October 6, 2009
In many ways, much of Washington remains a "food desert," a term used to describe areas where access to affordable, nutritious food is limited (usually by a dearth of grocery stores and of transportation options). A report issued in June by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service includes a map of Washington's food deserts.
Tortillas Up, Bouquets Down During Recession
Fresno Bee – October 6, 2009
… Food is a necessity, and related industries do well comparatively because shoppers can’t cut back on it like they can on luxuries, said Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.
Guide to the Many Types of Rice: the Long and Short of the New Products
Sacramento Bee – October 6, 2009
"More than 80 percent of the rice consumed in the U.S. is produced in the U.S.," USDA economist Nathan Childs said. Most imports come from Thailand (jasmine) followed by India and Pakistan (basmati), he said.
Rural Sophistication
CQ Weekly – October 5, 2009
“The question is, where do the suburbs end and where does rural begin?” said John Cromartie, a demographer at the Agriculture Department [ERS]. “We have this incredibly wide gray area where no one can really say….”
Slim Pickin’s in the Patch
Boston Globe – October 4, 2009
Over the past three decades, the $250 million pumpkin industry has increased in popularity among farmers nationwide, said Gary Lucier, an agricultural economist with the US Department of Agriculture [ERS]. Across the country, 93,000 acres were devoted to pumpkins in 2007, compared with 26,000 in 1982, Lucier said. In New England, that acreage has grown to 5,500 from 1,300, with about 2,037 acres in Massachusetts on 503 farms….
Retiring Baby Boomers Begin Heading for the Country
OregonLive.com (The Oregonian) – October 3, 2009
…new data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, [ERS] says baby boomers will head to the country in big numbers….
The Family Farm, Also Battling the Downturn
New York Times - October 3, 2009
Net farm income is projected to be $54 billion in 2009, a drop of 38 percent from the estimate for 2008, according to the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture. And the income of the average family farm household is expected to be about $76,000, off 5.2 percent from 2008.
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