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Previous Newsroom Items: May 2009

Spotlight
   
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Amber Waves, June (May 15, 2009)
Featuring:
• Estate taxes and farmers
• Food policy: targeting the ingredients
• Global economy and agricultural trade
• China’s agricultural reforms
• Former SNAP recipients: food-secure?
Get Podcast interview

   
New From ERS
   
Ships in Russian seaport

Russia's Ag Imports (May 15, 2009)
Russia is the second-largest agricultural importer among emerging markets, with imports rising from $7 billion in 2000 to $33 billion in 2008. ERS reviews the causes and outlook.

   
Woman farmer trimming plants

Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (May 15, 2009)
Beginning farmers and ranchers accounted for 10 percent of the sector’s total value of production in 2007. ERS provides an overview of their characteristics and the farm businesses they operate. Get Report Summary

   
Capitol building dome, Washington, DC

Tax Policies and Farm Households (May 15, 2009)
Significant changes in Federal individual income and estate tax policies over the last 10 years have reduced average tax rates for farm households. Get Report Summary

   
Image of Customer Guide cover ERS Customer Guide (May 7, 2009)
A 22-page guide describes the information and analysis provided by ERS, topic by topic, and provides links to website resources on each topic, including major databases and key contacts.
   
Close-up of rice ready for harvest

Behind the Rise in Global Rice Prices (May 7, 2009)
Prices soared from late 2007 to spring 2008 for a commodity that is critical to the diet of about half the world’s population. While prices dropped since April 2008 they are well above pre-2007 levels.

   
Also New

Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook
May 29, 2009

Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade
May 28, 2009

Organic Prices
May 28, 2009

Monthly Milk Cost of Production
May 26, 2009

Analysis and Forecasts of the CPI for Food
May 21, 2009

Feed Grains Database
May 21, 2009

Wheat Data
May 21, 2009

Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook
May 19, 2009

Meat Price Spreads
May 15, 2009

Vegetable and Melons Yearbook Data tables
May 14, 2009

Feed Outlook
May 14, 2009

 

Wheat Outlook
May 14, 2009

Agricultural Outlook Statistical Indicators
May 14, 2009

Cotton and Wool Outlook
May 13, 2009

Oil Crops Outlook
May 13, 2009

Rice Outlook
May 13, 2009

U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update
May 13, 2009

Livestock and Meat Trade Data
May 13, 2009

Aquaculture Data
May 13, 2009

Season-Average Price Forecasts
May 12, 2009

Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (summary)
May 12, 2009

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
May 12, 2009

For more information, contact: Mary Reardon

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Updated date: July 10, 2009