Recent News Stories Use ERS
Data and Analysis
EU Agriculture and Trade Policy in the Midst of Financial Turmoil
Truth About Trade & Technology – April 30, 2010
According to data on the website of the Economic Research Service of USDA, after the latest EU enlargement in 2007, the average farm size is now 34.1 acres with a range of 171 acres in the United Kingdom to 7.2 acres in Hungary. The average farm size in the pre-2004 EU-15 was also a relatively small 46.2 acres….
ERS Report Targets Restaurant Meal Downside
Feedstuffs – April 28, 2010
…an analysis by the U.S. Economic Research Service (ERS) suggests that eating food prepared away from home may be one reason that Americans consume too few fruits, vegetables and whole grains and too much saturated fat, sodium and sugar. …
Fox Business Shopping Cart Increased in March
Fox Business News – April 26, 2010
The increase in the cost of produce was led by a sharp jump in the cost of a pound of field grown tomatoes which went from $1.77 in February to $2.01 in March, an increase which came as no surprise to Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the US Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service….
Not All St. Louisans Have Easy Access to Food
St. Louis Globe-Democrat – April 18, 2010
In St. Louis city and county, more than 60,000 low-income households are more than a mile from the nearest grocery store, according to the USDA’s [ERS’s] Food Environment Atlas….
In Northeast Indiana, Whether to Eat Healthy or Unhealthy Is a Split Decision
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette – April 18, 2010
…a federal database and the maps it creates put our habits in glaring perspective. The guilt-inducing maps are a project of the USDA’s Economic Research Service, called the Your Food Environment Atlas and can tell you just how much soda pop we guzzle, per capita, per year.
Healthier Lifestyles Get a Fresh Approach from GE [new refrigerator]
Bloomberg Business Wire – April 16, 2010
With the average family of four spending $170*** [ERS report cited] per week on food, that adds up to more than $3,500 per year in food that we purchase but never get a chance to eat.
U.S Agriculture Still Posting a Trade Surplus
AgWeb – April 14, 2010
Trade data released by USDA indicate U.S. agriculture registered a $3.073 billion trade surplus in Feb. 2010… and USDA's Economic Research Service will issue a more-detailed update on the trade data later….
U.S., Mexico First Ladies Strive for Healthy Dialogue on Obesity Trend
Dallas Morning News – April 12, 2010
… Mexico ranks as one of the world's top consumers of soft drinks, downing an average of 42 gallons per person per year, but people in parts of Texas and the American South consume nearly double that amount at home, between 70 and 89 gallons per capita, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service….
Oklahoma Residents Get Reliable, Safe Drinking Water
High Plains Journal – April 9, 2010
Re: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds from USDA’s Rural Development
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.
Organic Milk Production Slowing
Natural Foods Merchandiser – April 8, 2010
The speeding organic milk train has come to a slow crawl, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. To blame: high operating costs, complicated production systems and unclear access-to-pasture rules.
Livestock, Poultry Outlook Still Guarded in 2010
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association – April 5, 2010
Kenneth H. Mathews, PhD, an agricultural economist with the USDA-ERS, said current decreased cow inventories have set the stage for declines in beef production for the next few years. The nation has the fewest cows since 1951—as well as the fewest cattle since 1959….
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