Recent News Stories Use ERS
Data and Analysis
The Changing Value of the Dollar and U.S. Agricultural Trade
Truth About Trade & Technology – January 29, 2010
According the Economic Research Service of USDA, [agricultural] exports in fiscal year (FY) 2009, October 2008-September 2009, in the heart of the slowdown were $96.6 billion, down from the record high of $115.3 billion in FY 2008. That high was due to a combination of higher volumes and higher prices….
USDA Tempers Food Inflation Expectations
Pork Magazine – January 28, 2010
According to USDA's Economic Research Service, a further analysis of the Consumer Price Index shows that the same inflation range applies to both retail and foodservice food prices….
Sugar Association Seeks to Set the Record Straight on ‘Sugar-Sweetened Beverage’ Terminology
Fox Business News – January 26, 2010
Americans consumed more than 5 million tons of HFCS in drinks in 2008, according to the USDA-Economic Research Service.
Market for Organic wheat Not So Rosy These Days
Billings Gazette – January 26, 2010
… In 2005, Montana’s 125,000-plus acres of organic cropland ranked third among states, according to the U.S. Economic Research Service….
‘Fun’ Foods Steer FBN Shopping Cart Prices Higher in December
Fox business News – January 25, 2010
Prices for meat, which surged in November, dropped in December due to holiday specials for ham, according to Bill Hahn of the Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service… Peanut farmers had record crops in 2008-09 but the 2009-10 crop was substantially lower, according to Erik Dohlman of the ERS…. According to another ERS economist, Ephraim Leibtag, the increase in prices for some products could be signs of emerging food price inflation.
China’s Development Emulates Western Example
Capital Press – January 21, 2010
Credit isn't easily available to startup companies and individuals, said Fred Gale, a senior economist at USDA's Economic Research Service who specializes in China…. Right now, the push is to emulate the West's agricultural economy, with its efficient economies of size and consolidated infrastructure, said Francis Tuan, an economist at ERS who also specializes in China.
Processed Foods Do Not Belong in Your Healthy Diet
Examiner.com (Denver) – January 19, 2010
…according to an article published on the U.S. Department of Agriculture [ERS] website our daily caloric intake increased 16% between the years 1970 and 2003. [Amber Waves]
Community Gardening and Community Food Security
Houston Chronicle – January 18, 2010
For Harris County, the USDA [ERS] estimates about 12 percent of our population is food insecure which is about the national average…
Retiring in Rural America
Examiner.com (Denver) – January 16, 2010
The US Department of Agriculture [ERS] recently published a study by John Cromartie and Peter Nelson. The report is called “Baby Boom Migration and Its Impact on Rural America. The researchers claim that if people continue to follow past trends, the small towns and back roads will become home to a very large senior population in the next 10 years….
State of the Earth 2010
National Geographic – January 2010
Special edition – “Earth Pulse: A Visual Almanacs: State of the Earth 2010” – drew on ERS’s Global Food Markets online briefing room and cited ERS economists Anita Regmi (global food), and Hodan Farah Wells and Jean Buzby (U.S. food consumption) as resources.
Producers Cheer Return of Sugar-Sweetened Drinks, Enjoy Profitable Year
Capital Press – January 14, 2010
Typically, high fructose corn syrup costs about 20 to 40 percent less than wholesale refined sugar, but since early 2008 it's been about the same price, according to USDA's Economic Research Service….
Digital Divide Disappearing
Iowa Farmer Today, January 13, 2010
With most Iowans having Internet access, the communities which take advantage of the access and get connected have better growth than those who do not, says Peter Stenberg with the USDA’s Economic Research Service in Washington, D.C….
Breaking Through the Asphalt: Food Policy Councils
Huffington Post - January 12, 2010
The USDA [ERS] recently reported over 49 million people in the U.S. are now "food insecure."
Higher on the Hog
Barron’s – January 11, 2010
Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, says the latest forecast for the consumer-price index for pork in 2009 was down 1.5% to 2.5% from 2008.
Total Farm Assets Decreased During 2009
US AgNet – January 7, 2010
…farm-sector assets and equity posted a decline in 2008 for the first time in over 20 years, and are forecast to have declined further in 2009, according to USDA's Economic Research Service Ag Income and Finance Outlook….
School Lunch Program May Need To Help More
Chicago Tribune – January 6, 2010
A recent USDA [ERS] study found that 17 million households face "food insecurity," meaning it's tough to put food on the table.
Cotton Outlook Strengthens
Delta Farm Press – January 6, 2010
Cotton prices have improved relative to some other crops, so the expectation is a plus for the potential for cotton area to be higher,” says Leslie Meyer, USDA-Economic Research Service economist….
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