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Previous Newsroom Items: August 2011

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	Farm Income, Median Farm Household Income Forecast Up in 2011 (Aug. 30, 2011) The forecast for 2011 net farm income is $103.6 billion, up 31 percent from 2010. The median income of farm households is also forecast up in 2011. ERS forecasts earnings and expenses across commodities and regions, and farm household income.

	Amber Waves, September (Aug. 22, 2011) Featured in the September issue: • Food spending during economic downturns • Why another food commodity price spike? • Reducing agriculture’s nitrogen footprint • WIC and the infant formula market ...and more

New From ERS

	Precision Agriculture: Adoption Rates (Aug. 24, 2011) Among the trends in key precision agricultural technologies over the past 10 years for major field crops, ERS finds that adoption has been uneven among yield monitors, variable rate application technologies, and GPS maps. Get Report Summary

	Mexico’s Expanding Beef Industry and Trade Impacts (Aug. 22, 2011) The changes in Mexico’s cattle production systems and feedlot practices in recent years will increasingly affect U.S. feeder cattle imports as well as U.S. beef exports to Mexico.

	The Ethanol Decade (Aug. 18, 2011) ERS examines how the farm sector reacted to increased demand for corn needed to fuel a 9-billion-gallon rise in ethanol production in the past decade. In the United States, corn is the primary ethanol feedstock. Get Report Summary

	Energy Prices: Impacts on Ag and Rural Economies (Aug. 18, 2011) ERS looks at direct and indirect impacts of higher energy prices on the agricultural and rural sectors, with scenarios developed for specific energy price changes. Get Report Summary

	WIC’s Effect on the Infant Formula Market (Aug. 18, 2011) ERS examines the market impact on a manufacturer that wins an exclusive contract within a State to provide infant formula as the WIC brand (USDA’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children). Get Report Summary