Recent News Stories Use ERS
Data and Analysis
USDA Says Farm Income Could Crop in 2006
Wires – November 30, 2006
…USDA said net farm income is forecast at
$58.9 billion in 2006…. [ ERS farm income forecast]
Gobblers Will Be Pricey, Plentiful
Oregonian - November 8, 2006
... After declines in 2004 and 2005, turkey production
figures for the first three quarters of 2006 are in line
with those of 2003, said David Harvey, an agricultural
economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
This Spud’s From Jersey
Newark Star-Ledger – November 1, 2006
… Americans ate 46 pounds of fresh potatoes
per capita in 2005, plus another 55 pounds of frozen potatoes
and another 17 pounds of potato chips, according to the
Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
...
Diet Detective: Obstacles to Healthful Eating Lurk
Everywhere
Winston Salem Journal – November 1, 2006
… according to the USDA Economic Research Service
analysis, more than half of the 69 forms of fruit and
85 forms of vegetables included in the analysis were estimated
to cost 25 cents or less for one serving, and 86 percent
of all …
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