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Previous Newsroom Items: February 2006

Features

	Food Assistance Landscape, March 2006 (Feb. 15, 2006) The latest Food Assistance Landscape examines trends in USDA’s food assistance programs through fiscal 2005. It highlights ERS findings on patterns of entry and exit in Food Stamp Program participation.

	China's Fruit/Vegetable Exports Pose a Challenge (Feb. 14, 2006) China has raised its profile in global fruit and vegetable markets, due largely to a substantial increase in production, and presenting a challenge to U.S. producers in some markets.

	USDA Baseline Projections (Feb. 10, 2006) USDA’s long-term baseline projections (to 2015) include major agricultural commodities, trade, farm income, and food prices. The projections assume specific conditions for the economy, weather, global situation, and policy.

	Production Costs of U.S. Corn Farms (Feb. 6, 2006) ERS presents information and data on costs of producing corn—the leading U.S. crop in cash receipts—and examines how costs vary with yield, region, production practices, farm size, and operator characteristics.

	Amber Waves–February 2006 (Feb. 1, 2006) The February issue features EU and U.S. organic agriculture markets, the Multifiber Arrangement, agricultural contracting, and a possible connection between Food Stamps and obesity.

	Conservation—compatible practices and programs (Feb. 1, 2006) ERS examines the size, commodity mix, and operator and household characteristics of farms that adopted certain conservation—compatible practices, with and without assistance from government conservation programs. Get Report Summary (pdf)

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