ERS Data and Analysis Can Shed More
Light on Current Events
In the News
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High-Speed Internet
Service Eluding Rural Areas (New York Times,
September 28, 2006) |
| From ERS |
Internet
on the Range. Rural areas lag urban areas
in access to the Internet, and a gap is evident
between farm and nonfarm workplaces. Nonmetro
households were also more likely to have dial-up
connections rather than high-speed service
than metro households. |
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In the News
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Salad Producers
Take Hit From Spinach E. coli Outbreak (Associated
Press, September 26, 2006) |
| From ERS |
Factors
Affecting Spinach Consumption in the United
States. ERS provides information on the
market distribution of spinach, including
U.S. spinach consumption by food source (home,
away from home), region of the country, ethnic
background, income class, age, gender, and
race.
Background
Information and Statistics: Fresh-Market Spinach.
Web page provides current data and recent
trends on production, consumption, per capita
use, and the size of the fresh spinach market.
Much of the growth in consumption over the
past decade has been due to sales of triple-washed
cello-packed spinach. |
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In the News
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Wheat Growing
Is Steadily Replaced by Corn (New York
Times, September 16, 2006) |
| From ERS |
Wheat
Backgrounder. Wheat demand has fallen
with changing consumer preferences and strong
competition in export markets. Low returns
led to the substitution of competing crops
for wheat, particularly on the Plains. ERS
reviews the operating and financial characteristics
of wheat farms, wheat export trends, and recent
costs and returns to the sector. |
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In the News
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Farmers Prefer
Crop Subsidies Over “Green” Payments
(Reuters, September 14, 2006) |
| From ERS |
Greening
Income Support and Supporting Green. "Green
payments” refer broadly to farm payment
programs that would merge farm income support
and conservation payments. A challenge is
that income support and conservation payments
have different purposes and often go to different
producers and areas. |
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In the News
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Gates and Rockefeller
Funds Join to Combat Hunger in Africa (Dailies,
September 13, 2006) |
| From ERS |
Food
Security Assessment. In 2005, 777 million
people were food insecure in 70 lower income
countries studied in this report. Sub-Saharan
Africa is the only region where the number
of hungry people has risen—over 19 percent—during
the last decade. |
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In the News
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Experts Say Obesity
Begins at Home (USA Today, September 13,
2006) |
| From ERS |
Overweight
Children: Is Parental Nutrition Knowledge
a Factor? Parents with greater knowledge
about and interest in nutrition are less likely
to have overweight children. Parents’
weight status and their perception of their
own weight status can also factor into the
prevalence of overweight children. | |
In the News
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Fish Farming Nearly
Matches Wild Catch in World Output (New
York Times, September 4, 2006) |
| From ERS |
Aquaculture
Outlook. ERS examines the U.S. aquaculture
industry including production, inventory,
sales, prices, inputs, and trade of catfish,
trout, tilapia, salmon, mollusks, crawfish,
shrimp, ornamental fish, and new species. | |
In the News
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EU Trade Chief
To Confer With Trade Leaders (Des Moines
Register, September 3, 2006) |
| From ERS |
Global
Agriculture and the Doha Round: Market Access
Is the Key. Persistent differences on
necessary cuts in agricultural tariffs and
domestic support were the main factor in suspension
of Doha Round negotiations. Research indicates
that tariff reductions that improve market
access are key to achieving the benefits of
trade liberalization. | |
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