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School Lunch Program: Trends and Issues
(July 18, 2008)
Report covers participant characteristics of the Nation’s second-largest food and nutrition program and focuses on rising costs, changing nutritional requirements, and program access and integrity. 
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EU’s Sugar Policy Reform
(July 16, 2008)
ERS examines the implications and potential impacts of the first major reform of the 2005 reform of the European Union’s sugar policy, the first major reform of the policy since 1968.
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Profile of Hired Farmworkers
(July 11, 2008)
ERS examines the size, importance, and composition of the hired farmworker force, updating information published in 2000. These workers make up a third of the farm labor force.
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Ag-Related Investment in India
(July 9, 2008)
Investment in India’s agriculture sector has been sluggish since the early 1990s, but the policy environment has grown more investor friendly and private investment appears to be responding.
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Food Security Assessment, 2007
(July 3, 2008)

The number of food-insecure people (those consuming less than 2,100 calories per day) in 70 developing countries rose from 849 million in 2006 to 982 million in 2007. Food security situation in these countries is likely to deteriorate in the next decade.
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Coming Soon: Farm Bill Side-by-Side
(June 23, 2008)
Online product compares new Farm Bill provisions with 2002-07 farm legislation. Sign up to receive an e-mail notice when the Side-by-Side is released.

   

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Analysis and Forecasts of the CPI for Food (update)
July 23, 2008

Feed Grains Database (update) July 22, 2008

Wheat Data (update)
July 22, 2008

Farm Program Acres (update)
July 21, 2008

Season-Average Price Forecasts
July 21, 2008

Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook
July 18, 2008

Agricultural Exchange Rate Data Set (update)
July 16, 2008

U.S. Sweet Corn Statistics (update)
July 16, 2008

Meat Price Spreads
July 16, 2008

Wheat Outlook
July 15, 2008

Feed Outlook
July 15, 2008

Cotton and Wool Outlook
July 14, 2008

Rice Outlook
July 14, 2008

Oil Crops Outlook
July 14, 2008

U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update
July 14, 2008

Livestock and Meat Trade Data
July 14, 2008

Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (summary)
July 11, 2008

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
July 11, 2008

Agricultural Outlook Statistical Indicators
July 2, 2008

Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S.(update)
July 2, 2008

State Export Data
July 1, 2008

Vegetables and Melons Outlook
June 26, 2008

Monthly Milk Cost of Production
June 25, 2008

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Updated date: July 23, 2008