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Matthew MacLachlan

Former ERS Staff

COVID-19 Working Paper: National Trends in Food Retail Sales During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) Retail-Based Scanner Data Time-Series Methods for Forecasting and Modeling Uncertainty in the Food Price Outlook Structure of the USDA Livestock and Poultry Baseline Model COVID-19 Working Paper: Changes in Regional Hog Slaughter During COVID-19 Evaluating U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Long-Term Forecasts for U.S. Harvested Area

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ERS Data Products Show Food-At-Home Price Inflation From Producers to Consumers ERS Refines Forecasting Methods in Food Price Outlook Embargoes From Past Avian Flu Outbreaks Reduced Demand for U.S. Chicken Meat Retail Food Price Inflation in 2020 Outpaced Historical Average by 75 Percent The 2012-13 U.S. Drought Heightened Federal Disaster Assistance Payments for Livestock Producers

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Food Price Outlook