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Photo: Women looking at a menu board

by Rosanna Mentzer Morrison, Lisa Mancino, and
Jayachandran N. Variyam

A 2010 Federal law will require U.S. chain restaurants to display calorie information on their menus and menu boards. Will consumers use this information to make healthier food choices?


Photo: Chinese grocery store
Income Growth in Developing Countries Can Increase U.S. Agricultural Exports

by Birgit Meade, Andrew Muhammad, and Nicholas Rada

According to USDA long-term projections, continued income growth will make developing countries the main source of the projected increases in global food demand and trade.


Photo: A covered anaerobic lagoon

Higher Carbon Prices Could Spur Adoption
of Methane Digesters

by Nigel Key and Stacy Sneeringer

Currently, methane digesters’ costs often exceed their benefits to livestock producers, but higher prices in voluntary, regional, or national carbon markets could make them profitable for many operations.