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Concise overviews:
• Rural/Farm Health and    Health Care
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• Rural America at a glance

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Frequently requested data:
• Commodities in the news
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• Farm income
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In the News

	USDA Ag Outlook Forum Registration is open for the 2010 Agricultural Outlook Forum, February 18-19. "Sustainable Agriculture: Key to Health and Prosperity" is this year’s theme. Program at a glance.

	Comprehensive Study Planned on Household Food Choices (Oct. 15, 2009)ERS/USDA selected a Princeton-based firm to collect a broad range of economic and demographic data on food both at home and away from home. Some catagories of data will be available for the first time, and will broaden ERS analysis of household food choices.

New From ERS

	Organic Dairy Sector Evolving (Nov. 2, 2009) ERS addresses size, regional differences, and pasture use in organic milk production. Economic forces have pressured organic dairies to operate more like their conventional counterparts and take advantage of economies of size. Get Report Summary

	Does SNAP Decrease Food Insecurity? (Oct. 29, 2009) ERS used month-by-month analysis to track the prevalence of food insecurity among sample households before and after entrance into the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly the Food Stamp Program. Get Report Summary

	Trends in Food Spending and Food Insecurity (Oct. 23, 2009) From 2000 to 2007, food spending by middle- and low-income households grew more slowly than food prices, and national prevalence of very low food insecurity (food intakes reduced) rose from 3.1 percent in 2000 to 4.1 in 2007. Get Report Summary

	Organic Foods: The Marketing Chain (Sept. 30, 2009) ERS examines what types of consumers buy organic food; how structural change has affected retailing, distribution, and manufacturing; and why the farm supply of organic products lags behind retail demand. Get Report Summary

	Farms’ Potential in Controlling Carbon Emissions (Sept. 23, 2009) Six-page brochure examines the potential role of farmland ownership by operators in determining farm participation in a national cap-and-trade system to control atmospheric carbon and curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Also New

Fruit and Tree Nuts Yearbook Data tables
November 2, 2009

Monthly Milk Cost of Production
October 27, 2009

Analysis and Forecasts of the CPI for Food
October 23, 2009

Rural Amenities
October 22, 2009

Vegetables and Melons Outlook
October 22, 2009

Feed Grains Database (updated)
October 21, 2009

Wheat Data
October 21, 2009

Agricultural Exchange Rate Data Set
October 20, 2009

Agricultural Outlook Statistical Indicators
October 16, 2009

Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook
October 16, 2009

Meat Price Spreads
October 15, 2009

Aquaculture Data
October 14, 2009

Feed Outlook
October 14, 2009

Wheat Outlook
October 14, 2009

Cotton and Wool Outlook
October 13, 2009

Oil Crops Outlook
October 13, 2009

Rice Outlook
October 13, 2009

U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update
October 13, 2009

Livestock and Meat Trade Data
October 13, 2009

Season-Average Price Forecasts
October 13, 2009

Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (summary)
October 9, 2009

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
October 9, 2009

Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook
October 5, 2009

Commodity Costs and Returns Data
October 1, 2009

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Updated date: November 6, 2009