Recent News Stories Use ERS
Data and Analysis
Record Farm Income Likely As Commodity Prices Rise
Los Angeles Times – November 30, 2007
.. Rising prices for wheat, soybeans and other commodities should propel U.S. net farm income to a record $87.5 billion this year, up sharply from about $59 billion in 2006, the U.S. Department of Agriculture [ERS] forecast Thursday. …
USDA Forecasts U.S. Farm Income at Record $87.5 Billion
Reuters – November 29, 2007
…“The higher prices available to U.S. farmers are principally resulting from strong demand from the domestic biofuels industry and from foreign buyers,” USDA said in its report [ERS farm income forecast].
Sweet Potato Promises Hunger Relief in Developing Countries
Science Daily – November 21, 2007
… Keith Fuglie, of the Resources and Rural Economics Division (ERS) at the United States Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, led the study….
What’s in the Turkey You’ll Be Gobbling? “Organic” Is a Selling Point….
Morning Call (KY) – November 18, 2007
… "I think there is a lot of customer confusion," said Cathy Greene, a USDA senior agricultural economist. "If you want to use the word organic you are mandated to [comply with] pages of very detailed standards….
Farm Bill Crop Subsidies Necessary (MS)
Clarion-Ledger (Jackson) - November 18, 2007
… The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service reports that as of 2006 Mississippi has 11.1 million acres of farmland with 5.82 million acres of cropland and 4.14 million acres of harvested cropland….
Cut Flowers Firmly Planted in Martin County
Palm Beach Post – November 17, 2007
… The U.S. continues to lose market share to overseas producers, said U.S. Department of Agriculture economist Andy Jerardo. 'Two-thirds of what we spend on flowers is imports,' Jerardo said….
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