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Serving Nutritious Meals on Tight Budgets a Challenge
Fort Worth Star-Telegram – November 4, 2007
… Keeping up with food prices this year has been tough for families nationwide, with egg and milk prices going up 35 percent and 20 percent, respectively, from August 2006 to August 2007, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service….
Drought saps corn crop Higher prices offset losses for area farmers
Journal Gazette (Fort Wayne) – October 31, 2007
… In comparison, the national weighted average farm price for corn last year was $3.04 a bushel, according to the USDA's Economic Research Service….
Cranberry Growers Get into the Exports
Daily Herald (Illinois) – October 28, 2007
… "While this year's harvest remains large," the USDA's Economic Research Service said late last month, "growing demand for U.S. cranberries in foreign markets, along with tight inventory supplies, will likely keep the market strong for U.S. cranberries in 2007-2008."
Wheat Products Soon May Cost More
Columbus Dispatch—October 27, 2007
… Most of the shortage is the result of bad weather across many countries, said Ed Allen, an economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service. There's also a longer-term trend of less wheat planted in the U.S. and Canada because other crops are more profitable, he said….
Sales of cranberries, Native to North America, Increase Overseas
Associated Press, numerous dailies—October 22-23, 2007
… “While this year’s harvest remains large,” the USDA’s Economic Research Service said late last month, “growing demand for U.S. cranberries in foreign markets, along with tight inventory supplies, will likely keep the market strong for U.S. cranberries in 2007-2008.”…
Increased Ethanol Production Helps Md. Grain Growers
Baltimore Sun—October 21, 2007
… Ethanol, a gasoline extender made primarily from corn, is expected to enhance farm profitability in the coming years.… Those are among the findings of a new USDA (ERS) study on the alternative fuel and its impact on agriculture….
Editorial: Missouri’s Short-Sighted Approach to Higher Education
Kansas City Star—October 20, 2007
… The U.S. Department of Agriculture's economic research service has classified 16 Missouri counties as being in "persistent poverty," with 20 percent or more households below the poverty line….
Solai [Co.] Sees Opportunity To Expand Soy Given Rocketing Dairy Prices
St. Louis Post-Dispatch—October 17, 2007
… "The highest [dairy] farm prices we'll see are probably midyear 2007," said Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the Agriculture Department's Economic Research Service. "We'll probably see prices move down a little bit" next year.
First-Hand Farm Knowledge
Lancaster Eagle Gazette (OH)—October 17, 2007
… According to the USDA Economic Research Service, the average age of farmers in 1997 was 54.3 years old. The proportion of farmers age 55 and older rose from 37 percent in 1954 to 61 percent in 1997….
Production Cost for Farmers Reaching New Heights
Billings Gazette—October 14, 2007
… total production expenses will reach a quarter of a trillion dollars in 2007, according to USDA's Economic Research Service forecast…. ERS said that 12 of the 16 expense groups it uses to calculate costs will reach their highest level ever in 2007….
Top of the Food Chain [Tomatoes]
Daily Press (VA)—October 13, 2007
… Much of demand is being met by greenhouse-grown tomatoes, which have become more prevalent, said Gary Lucier, vegetable market analyst for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service….
Walking on Shell Eggs: Cal-Maine Shares Soar
CNN Money—October 5, 2007
… In 2005, per-capita annual consumption of eggs rose to 256, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service….
Five Healthy Food Trends Worth Following
CNN—October 2, 2007
… In the past 10 years, the number of local farmers' markets has more than doubled -- it is up from 1,755 to 3,706, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service….
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