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Previous Newsroom Items: June 2007
New From ERS
   
Photo of Kitty Smith Kitty Smith Selected To Head ERS
(June 7, 2007)
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns has announced the selection of Kitty Smith as Administrator of the Economic Research Service. She will direct research programs and internal management of the agency, following several months as Acting Administrator and a stint as Associate Administrator.
   
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Amber Waves, June (June 1, 2007)
• Importance of farm payments to farm households
• Food safety: focus on spinach
• What food insecurity data reveal
• Factors influencing what we eat (includes podcast interview)

   
Four family members survey farm field

Family Farm Report, 2007 Edition
(June 1, 2007)
U.S. farms are diverse in size, the commodities produced, financial performance, and business structure, but the overwhelming majority are family farms.
Get brochure and Report Summary

   
Fruit in paper snack cup

Psychology and Food Choices
(June 1, 2007)
ERS looks at behavioral economics and food marketing to identify possible options for guiding consumers' food choice and improving the diet and health of food program participants.
Get Report Summary

   
Also New

U.S. Agricultural Trade
Update—State Exports
June 29, 2007

State Export Data (annual)
June 29, 2007

Analysis and Forecasts of the CPI for Food (update)
June 25, 2007

Monthly Milk Costs of Production
June 25, 2007

Vegetables and Melons Outlook
June 21, 2007

Wheat Data (update)
June 20, 2007

Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook
June 19, 2007

Farm Program Acres (update)
June 18, 2007

Feed Grains Database (update)
June 18, 2007

Meat Price Spreads
June 15, 2007

Feed Outlook
June 13, 2007

 

Wheat Outlook
June 13, 2007

Agricultural Outlook Statistical Indicators
June 12, 2007

Rice Outlook
June 12, 2007

Cotton and Wool Outlook
June 12, 2007

Oil Crops Outlook
June 12, 2007

U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update
June 11, 2007

Season-Average Price Forecasts
June 11, 2007

Livestock and Meat Trade Data
June 11, 2007

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
June 11, 2007

Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (summary) June 8, 2007

Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook
June 4, 2007


 

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Updated date: August 6, 2007