Previous Newsroom Items: August 2008

Update: 2008 Farm Income Forecast
(Aug. 28, 2008)
Net farm income in 2008 is forecast at $95.7 billion, up 10 percent from 2007. This update includes the initial release of 2007 farm income for individual States.

Farm Bill: Comparing Old and New
(Aug. 22, 2008)
Online product compares key provisions of the new Farm Bill with 2002-07 farm legislation, side by side. It includes a user's guide, A-Z list of major provisions, and internal search function. See News Release

Is Dietary Knowledge Enough?
(Aug. 11, 2008)
Using a demand model, ERS illustrates how both long-term health objectives and immediate visceral influences (e.g., time pressure) influence food choices.
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Declining Use of Nutrition Labels
(Aug. 11, 2008)
ERS examines changes on consumers’ use of nutrition labels on food items between 1995-96 and 2005-06 and finds that use has declined for most components of labels.
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