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Previous Newsroom Items: June 2008

New From ERS
 
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Coming Soon: Farm Bill Side-by-Side
(June 23, 2008)
Online product compares new Farm Bill provisions with 2002-07 farm legislation. Sign up to receive an e-mail notice when the Side-by-Side is released.

   
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Economic Organization of Broiler Production
(June 30, 2008)
ERS describes the boiler industry’s organization, use of production contracts, animal housing features, enterprise cost structures, and farm household finances.
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Rice field in California

Acreage Report: From NASS
(June 30, 2008)
For the 2008 Acreage report, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) re-interviewed farmers in flood-affected States to more accurately determine area expected to be harvested. The first estimates of crop yields will be covered in the August 12 Crop Production.

   
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Amber Waves, June (June 2, 2008)
Featuring:
• Food stamps and obesity: what we know
• WTO, globalization, and agricultural trade
• Defining the “rural” in rural America
• China’s agricultural and trade prospects
(Get Podcast interview)

   
Also New

Vegetables and Melons Outlook
June 26, 2008

Monthly Milk Cost of Production
June 25, 2008

Analysis and Forecasts of the CPI for Food (update)
June 20, 2008

Feed Grains Database (update)
June 19, 2008

Wheat Data (update)
June 19, 2008

Oil Crops Yearbook
June 18, 2008

Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook
June 17, 2008

Meat Price Spreads
June 13, 2008

Wheat Outlook
June 12, 2008

Feed Outlook
June 12, 2008

 

Cotton and Wool Outlook
June 11, 2008

Rice Outlook
June 11, 2008

Oil Crops Outlook
June 11, 2008

U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update
June 11, 2008

Livestock and Meat Trade Data
June 11, 2008

Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (summary)
June 10, 2008

Season-Average Price Forecasts
June 10, 2008

World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
June 10, 2008

Agricultural Outlook Statistical Indicators
June 10, 2008

 

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Updated date: August 5, 2008