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Farm Prospects (editorial)
Garden City Telegram (KS) – April 14, 2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture [ERS] predicts the nation's farm income will fall some 20 percent, or $18.1 billion, to $71.2 billion this year….
Variety of Factors Getting Food From Farm to Market Makes Predicting Prices Difficult
Star Tribune (MN) – April 13, 2009
Food prices rose 5.5 percent last year, the largest increase since 1990, according to the Economic Research Service (ERS) at the U.S. Department of Agriculture….
Bringing Home the Bacon
The Courier (IA) – April 12, 2009
Farmers can expect agriculture exports to decline and domestic demand for farm products to somewhat weaken in 2009, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Report…
Weak Corp Prices May End Feast in Farm States
Associated Press, dailies – April 9, 2009
The U.S. Department of Agriculture [ERS] predicts that farm income will fall some 20 percent, or $18.1 billion, this year….
National Health Objectives for Reducing Foodborne Illness
C-SPAN – April 8, 2009
… One study done by the Economic Research Service showed that if you include medical care, time lost from work, and wages and lost productivity, the cost in 2006 was $1.4 trillion….
Food Labels All Over Map
St. Petersburg Times – April 7, 2009
COOL [country-of-origin labeling] compliance is more complex than it sounds…. The record-keeping and keeping meats separate costs food companies and retailers about $506 million a year, estimates the USDA Economic Research Service….
Food Costs Coming Down
Reading [PA] Eagle – April 6, 2009
… in late 2008, prices for oil, corn, wheat and soybeans fell. Those declines, after a predictable lag, are filtering down to grocery shelves, said Ephraim Leibtag, a Department of Agriculture economist….
USDA: Strong Farm Exports To Depend on Weak Dollar
Des Moines Register – April 5, 2009
In a new [ERS] study, the economists predict that U.S. agricultural exports will fall from $117 billion last year to $96 billion in 2009…. All in all, the study says that agriculture should weather the recession better than other sectors of the economy….
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