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Shoppers Win in Food Fight: Something’s Actually Cheaper?
Scranton Times Tribune – February 25, 2009
If there's anything good from a recession, inflationary pressures dissipate," said Ephraim Leibtag, Ph.D., a U.S. Department of Agriculture economist who follows food prices…. “Commodities took a dive in the second half of 2008," Dr. Leibtag said.
Use Grocery Dollars Wisely for Health Benefits
Daily Citizen (GA) – February 20, 2009
A March 2008 USDA [ERS] report shows that prices for unprepared, readily available fresh fruits and vegetables have remained stable relative to dessert and snack foods, such as chips, ice cream and cola….
Steak Dinners See Price Cut
Post-Star (NY) – February 19, 2009
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's [ERS] Farm Income Forecast for the year, softening world economies will result in a lower demand for meats….
Food Check-Out Week Targets Healthy Eating
Journal Gazette (IL) – February 18, 2009
The good news: a March 2008 USDA [ERS] report favorably supports the economics of healthier eating. Recent food price data show that prices for unprepared, readily available fresh fruits and vegetables have remained stable relative to dessert and snack foods, such as chips, ice cream and cola….
Why Hasn’t My Grocery Bill Dropped Like Gas Prices?
The State (SC) – February 17, 2009
… Unsure what will happen to prices in the future, manufacturers have less incentive to slash prices, said Ephraim Leibtag, an economist the Agriculture Department's Economic Research Service….
Food Prices Ease, but Thriftier Shopping Habits Remain
Christian Science Monitor – February 10, 2009
Shoppers can expect the price of necessities ranging from margarine to M&Ms to flatten, even decline, as last year's 18-year high of 6.6 percent food-at-home inflation ratchets down to a more manageable 2 percent in 2009, says Ephraim Leibtag, an economist at the US Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service in Washington.
Cash Crop: Industry Shifting Toward Large, Million-Dollar Farms
Journal-Gazette (IN) – February 8, 2009
The nation’s top-earning farms – those that earned at least $1 million in annual sales – more than doubled their market share between 1982 and 2002, according to a report the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service released in December….
Weld [County] Is No. 8 in US for Ag Production
Greeley Tribune (CO) – February 6, 2009
…he [Colorado State ag economist] said a recent report from USDA’s Economic Research Service dramatically shows the diversity of agriculture, in particular how California and Colorado match up. “This report is really interesting, and it deals with million dollar farms in the new century….”
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