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U.S. Corn Acreage Expected To Drop Slightly
Dailies – March 31, 2009
… The Agriculture Department's planting report Tuesday does nothing to change last week's Economic Research Service forecast of a 3-4 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for food this year….
Shelving Food’s Rise
Chicago Tribune – March 27, 2009
… as the global economy tanked 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….
RuMBA Launches American Broadband Bill of Rights
Thomson Reuters, Associated Press – March 25, 2009
A recent US Department of Agriculture [ERS] study confirms the disparity in
Broadband access between rural America and urban and suburban areas, with
rural communities less likely to have access to high speed Internet.
www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/EIB47/EIB47.pdf
How the Locals Are Trying To Save Small Business
Independent Street – Wall Street Journal Blogs – March 25, 2009
A study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service found that every dollar spent in food stamps generates $1.84 in economic activity…
Report: Food Prices To Continue Decline
State Journal-Register (IL) – March 18, 2009
A just-completed forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service also suggested consumers should continue to see relief at the supermarket this year when buying beef, eggs, dairy products, fruit, vegetables, bakery products and cereals after last years record surge in commodity prices.
Retail Notes: Pricing for Food Unlike Gas Pricing
Winston-Salem Journal – March 8, 2009
“That would imply that you would expect somewhere in the range of about a 3 to 5 percent decrease in retail prices,” said Ephraim Leibtag, a research economist for the USDA's Economic Research Service. “In some categories we will see that.”… But, Leibtag said that consumers probably won't see much of a decrease in prices for food items that require a lot of processing, packaging and labor.
Eating Well on a Downsized Food Budget
New York Times – March 3, 2009
According to the Economic Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, low-income women who work full time spend just over 40 minutes a day on meal preparation. With a little planning, another 20 or 30 minutes can provide healthy, economical fare….
Agriculture on Up Side of Economic Edge
Lincoln Journal-Star – March 3, 2009
Other indicators from the most recent Agricultural Income and Finance Outlook, put together by USDA’s Economic Research Service, underscore the point. For example: 70 percent of farm operations nationally aren’t carrying over any outstanding debt right now….
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