Recent News Stories Use ERS
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Variety of Factors Getting Food From Farm to Market Makes Predicting Prices Difficult
Star Tribune (MN) – May 20, 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.
Town Can Benefit From $6.2 Million With By Local Effort
Indianapolis Star – May 12, 2009
A 2006 study from the Economic Research Service found that the consumer is paying 81 percent more on a product for value-added services such as packaging, transportation and energy than they would if they bought the product locally….
The Hot Spots for Organic Food
New York Times – May 3, 2009
The largest organic markets by far are for vegetables, fruit and dairy products, according to Catherine Greene, an economist at the Agriculture Department [ERS]….
Dairies Caught in a Tight Squeeze
Lancaster Online (Lancaster Newspapers) – May 2, 2009
…according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, which reported a drop of about 30,000 in the number of dairy cows nationwide between the fourth quarter of last year and the first quarter this year….
A Crop of Confusion
LimaOhio.com – May 1, 2009
According to the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 10 of the 17 expense categories projected by ERS are forecast to fall in 2009, including feed, fertilizer, fuels and oils….
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