Previous Newsroom Items: May 2009

Amber Waves, June (May 15, 2009)
Featuring:
• Estate taxes and farmers
• Food policy: targeting the ingredients
• Global economy and agricultural trade
• China’s agricultural reforms
• Former SNAP recipients: food-secure?
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Russia's Ag Imports (May 15, 2009)
Russia is the second-largest agricultural importer among emerging markets, with imports rising from $7 billion in 2000 to $33 billion in 2008. ERS reviews the causes and outlook.

Beginning Farmers and Ranchers (May 15, 2009)
Beginning farmers and ranchers accounted for 10 percent of the sector’s total value of production in 2007. ERS provides an overview of their characteristics and the farm businesses they operate. Get Report Summary

Tax Policies and Farm Households (May 15, 2009)
Significant changes in Federal individual income and estate tax policies over the last 10 years have reduced average tax rates for farm households. Get Report Summary

Behind the Rise in Global Rice Prices (May 7, 2009)
Prices soared from late 2007 to spring 2008 for a commodity that is critical to the diet of about half the world’s population. While prices dropped since April 2008 they are well above pre-2007 levels.