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2010 Farm Income Forecast—Update (Nov. 30, 2010)
Net farm income is forecast to be $81.6 billion in 2010, up 31 percent from 2009. ERS provides a comprehensive forecast of farm earnings and expenses, and farm household income, across commodities and regions. |
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The Geography of Healthful Food
Your Food Environment Atlas, an ERS online tool, allows users to map and compare U.S. counties on the ability of residents to access healthful food. The tool covers numerous indicators including health, demographic, and food access characteristics (e.g., proximity and concentration of grocery stores). |
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Household Food Security, 2009 (Nov. 15, 2010)
The percentage of U.S. households that were food insecure in 2009 was 14.7 percent. Though that level is essentially unchanged from 2008, the levels in both years are the highest recorded since monitoring began in 1995. Get Report Summary and related materials |
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Amber Waves, December (Nov. 15, 2010)
• Food assistance and the recession
• Local foods gaining popularity
• Price spikes in global rice markets
• Rural population loss
• The produce industry and labor
(Get Podcast interview) |
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Rural Population Loss (Nov. 12, 2010)
Over a third of U.S. nonmetropolitan counties lost at least 10 percent of their population through net outmigration during the past two decades. ERS compares characteristics of such counties with other nonmetro counties. Get Report Summary
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Labor, the Produce Industry, and the Global Economy
(Nov. 12, 2010)
How would immigration reform affect the cost and availability of farm labor for the U.S. produce industry? ERS examines potential grower responses across different fruit and vegetable commodities. Get Report Summary |
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Examining the New Financial Reform Bill (Nov. 10, 2010)
The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act includes new regulations of domestic derivatives markets. ERS reviews some important features of the new law and discusses their potential impact on agribusiness. |
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“No-Till” Farming: A Growing Practice (Nov. 2, 2010)
ERS summarizes U.S. trends in the use of reduced-tillage practices on cropland planted to eight major crops--barley, corn, cotton, oats, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat -- from 2000 to 2007, and provides estimates of acreage under no-till in 2009.
Get Report Summary |
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Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade
November 30, 2010
Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook
November 30, 2010
Monthly Milk Cost of Production
November 29, 2010
Analysis and Forecasts of the CPI for Food
November 24, 2010
Cotton and Wool Yearbook Data tables
November 22, 2010
Wheat Data
November 19, 2010
Feed Grains Database
November 19, 2010
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook
November 19, 2010
Mexico’s Cow-Calf Beef Production
November 18, 2010
Agricultural Outlook Statistical Indicators
November 19, 2010
Meat Price Spreads
November 17, 2010
Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook
November 15, 2010
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Aquaculture Data
November 15, 2010
U.S. Agricultural Trade Data Update
November 12, 2010
Livestock and Meat Trade Data
November 12, 2010
Wheat Outlook
November 12, 2010
Feed Outlook
November 12, 2010
Rice Outlook
November 10, 2010
Oil Crops Outlook
November 10, 2010
Latest U.S. Agricultural Trade Data (summary)
November 10, 2010
Season-Average Price Forecasts
November 9, 2010
World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates
November 9, 2010
Fruit and Tree Nuts Yearbook Data tables
November 1, 2010 |
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| For more information, contact:
Mary
Reardon |
Web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov |
| Updated date:
January 6, 2011 |
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