Recent News Stories Use ERS
Data and Analysis
Does Banning use of Food Stamps for Soda Reduce Obesity?
Washington Post – August 21, 2011
To start, financial barriers to soda do look like they lower consumption but not by a whole lot. This idea is discussed in a 2007 USDA [ERS] report, “How Do Low Income Households React To Food Prices?” The study looks at what happens in low-income households when you reduce the price of reduced-fat milk or increase the price of soda, by 10 percent each.
Grass Roots: Health Workers Plant Oases in ‘Food Deserts’
Capital Times-Madison – August 21, 2011
The USDA even has a Food Desert Locator, where you can enter an address, or a city, and see areas of unacceptably low access to healthy food displayed in pink on a map.
Farm States Planting Seeds of National Recovery?
National Journal – August 17, 2011
Rural America, like the rest of the country, is “trying to recover for the most part” at the moment, said Robert Gibbs, chief of the Farm and Rural Household Well-Being Branch in the Agriculture Department’s Economic Research Service.
The Big Payoff: Savvy Shoppers use Coupons to cut Grocery Bills
Sacramento Bee, Seattle Times – August 15, 16, 2011
Halfway through 2011, the expected rise in food prices — 3 percent to 4 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service — is on target.
Food prices: Sticker Shock
NBC Nightly News – August 14, 2011
ERS economist Ephraim Leibtag is quoted on video about outlook for food prices http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/ns/nightly_news/#44167496
Home Again: Working to do Farm Work
Daily Yonder, WKYT-CBS affiliate – August 3,5, 2011
Like so many farmers, we aren't able to live off the farm income alone (Yet). … The USDA's Economic Research Service reports that in 2009 almost 45 percent of American farmers and their spouses work off the farm. Almost 45 percent of farmers claim farm or ranch work as their primary job.
New Cars, No Gas? Will the New car Market Follow the Housing Market?
Yahoo!News – August 2, 2011
Inflation is expected across the economy, according Ephraim Leibtag, Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service economist. Leibtag noted that grocery prices are rising, with dairy and meat among the chief offenders.
Price Spikes are Self-Correcting
Progressive Farmer – August 1, 2011
During the past 40 years, five periods of large increases in agricultural prices were followed by sharp declines. A sixth price surge began in July 2010, reported USDA economist Ron Trostle…. However, such price spikes tend to be self-correcting, said Trostle.
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