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Assessing the Impact of Japanese Disaster on Agriculture
Food Business News – March 29, 2011
According to the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Japan imports about 60% of its food, with the United States the largest supplier. Japan was the United States’ fourth largest agricultural market at $11.8 billion in 2010, the E.R.S. said…
High Produce Prices to Fall with Spring
AP story: Modesto Bee – March 26, 2011; Poughkeepsie Journal, other dailies – March 27, 2011
Vegetables imported from Mexico often offset losses in the U.S. during winter freezes, but that wasn't the case this year because the cold stretched farther south than usual, said Gary Lucier, an agricultural economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
Biting Our Budgets
Chattanooga Times Free Press, MSNBC Chattanooga – March 26, 2011
Several factors are contributing to food prices, including higher grain prices, oil prices and global demand for food, according to Ricky Volpe, an economist with the USDA Economic Research Service. “It means the economy is turning around, but it is a complicated equation. There are going to be winners and losers,” Volpe said.
Grocers Say High Vegetable Prices Should Drop Soon
Chicago Tribune, MSNBC, Washington Post, USA Today, other dailies– March 24, 25, 2011
Vegetables imported from Mexico often offset losses in the U.S. during winter freezes, but that wasn't the case this year because the cold stretched further south than usual, said Gary Lucier, an agricultural economist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service.
USDA ERS Atlas of Rural and Small Town America
AgWired – March 23, 2011
USDA’s Economic Research Service has created an online Atlas of Rural and Small Town America that you might find interesting. It’s an interactive map that allows you to select broad categories of data including people, jobs and agriculture. You can select specific counties to get information or areas like regions and states.
Japanese Calamity Jolts Markets
Beef Magazine – March 22, 2011
Japan is the world’s third-largest economy, after all, though it sputtered in recent years. It imports more than $30-billion worth of ag products each year, according to USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS). About a third of those imports come from the U.S. (the largest exporter to Japan), making Japan one of the leading export markets for U.S.
Senators, Other Leaders Describe Ways to Attack Obesity
Washington Post – March 21, 2011
Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture: .… The Economic Research Service of USDA puts out reports on the cost of fruits and vegetables. They looked at 153 commonly consumed fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. The average price ranged from less than 20 cents to $2.
The Heavy Hand of Inflation Has Descended. What Next?
Huffington Post – March 21, 2011
Commodity prices have been rising for the past 7-8 weeks, according to Ephraim Leibtag, Deputy Director for Research at the USDA and Product Coordinator in the Economic Research Service's Food Economics Division. Between January and February alone, the costs of vegetables rose 23%, while pasta was up 5% and beef 3%.
Farmers to Reap Record Income
Detroit News – March 17, 2011
Income for U.S. farmers probably will jump 20 percent to a record this year as increased crop exports and livestock sales boost food prices. Net-farm income will total $94.7 billion, compared with $79 billion in 2010, the U.S. Department of Agriculture [ERS] said in a recently issued report.
USDA Announces Atlas of Rural and Small town America
Directions Magazine – March 8, 2011
The Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America, developed by USDA’s Economic Research Service, provides county-level mapping of over 60 statistical indicators depicting conditions and trends across different types of nonmetro regions.
Federal Investment in Wheat Research Is Important
High Plains Journal – March 4, 2011
Federal investments in wheat research return $10 to the nation's economy for every dollar spent, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service data.
Stanislaus County Farmers Keep Topping Selves to Feed the World
Modesto Bee – March 1, 2011
"It's been a very steep and pretty unrelenting growth in production in the U.S.," said Kitty Smith, administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service, during a visit to Modesto last week…. Smith, the federal administrator, said this will require investing in research. "There's only so much land," she said, "and the demand for agricultural products of all kinds is just going through the roof."
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