Recent
news stories use ERS data and analysis.
Forced to Choose [heat or food]
Times-Standard, CA - December 28, 2005
.. The USDA Economic Research Service has calculated
that every dollar in food stamps spent generates $1.84
in economic activity locally ...
Grocers, academics are spoiling for a fight [battling
food spoilage]
Orlando Sentinel - December 26, 2005
... Now, according to recent studies by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture's Economic Research Service, produce accounts
for about 8.7 percent of total supermarket sales, but
20 percent of the profits ...
Hurricane leaves a sour taste: Price of holiday goodies
goes up
Chicago Sun-Times – December 23, 2005
… The storm damaged the Domino and Imperial Sugar
refineries near New Orleans, sending the wholesale price
of refined sugar from about 26 cents a pound to more than
40 cents, said Stephen Haley, an economist with the USDA's
Economic Research Service ...
Fruit imports heat up area port
News Journal, DE— December 14, 2005
... Chilean grapes during the winter months
are the bulk of the supplies," said Agnes Perez,
agricultural economist at the Economic Research
Service at the USDA ...
Rice mill's niche fragrant
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette–December 11,
2005
... The bulk of that demand [for long-grain, aromatic
rice] has been satisfied through imports, said Nathan
Childs, a senior rice-market analyst for the U. S. Department
of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service...
Indiana hosts 1st Michiana crop summit
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette–December 1,
2005
... The nation’s economy stands to lose between
$240 million and $2 billion each year if soybean rust
outbreaks occur in the future, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research
Service ...
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