Multimedia

Video:
USDA Study Shows Cropland Decreasing, Productivity Increasing (USDA video at YouTube)

A new video from USDA features ERS economist Cynthia Nickerson discussing land use trends. (February 22, 2012).

Video:
Normal Food Price Inflation In 2012 (USDA video at YouTube)

A new video from USDA features ERS economist Ricky Volpe discussing expectations for food prices in 2012. (December 16, 2011).

Video:
Food Desert Locator

ERS Economist Michele Ver Ploeg provides an overview of the Food Desert Locator. (May 2, 2011)

Transcript: (3 minutes 24 seconds)

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Video:
Food Prices, Spring 2011 (USDA video at YouTube)

A new video from USDA discusses the expected rise in food prices for spring 2011. (March 30, 2011).

Photos:
County Courthouses (USDA slideshow at Flickr)

During a celebrated career that spanned more than 55 years, Calvin Beale was widely acknowledged for pathbreaking research on the farm population. Having once said, "You can't know what's going on in the country from behind a desk in Washington," Mr. Beale visited most U.S. counties before his death in 2008. Along the way, he photographed over 2,000 county courthouses. The photos in this gallery were his favorites. (Februrary 23, 2011).

Videos:
ERS 50th Anniversary

ERS Administrator Kitty Smith, former ERS Administrators Susan Offutt, John E. Lee, and former ERS Deputy Administrator J.B. Penn share their thoughts about the agency's past, present, and future. (Feburary 23, 2011).

Slideshow:
Farm Income Forecast, 2010

This slideshow contains highlights from the recent Farm Income Forecast. (December 10, 2010).

Audio (news conference):
Household Food Security in the United States, 2009

This conference call with reporters features USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon and Dr. Mark Nord of ERS, co-author of the report Household Food Security in the United States, 2009. (November 19, 2010)

(Windows Media Audio file, opens in separate window - 30 minutes, 40 seconds)

Multimedia:
100 Years of Eating in America

The ERS Food Availability (per capita) Data System includes data series on food consumption. The data serve as popular proxies for actual consumption.

Here we show a selection of findings gleaned from the annual data, now updated to 2008.

Audio Slideshow:
Household Food Security in the United States, 2008

This audio slideshow talks about some of the findings in the report, Household Food Security in the United States, 2008. The speaker is Mark Nord, a co-author of the report. (November 16, 2009)

(Requires Adobe Flash Player - 4 minutes 04 seconds)

Video:
Food Prices Going Up

USDA's Broadcast and Media Technology Center recently produced a video on rising food prices in the United States. (August 29, 2008)

(1 minute 29 seconds)

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Video:
House Committee on Education and Labor Food Prices Hearing

Ephraim Leibtag, an Economist for the USDA Economic Research Service, testified at a July 9, 2008 House Committee on Education and Labor hearing concerning the effect of the rising cost of food on child nutrition programs. (July 9, 2008)

(5 minutes 55 seconds)

Video:
Careers at USDA's Economic Research Service

A video overview of the advantages of working at the Economic Research Service. ERS is a primary source of economic information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, covering food, farming, trade, natural resources, and rural development. The video includes comments from staff economists and social scientists.

(4 minutes 17 seconds)

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Audio Slideshow:
Ethanol: Fueling Farm-Sector Adjustments

The rapid rise in use of ethanol as a fuel additive is triggering responses in the agricultural sector. An audio slideshow presents an overview of the impacts on crop and livestock markets, farm income, and retail food prices. (May 18, 2007)

(Requires Adobe Flash Player - 6 minutes 50 seconds)

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Audio Slideshow:
Rural Amenities

This audio slideshow highlights some of the findings from the report Farmland Protection: The Role of Public Preferences for Rural Amenities. The report investigates the relative importance of preserving different amenities conserved by farmland protection programs. (November 14, 2002)

(Requires Adobe Flash Player - 2 minutes)

Audio Slideshow:
40 Years of Service

Roots in Agriculture, Future in the World. (January 11, 2002)

(Requires Adobe Flash Player)

ERS Podcasts

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