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Data Training Webinar: Food Price Outlook

In this webinar, ERS Economists Matthew MacLachlan and Megan Sweitzer will provide an overview of the data and analysis available from the Food Price Outlook data product, highlight its uses, and demonstrate how to find the data on the ERS website.

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Linkages Between Rural Community Capitals and Healthcare Provision: A Survey of Small Rural Towns in Three U.S. Regions

This study examines community-level factors affecting the recruitment and retention of rural healthcare professionals in 150 small towns in 9 States. The most-cited important factors reflect social, human, and physical capital.

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ERS Annual Report, FY 2022

The Economic Research Service's FY 2022 Annual Report: Providing Data and Expert Analyses to Support Evidence-Based Policymaking, highlights selected ERS research accomplishment for Fiscal Year 2022.

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Increasing the Value of Animal Manure for Farmers

This study describes current manure production, handling, storage and use - and describes existing and emerging technologies that have the potential to increase the value of manure or reduce manure management cost.

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News Release: ERS Announces $1.4M in Research Grants to Improve Equitable Healthy Food Access in Partnership with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announce $1.4 million in new research aimed at improving equitable access to healthy food.

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Dietary Quality by Food Source and Demographics in the United States, 1977–2018

This report analyzes data from nationally representative food consumption surveys conducted between 1977 and 2018 to examine U.S. consumers’ nutritional quality relative to the Federal dietary guidance and how this varies by food source.

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U.S. Agricultural Policy Review, 2021

This report is the inaugural edition in a series examining annual developments in U.S. agricultural policies, focusing on policies related to production agriculture, agrofood value chains, and food and nutrition assistance.