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OFW Remittances [to Philippines] To Build Buffer Vs. Food Insecurity
ABS-CNN News Online - August 13, 2008
"Food security in the Philippines is projected to remain stable,” the US Congressional Research Service predicted in its latest report on Food Security in Developing Countries (2007-2017). The report relied on data provided by the US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (ERS), and covered 70 developing countries around the world....
Food Prices Eating Holes in Wallets, Profits
Jackson (MI) Citizen Patriot – August 10, 2008
Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture who tracks retail food markets and prices, said the rising costs are most noticeable in soybeans, corn and wheat…. Leibtag predicted food prices will rise about 4 percent to 5 percent in 2009…..
Florida Farmers Face Costliest Season as Fertilizer Prices Soar
Palm Beach Post – August 7, 2008
… Food prices already are forecast to increase by 4.5 percent to 5.5 percent this year as retailers continue to pass on higher commodity and energy prices, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service….
Niche Farming Offers Way Back to the Land
New York Times – August 6, 2008
… In one measure of the growth in smaller farms …the number of organic farms in the United States more than doubled from 1992 to 2005, to 8,500 from 3,600, and the land under their cultivation more than quadrupled, to 4.1 million acres from 935,000 acres, according to the Agriculture Department’s Economic Research Service….
Schools Struggle With Food Costs
Battle Creek Enquirer – August 3, 2008
… With no slowdown in sight, necessary food items — milk, rice, pasta, cheese and bread — experienced double-digit percentage increases in price in 2007, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service….
Bakers Association Official
The Jackson Citizen Patriot – July 19, 2008
… Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture who tracks retail food markets and prices, isn't optimistic that prices will get back down to 2007 levels anytime soon. …
Bad News for the Thinning Wallet: Veggie Prices Just Got Higher
The Windy Citizen (IL) – July 17, 2008
… Ephraim Leibtag, an economist with USDA’s Economic Research Service, says not to be fooled by the jump in the price of fresh vegetables nationwide. “In general they are some of the more volatile items just because of supply and availability,” Leibtag said….
Food Takes Bigger Bite of Budgets
Statesman Journal (OR) - July 14, 2008
… Food prices have increased 5.1 percent overall since May 2007, according to the Consumer Price Index used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service….
Budget Menus Can Still Be Tasty
Shreveport Times (LA) – July 9, 2008
… According to the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, food prices rose 4 percent during 2007, the largest increase in 17 years….
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