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  • Factors Affecting U.S. Beef Consumption
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    Beef is a highly consumed meat in the United States, averaging 67 pounds per person per year. Findings based on the 1994-96 and 1998 Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) indicate that most beef was eaten at home. Annual beef consumption per person was highest in the Midwest (73 pounds), followed by the South and West (65 pounds each), and the Northeast (63 p...
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  • Imports From China and Food Safety Issues
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) increased attention to food imports from China is an indicator of safety concerns as imported food becomes more common in the United States. U.S. food imports from China more than tripled in value between 2001 and 2008. Addressing safety risks associated with these imports is difficult because of the vast array of products from Chin...
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  • Regionalism, Federalism, and Taxation
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    This report documents an applied general equilibrium model of the United States. The model features explicit treatment of Federal, State, and local taxes and is segmented into 10 distinct subregions. These subregions engage in inter- and intraregional trade, as well as international trade. Each region is distinguished by its unique composition of industries, capital markets, an...
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  • Changing Structure of Global Food Consumption and Trade
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    Higher income, urbanization, other demographic shifts, improved transportation, and consumer perceptions regarding quality and safety are changing global food consumption patterns. Shifts in food consumption have led to increased trade and changes in the composition of world agricultural trade. Given different diets, food expenditure and food budget responses to income and pric...
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  • Community Food Security Assessment Toolkit
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    This report provides a toolkit of standardized measurement tools for assessing various aspects of community food security. It includes a general guide to community assessment and focused materials for examining six basic assessment components related to community food security. These include guides for profiling general community characteristics and community food resources as ...
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  • Effects of EBT Customer Service Waivers on Food Stamp Recipients
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    Most State agencies are now using electronic benefits transfer (EBT) systems to issue food stamp benefits. To promote operational efficiency, some States have received waivers of certain rules governing EBT use. An exploratory study was conducted to ascertain the effects of these waivers on food stamp recipients. The results show that two of the waivers-those allowing recipient...
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  • China’s Food and Agriculture
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    Assessment of issues that will affect China’s future trends in consumption, production, import, and export of food and agricultural commodities. A series of 13 articles cover China’s food consumption, marketing, international trade, agricultural policy, transportation infrastructure, regional diversity, livestock sector, biotechnology, water and irrigation policy, land tenure s...
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  • Government Patenting and Technology Transfer
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    This report examines the use of intellectual property rights in Federal technology transfer, focusing primarily on the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). ARS uses patenting and licensing when a technology requires additional development by a private sector partner to yield a marketable product. Licensing revenue is not a major motivation. Greater use of patenting and licensin...
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  • Behavioral Economic Concepts To Encourage Healthy Eating in School Cafeterias
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    Changing small factors that influence consumer choice may lead to healthier eating within controlled settings, such as school cafeterias. This report describes a behavioral experiment in a college cafeteria to assess the effects of various payment options and menu selection methods on food choices. The results indicate that payment options, such as cash or debit cards, can sign...
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  • The Ethanol Decade
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    The recent 9-billion-gallon increase in corn-based ethanol production, which resulted from a combination of rising gasoline prices and a suite of Federal bioenergy policies, provides evidence of how farmers altered their land-use decisions in response to increased demand for corn. As some forecasts had suggested, corn acreage increased mostly on farms that previously specialize...
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  • U.S. Fresh Produce Markets
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    Retail consolidation, technological change in production and marketing, and growing consumer demand for produce have altered the traditional market relationships between producers, wholesalers, and retailers. Increasingly, produce suppliers are asked to provide additional marketing services and incentives in exchange for volume purchases and other commitments by buyers. This re...
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  • Food Stamps and Obesity
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    Results from reviewed studies indicate that for most participants in the Food Stamp Program-children, nonelderly men, and the elderly-use of food stamp benefits does not result in an increase in either Body Mass Index (BMI) or the likelihood of being overweight or obese. However, for nonelderly women, who account for 28 percent of the food stamp caseload, some evidence suggests...
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  • Demand for Food Quantity and Quality in China
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    As their incomes rise, Chinese consumers are changing their diets and demanding greater quality, convenience, and safety in food. Food expenditures grow faster than quantities purchased as income rises, suggesting that consumers with higher incomes purchase more expensive foods. The top-earning Chinese households appear to have reached a point where the income elasticity of dem...
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  • Supermarket Loss Estimates for Fresh Fruit, Vegetables, Meat, Poultry, and Seafood and Their Use in the ERS Loss-Adjusted Food Availability Data
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    This study analyzed updated food loss estimates for fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, and seafood obtained through a competitive grant with the Perishables Group, Inc. The new estimates were obtained for use in the ERS Loss-Adjusted Food Availability data. They had little impact on per capita food loss estimates because the new estimates are generally close to the current...
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  • Recent Changes in Marketing and Trade Practices in the U.S. Lettuce and Fresh-Cut Vegetable Industries
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    This report investigates how retail consolidation, changes in technology, and increased consumer demand for convenience, product diversity, and year-round availability have all influenced shipper-retailer relations in the lettuce and fresh-cut vegetable industries.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civiliz...
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  • Agri-Environmental Policy at the Crossroads
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    Agri-environmental policy is at a crossroads. Over the past 20 years, a wide range of policies addressing the environmental implications of agricultural production have been implemented at the Federal level. Those policies have played an important role in reducing soil erosion, protecting and restoring wetlands, and creating wildlife habitat. However, emerging agri-environmenta...
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  • How Retail Beef and Bread Prices Respond to Changes in Ingredient and Input Costs
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    The extent to which cost changes pass through a vertically organized production process depends on the value added by each producer in the chain as well as a number of other organizational and marketing factors at each stage of production. Using 36 years of monthly Bureau of Labor Statistics price indices data (1972-2008), we model pass-through behavior for beef and bread, two ...
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  • The Role of Contracts in the Organic Supply Chain
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    Organic food products are excellent candidates for contract production and marketing because they are produced using a distinct process and are in high demand. This report summarizes survey data on contracting in the organic sector, addressing the extent of contracting, the rationale for using contracts, and contract design for select commodities. The central survey data were c...
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  • The Relationship Between National Brand and Private Label Food Products
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    Over the past two decades, private label food products have grown steadily in sales and often directly compete for market share with national brands. This competition lowers prices and increases product choices for consumers. This report analyzes the relationship between private label and national brand product prices and in-store promotions for two major U.S. grocery store cha...
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  • China’s Agricultural Water Policy Reforms
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    This report documents the problem of water scarcity in parts of northern China and describes China’s agricultural water management policies as well as reforms underway to encourage water conservation.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original a...
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  • Ethanol and a Changing Agricultural Landscape
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 established specific targets for the production of biofuel in the United States. Until advanced technologies become commercially viable, meeting these targets will increase demand for traditional agricultural commodities used to produce ethanol, resulting in land-use, production, and price changes throughout the farm secto...
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  • USDA Agricultural Projections to 2021
    Departm Economic Research Service (ERS)
    This report provides longrun (10-year) projections for the agricultural sector through 2021. Projections cover agricultural commodities, agricultural trade, and aggregate indicators of the sector, such as farm income and food prices.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work w...
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