Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade
The November 2015 quarterly USDA forecasts for agricultural trade in the United States in FY 2015 and FY 2016 are presented and discussed in this report.
Economic Incentives to Supply Safe Chicken to the National School Lunch Program
This report examines the food safety performance of producers supplying raw chicken to the National School Lunch Program through the Agricultural Marketing Service to determine if reputation is enough incentive for producers to supply safe food.
Economic Incentives to Supply Safe Chicken to the National School Lunch Program
This report examines the food safety performance of producers supplying raw chicken to the National School Lunch Program through the Agricultural Marketing Service to determine if reputation is enough incentive for producers to supply safe food.
Economics of Antibiotic Use in U.S. Livestock Production
There is mounting concern that use of antibiotics in livestock will contribute to antimicrobial-resistant pathogens, with repercussions for human and animal health. This report explores how limiting antibiotic use for livestock productivity-enhancement purposes may affect farmer practices and profits, as well as market prices and volumes.
Estimating the Effects of Selected Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade on U.S.-EU Agricultural Trade
This study investigates the effects of non-tariff measures (NTM)—specifically, sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers to trade—on agricultural trade between the United States and the European Union (EU). Along with tariff reduction, the removal of NTMs has emerged as a key focus of negotiations in the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
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Economies of Scale, the Lunch-Breakfast Ratio, and the Cost of USDA School Breakfasts and Lunches (1)
This study builds on previous ERS research by examining school breakfast and lunch costs separately to assess how economies of scale and the balance between the number of breakfasts and lunches served affect the costs to schools of providing the meals.
Measuring the Impacts of Off-Season Berry Imports
This report estimates the value to U.S. consumers from the increased availability of off-season imports of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. Additional supplies of these fruits from South America and Mexico are especially valuable to consumers because they occur in winter months, when domestic fruit production is relatively low.
Food Price Outlook
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food is probably the most widely used indicator of changes in retail food prices. ERS regularly updates food price forecasts for the short-term period.
Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook
The Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook report analyzes supply-and-demand conditions in the U.S. fruit and tree nuts markets and provides projections on market conditions for 2015 apple, pear, cranberry, grape and peach crops as well as 2014/15 citrus crops, both fresh and processed markets. It includes an additional section on U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act.
Food Choices and Store Proximity
This report investigates the correlation between living in low-income, low-access (LILA) areas and the purchase of 14 major food groups in order to estimate the effect on diet quality of living in LILA areas.