Mary Bohman, a longtime official at the Economic Research Service and current acting administrator, has been promoted to administrator on a permanent basis, Agriculture Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics Cathie Woteki announced Monday. Read More...

With the end of earmarks, the Agriculture Department may need to ask Congress for the kind of authority that the National Science Foundation has to initiate new research facilities on its own, Agriculture Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics Catherine Woteki said in a wide-ranging interview with The Hagstrom Report. Read More...

USDA Economic Research Service Administrator Kitty Smith will retire August 13, Agriculture Undersecretary for Research, Education and Economics Cathie Woteki has announced. Read More...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today introduced an Internet-based mapping tool that pinpoints the location of "food deserts" around the country and provides data on population characteristics of census tracts where residents have limited access to affordable and nutritious foods. Read More...

The USDA Economics Research Service has released a report on the differences between the systems to measure farm subsidies used by the World Trade Organization and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Read More...