U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA's
Homeland Security page provides information about
what USDA is doing to keep U.S. food and agriculture safe
and includes links to related websites.
National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) provides data on livestock
production and State- and national-level prices.
- Livestock
Slaughter contains data on cattle, calves, sheep,
lambs, hogs, and pigs slaughtered in commercial and
federally inspected plants.
-
Census of Agriculture contains national, State,
and county-level data on livestock.
Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) administers programs that facilitate
the efficient, fair marketing of U.S. agricultural products.
- Market
News provides current, unbiased price and sales
information to assist in the orderly marketing and distribution
of farm commodities.
- Livestock and
Seed Program administers meat grading and certification;
the livestock, meat, and grain market news service;
and regulatory and testing activities.
- Poultry
Programs facilitate the marketing of poultry, eggs,
egg products, and rabbits through grading, certification,
standardization, market news, and commodity procurement
services.
- Dairy Programs
are focused on providing orderly marketing of milk and
adequate supplies of high-quality dairy products at
reasonable prices.
- Program implementation updates and other information
related to Country
of Origin Labeling.
Foreign Agricultural
Service (FAS) provides reports and data on supply
and demand (including imports and exports) for major trading
countries and current world market and trade reports.
Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS) covers animal health
and animal welfare issues.
Food Safety and Inspection
Service (FSIS) is responsible for ensuring that meat,
poultry, and egg products are safe, wholesome, and accurately
labeled.
Grain Inspection,
Packers, and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) facilitates
the marketing of livestock, poultry, meat, cereals, oilseeds,
and related agricultural products and promotes fair and
competitive trading practices for the overall benefit
of consumers and U.S. agriculture.
Agricultural Research
Service (ARS) conducts research to develop and transfer
solutions for agricultural problems of high national priority.
Universities and Affiliated Organizations
The Livestock Marketing
Information Center (LMIC) provides economic analysis
and projections concerning
issues and conditions in the livestock industry since
1955.
University
of Idaho, Department of Agricultural Economics
and Rural Sociology maintains a Resources web
page with links to publications, budgets, and
outlook information.
Michigan State University, Department of
Agricultural Economics offersJim
Hilker's Market Outlook and Probabilistic Price
Forecasts for Grain and Livestock, which provides
commodity forecasts, price outlook articles, and links
to related websites.
Iowa State University,
Extension Economics publishes the online Iowa
Farm Outlook and News, a bimonthly
outlook report on livestock and grain, and information specific to beef cattle at their Iowa
Beef Center.
University of Kentucky, Department of Agricultural
Economics offers a Economic
and Policy Update, which provides a monthly
newsletter on livestock marketing in addition
to articles on other topics.
Kansas State University, Department of Agricultural
Economics provides AgManager,
which focuses on market information, applied research
specific to
the livestock industry, updated prices, and nearby
basis
charts.
Click on Market Updates for weekly and monthly newsletters.
Oklahoma State University, Department
of Agricultural Economics offers information on the Oklahoma
Livestock Market, which includes livestock
market comments, the Fed Cattle Market Simulator,
and
other livestock information.
North Dakota State University, Extension Service maintains
a web page on Livestock
Economics, which includes the Market Advisor, budgets,
and other economic information related to livestock.
University of Missouri, Extension Service
provides several reports—including
Hog Outlook (weekly), Cattle
Outlook (weekly), and Swine
Economics Report—on its Agricultural
Electronic Bulletin Board.
University of
Tennessee, Department of Agricultural Economics publishes
Emmit Rawls' Weekly
Livestock Comments and Tennessee
Market Highlights.
Virginia Tech University, Cooperative
Extension publishes the Weekly Roberts Agricultural
Commodity Market Report.
Farmdoc,
which is jointly operated by the University of Illinois
and Purdue University, offers the Livestock
Price Outlook Newsletter six times a
year.
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