Dry Beans: Related Links

Overview Background Trade Market Outlook Policy Recommended Readings Recommended Data Questions and Answers Related Links

U.S. Department of Agriculture

• National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
  Crop Production—U.S. and State acreage, yield, and production by bean class, and monthly marketing percentages
  Agricultural Prices—Monthly and season-average grower prices, and potato-bean price index
  Crop Values—Annual crop values and season-average prices

• Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
  Market News, Bean Market News—Weekly dealer and grower prices for dry beans
  Market News, Dry Edible Bean Market News Summary—Annual summary of dealer and grower prices for dry beans
  Domestic Food Purchase Reports—Latest purchases by USDA for a variety of feeding programs
  National Organic Program—Definitions, standards, and program news

• Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
  Attaché Reports—Worldwide commodity and country information
  Trade Database—User friendly online trade data server
  Trade Policy—Trade agreements and news, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and World Trade Organization (WTO)

• Risk Management Agency (RMA)
  Crop Insurance—Crop policy information about dry beans and other commodities
  Publications—Research and development bulletins, newsletters, and fact sheets about crop insurance and general risk management

• Farm Service Agency (FSA)
  Commodity Operations—FSA food purchases for foreign aid
  Program Fact Sheets—FSA fact sheets by topic and year

• Other USDA Agencies
  Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS), United States Standards for Beans—Definitions and U.S. standards for dry beans by class
  Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP)—Food Guide Pyramid, nutrition information, recommendations, and more
  Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Health—U.S. and international phytosanitary standards and import regulations, plant quarantine information, and more
  Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Nutrient Data Lab—Nutrient content of foods

Other U.S. Government

• U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
  Retail Prices Database—Data-query tool to locate dry bean retail prices
  Consumer Price Index Database—Data-query tool to locate the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
  Producer Price Index Database—Data-query tool to locate Producer Price Indexes (PPI)
• U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau
  Population Census—U.S. and State population data and estimates
  2002 Census of Manufacturers—Links to manufacturing data for food

• U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition—Food safety issues and research, HAACP, biotechnology, pesticides, foodborne illness, and more
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—Environmental laws, regulations, and information; also Food Quality and Protection Act
• U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)—Trade and industry investigations, harmonized tariff codes, and 5-year sunset reviews
• United States Trade Representative (USTR)—Information about WTO, NAFTA, Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and more

International Organizations

• World Trade Organization (WTO)—Information about worldwide trade negotiations
• Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations (FAO)—World agricultural news and data (area, production, and trade estimated by country and commodities)

Universities

• Idaho State University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Crops—Idaho dry bean enterprise budgets
• North Dakota State University Extension Service, Dry Beans Menu—Cultural information, planting dates, bean types, and more
• Michigan State University, Dry Bean Resources—Cultural information and research about dry beans
• University of California Cooperative Extension, Current Cost and Return Studies—Vegetable enterprise budgets, cultural information, extension information, and more
• Oregon State University Extension, Oregon Agricultural Enterprise Budgets—Cost of production budgets and extensive commodity time-series database (OAIN) for Oregon