The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) administers programs that create domestic and international marketing opportunities for U.S. producers of food, fiber, and specialty crops.

For 100 years, AMS has provided free, unbiased price and sales information to assist in the marketing and distribution of farm commodities. Each year, Market News issues thousands of reports, providing the industry with key wholesale, retail and shipping data.

USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) purchases a variety of domestically produced and processed commodity food products through a competitive process among approved vendors, distributing them to American schools, food banks, underserved households across the country, and vulnerable populations around the world

The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) administers programs that create domestic and international marketing opportunities for U.S. producers of food, fiber, and specialty crops. AMS also provides the agriculture industry with valuable services to ensure the quality and availability of wholesome food for consumers across the country.

The primary function of the Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division (LPGMN) of the Livestock & Poultry Program (L&P) is to compile and disseminate information that will aid producers, consumers, and distributors in the sale and purchase of livestock, meat, poultry, eggs, grains, and their related products regionally, nationally and ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) works to improve domestic and international opportunities for U.S. growers and producers. AMS works with a variety of organizations to support to rural America and the Nation’s agricultural sector.

Today, Specialty Crops Market News disseminates detailed information on marketing conditions for hundreds of agricultural commodities at major domestic and international wholesale markets, production areas, and ports of entry.

One of the tools we provide—free of charge—is in-depth market information and analysis. Price, volume, values, weather impacts, supply, and demand—the market and all of the economic factors surrounding it can be complex to track and understand.

Marketing agreements and orders are initiated by industry to help provide stable markets for dairy products, fruits, vegetables and specialty crops. Each order and agreement is tailored to the individual industry’s needs.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12, 2024-- Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) issued a final decision on its website proposing to amend the uniform pricing formulas applicable in all 11 Federal milk marketing orders (FMMOs). This rulemaking proceeding was requested by the dairy industry to evaluate changes to ...