Date: September 21, 2021

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will host a series of educational webinars for the pork industry about USDA’s Livestock Mandatory Reporting (LMR) Program. In this series – to be held on October 12, October 19 and October 26, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Central Time each day – USDA Market News staff and a panel of industry representatives will provide an overview of LMR live hog and wholesale pork reporting, and how this information can inform real-world marketing decisions at the farm and other points in the supply chain. While anyone can attend the free webinars, they are targeted to pork producers, feeders and other stakeholders who want a better understanding of LMR.

The first webinar will provide an overview of LMR and includes speakers from USDA Market News, the National Pork Producers Council, the USDA Packers and Stockyards Division and the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The second webinar will provide an overview of LMR live hog reporting and includes speakers from USDA Market News, CME Group, a hog producer and an economist from Iowa State University. The last webinar will provide an overview of LMR wholesale pork reporting and includes speakers from USDA Market News, CME Group, an economist from Partners for Production Agriculture and a representative from Sterling Marketing, Inc.

Information about how to pre-register, and the dates, times, speakers and topics of each webinar are on the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service website.

USDA is focused on building new, more, fairer, and more resilient markets for our farmers, ranchers and producers. In the last five years, stresses and disruptions caused by concentration in livestock markets have impacted not only producers, but consumers as well. These educational webinars will help pork producers better understand LMR data so they can make marketing and production decisions based on the best-available market information.

Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2022 - 10:30am

Contact Info

Public Affairs

PA@usda.gov

(202) 720-8998

Release No.

093-22

WASHINGTON, June 29, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that additional commodities and features are now available on the free USDA Market News App, which provides producers and others along the supply chain with instant access to market information about conventional and organic products. The app was designed to make it easy for all producers to navigate and access the information on a mobile phone.

Version 2.0 includes access to three additional commodity areas – Cotton and Tobacco, Dairy and Specialty Crops, as well as the ability to filter searches to see reports by Commodity Area and Market Type, the ability to add reports to Favorites and Subscriptions by Commodity Area and Market Type, an improved way to manage subscriptions and a calendar feature that provides access to previously released reports.

USDA launched the first version of its free Market News app in February 2022, with access to about 800 livestock, poultry, and grain market reports. Today’s updated version of the app includes market reports for conventional and organic dairy, cotton, and specialty crop commodities.  It also offers greater access to market information by increasing the total number of Market News reports available on the app to nearly 1,500.

“The Market News app helps create a more level playing field for small and medium producers by delivering critical market information to them where they are, when they need it,” said Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt. “With the latest update to the Market News App, now, dairy, cotton, and specialty crop producers can access critical market insights about conventional and organic products through their phone, supporting USDA’s efforts to build more transparent markets.”

Users can search for markets based on their location, by state, or by commodity. They also can add market reports to their favorites for easier access, share reports via text or email, subscribe to reports, and receive real-time notifications when a new report is published. For additional data analysis, the app lets you share the source data behind the reports.

The free USDA Market News app is available in both iOS and Android versions and may be downloaded through the Apple and Google Play stores. Search for “USDA Market News Mobile Application” to download the app and begin exploring its potential.

USDA Market News continues to expand its tools and resources to ensure producers benefit from the vast amount of market information available and understand how this information can provide actionable insight to inform marketing decisions at the farm and other points in the supply chain. This mobile app allows producers to access market data and reports, regardless of where they are, more effectively, efficiently, and on-demand.

Date: Thursday, January 26, 2023 - 1:00pm

Contact Info

Public Affairs

PA@usda.gov

(202) 720-8998

Release No.

017-23

WASHINGTON, January 26, 2023-- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced today the issuance of the first edition of the new weekly National Hemp Report (pdf). The free and publicly available National Hemp Report provides unbiased, timely, and accurate data to help industry stakeholders make business decisions.

The National Hemp Report contains retail advertised prices of hemp products nationally and by region, along with volumes and cost, insurance, and freight (CIF) values of hemp imports into the United States. The report will be issued every Wednesday.

“USDA has recognized the hemp industry’s need for timely market information,” said Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt. “The National Hemp Report will equip stakeholders with weekly price and volume information to help guide smart business decisions.”

Retail advertised prices for hemp are currently available as part of the National Retail Report-Specialty Crops. This new report will be the first-time movement volumes or CIF values of hemp commodities will be published by USDA Market News. It is also the first Market News report dedicated solely to this new commodity group. The National Hemp Report will expand in the future to include additional market information pending ongoing industry engagement.

The National Hemp Report, along with other Market News reports and data, is available on the AMS Specialty Crops Market News web page. You can reach the report through the Hemp Production webpage. You can also subscribe to receive the report through the USDA Economics, Statistics and Market Information System (ESMIS). Additionally, the National Hemp Report is available on My Market News and through the USDA Market News App. The free app is available in both iOS and Android versions and may be downloaded through the Apple and Google Play stores.

For more information about this report, contact Specialty Crops Market News Assistant to the Director Kimberly Mercer at (202) 720-9936 or Kimberly.Mercer@usda.gov.

Date: August 25, 2022

Starting August 29, 2022, USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) will transition its poultry market reports to the My Market News platform and implement a new report format. This is part of an ongoing effort to update the agency’s market reporting platform and improve the user experience and accessibility.

AMS currently issues several regional and national poultry reports at different times and in various formats. The new, all-inclusive report format will expand market transparency by consolidating current data and capturing additional market information not currently reported. In addition, the expanded, user-friendly reports will ease data access by allowing customers to view more data on fewer reports for easier analysis on multiple devices. My Market News provides users with a consistent and clear source of market information, a searchable database, and Application Programming Interface capabilities customers can use to create custom reports, datasets, and visualizations.

The enhanced reports will be available through the USDA Market News App, providing producers and everyone in the supply chain with instant access to market information. Both iOS and Android versions are available to download through the Apple and Google Play stores. Search for “USDA Market News Mobile Application” to download the app and begin exploring its potential.

While most of the changes involve report format and frequency and consolidating existing reports, AMS will discontinue the Weekly Fryers Available for Marketing Report. Although this information will no longer be available on this report, the same data can still be found on the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) website.

To access poultry and egg reports, please visit: www.ams.usda.gov/LPGMN. For more information, contact Lakisha Aller, Assistant Chief, Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News Division, at (515) 284-4460.