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

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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.