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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service administers programs that facilitate the efficient, fair marketing of U.S. agricultural products, including food, fiber, and specialty crops.

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Celebrate National Farmers Market Week 2010!

National Farmers Market Week 2010 is August 1-7. How do you plan to celebrate? This year marks the 11th annual National Farmers Market Week. Since the USDA began declaring National Farmers Market Week, the number of farmers markets has grown to 5,274. The excitement is growing! Support your local market!


National Farmers Market Week Proclamation (PDF)

Audio Public Service Announcements -- The following public service announcements are available for public use in celebrating National Farmers Market Week.

USDA Introduces Cattle Dashboard

The Dashboard allows users to see weekly volume and price information presented in graphs and tables that can be customized for viewing and downloaded for use in reports and presentations. The Dashboard offers a friendly format that can be readily understood by producers, packers and other market participants.

Colorado Farmers Market Association: Leveraging USDA Investments to Expand Fresh Food Access

The Agricultural Marketing Service awarded a Farmers Market Promotion Program grant to the Colorado Farmers Market Association to build infrastructure for electronic benefit transfer (EBT) payments at farmers markets from participants in the USDA Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

USDA Releases Guide for Accepting EBT at Farmers Markets

This handbook provides essential guidance for farmers market managers installing an Electronic Benefits Transfer machine to accept nutrition benefits, and advice for making the program work successfully for vendors and customers.

Market News: Helping You Compete Smarter for 95 Years!

Since 1915, producers, processors, manufacturers, shippers, wholesalers and others have relied on USDA Market News for timely, reliable, and unbiased price and market information.

USDA Sets New Standards for Ground Beef Purchases

USDA has completed tough new food safety standards for ground beef purchased by AMS for Federal food and nutrition assistance programs including school lunches. These new requirements will be applicable to all AMS ground beef purchases made on or after July 1, 2010.

Webinar: How to Sell to the USDA

AMS recently presented an interactive webinar entitled "How to Sell to the USDA." The Webinar was hosted by Red Book Credit Services and was part of its free Red Book University educational offerings as a service to the produce industry

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