The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has launched a redesigned website (www.ams.usda.gov) to increase transparency and improve stakeholder access to information.
“We revamped our website to make it more user-friendly and responsive to the needs of our many stakeholders,” said AMS Administrator Anne L. Alonzo. “Whether you are looking for information about our services, want to comment on proposed regulations, or are interested in selling food to USDA, our new website makes it easier to find the right information and tools.”
AMS’s broad mission of facilitating marketing makes the agency a critical resource for America’s agricultural producers and businesses. For example, AMS reports price and sales data for hundreds of commodities, purchases food for USDA feeding programs, implements and enforces organic standards under the National Organic Program, and offers technical assistance and grant funding to support local and regional food systems.
In addition to new task-related menus, the website features a responsive design that makes it easy to use on mobile devices. Users who previously bookmarked AMS Market News commodity price data or other information on the old website can still use the same links on the redesigned site.
The redesigned website will be closely integrated with GovDelivery, an email subscription service that will allow users to choose AMS topics of interest. Users will then receive an email when web pages related to those interests have been changed.
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