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  2. National Agricultural Statistics Service - Wikipedia

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    A USDA reorganization in 1961 led to the creation of the Statistical Reporting Service, known today as National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). [1] The 1997 Appropriations Act [2] shifted the responsibility of conducting the Census of Agriculture from U.S. Census Bureau to USDA. Since then the census has been conducted every five years ...

  3. Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration

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    The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) was an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that facilitates the marketing of livestock, poultry, meat, cereals, oilseeds, and related agricultural products, and promotes fair and competitive trading practices for the overall benefit of consumers and American agriculture.

  4. File:USDA yield grades for beef (IA usdayieldgradesf45unit).pdf

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  5. World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates - Wikipedia

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    Livestock (U.S. only) including meat animals, poultry, and dairy. The WASDE report is generally released between the 8th and 12th of each month at 12:00 noon [6] Eastern Time. It is available in electronic form (as a PDF or text file) and can be downloaded from the USDA website from

  6. United States Department of Agriculture - Wikipedia

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    The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.

  7. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory ...

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    Current Under Secretary Jennifer Moffitt. The Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs is a high-ranking position within the United States Department of Agriculture that supervises policy development and day-to-day operations of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration.

  8. Agriculture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Agriculture is a major industry in the United States, which is a net exporter of food. [1] As of the 2017 census of agriculture , there were 2.04 million farms, covering an area of 900 million acres (1,400,000 sq mi), an average of 441 acres (178 hectares) per farm.

  9. Commodity checkoff program - Wikipedia

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    The Sheep Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1994 authorized the creation of the American Lamb Board as a commodity checkoff program. [2]Because individual producers of nearly homogeneous agricultural commodities cannot easily convince consumers to choose one egg or orange or a single cut of beef over another, they often have joined together in commodity promotion programs to use ...