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USDA GATS

The Global Agricultural Trade System (GATS) is maintained by the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and contains information on country and commodity exports and imports. New numbers are released monthly, around the fifth day of each month. Available here.

USDA WASDE

The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report is prepared monthly and includes forecasts for U.S. and world wheat, rice, and coarse grains (corn, barley, sorghum and oats), oilseeds (soybeans, canola and palm), and cotton. Available here.

USDA Weekly Export Sales Report

This report monitors U.S. agricultural exports on a weekly basis. U.S. exporters provide information on the quantity of their sales transactions, the type and class of commodity, the marketing year of the shipment and the ultimate destination, which is used to make this report. The report is released every Thursday at 8:30 a.m. Available here.

USDA GAIN Reports

USDA’S Global Agriculture Information Network (GAIN) provides timely information on the agricultural economy, products and issues in foreign countries. Production, supply and distribution (PSD) data in GAIN reports are not official USDA data, but represent estimates made by Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) attachés. Available here.

USDA Grain World Markets and Trade Report

This monthly report includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in grains. The report covers wheat, rice and coarse grains (corn, barley, sorghum, oats and rye). Available here.

U.S. Crop Quality Reports & Websites

USDA Crop Production Progress Report

This report is issued weekly during the growing season (April to November), listing planting, fruiting and harvesting progress and overall condition of selected crops in major producing states. The data, summarized by crop and by state, are republished along with any revisions in the Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin. Available at https://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1048.

USDA Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS)

FGIS facilitates the marketing of U.S. grain and related agricultural products by establishing standards for quality assessments, regulating handling practices and managing a network of Federal, State and private laboratories that provide impartial official inspection and weighing services. The website contains information on their processes and methods. Available at: http://www.gipsa.usda.gov/fgis/fgis.aspx.

Miscellaneous

USDA Foreign Agricultural Services’ (FAS’s) Overseas Office Directory:

This database lists all FAS staff located in the organization’s 93 offices in 72 countries. The database is available at http://apps.fas.usda.gov/overseas_post_directory/.

USDA Export Credit Guarantee Programs Announcements

The USDA administers export credit guarantee programs for commercial financing of U.S. agricultural exports. This website lists allocations for this program. Available at: http://apps.fas.usda.gov/excredits/ecgp.asp.

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