overview
Animal products account for the majority (51 percent) of the value
of U.S. agricultural products, exceeding $100 billion per year.
ERS analyzes conditions and events that influence supply, demand,
trade, and prices in livestock, dairy, poultry, and aquaculture
markets. This briefing room examines issues not easily assigned
to a particular livestock commodity, such as price reporting or
animal health and welfare.
Information about specific livestock commodities are in separate
briefing rooms.
contents
features
Food
Traceability: One Ingredient in a Safe and Efficient Food Supply
describes the results of an investigation into the amount, type,
and adequacy of traceability systems in the United States, focusing
on the cattle/beef, fresh produce, and grain sectors. The investigation
finds that these systems vary across industries as firms balance
the private costs and benefits to determine the efficient level
of traceability. For the full report, see Traceability
in the U.S. Food Supply: Economic Theory and Industry Studies.
Savvy Buyers
Spur Food Safety Innovations in Meat Processing finds that the
market incentives that motivate private firms to invest in food
safety innovation seem to be fairly weak. Results from an ERS survey
of U.S. meat and poultry slaughter and processing plants and two
case studies of innovation in the U.S. beef industry reveal development
of a number of mechanisms to overcome that weakness and to stimulate
investment in food safety innovation. For the full report, see Food
Safety Innovation in the United States: Evidence from the Meat Industry.
recommended readings
Meat and Poultry Plants' Food Safety
Investments: Survey Findings reports on the first national survey
of the types and amounts of food safety investments made by meat
and poultry slaughter and processing plants since the late 1990s.
Survey results provide evidence that market forces have worked in
conjunction with regulation to promote the use of more sophisticated
food safety technologies.
Live
Cattle Exports from Mexico into the United States highlights
research on the origins and destinations of Mexican cattle imported
into the United States. Recent animal disease outbreaks, food safety
issues, and the possibility of agricultural terrorism raise concerns
about the need for information on movements of agricultural products
into and within the United States. Livestock and meat are of special
concern, given the potential human health and economic impacts of
diseases.
International Trade
of Meat/Poultry Products and Food Safety Issues uses case studies
to evaluate the international trade implications of bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE or mad cow disease), foodborne pathogens (e.g.,
salmonella), and certain production practices (e.g., drug
use for growth promotion) in exporting countries.
See all recommended
readings...
recommended data products
Retail Scanner Prices for Meat
contains monthly average retail price data for selected cuts of
beef, pork, poultry, lamb, and veal, based on electronic supermarket
scanner data.
Commodity Yearbooks
contain annual historical market data for beef, pork, lamb, dairy,
and poultry.
Meat Price
Spreads presents monthly data on farm-to-retail price spreads
for beef, pork, broilers, turkeys, and eggs in Excel and html formats.
Also included are farm-to-wholesale and wholesale-to-retail spreads
and retail prices.
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data products...
glossary
Definitions of terms
used in this briefing room and links to other online glossaries
that provide additional information about animal products and livestock.
questions and answers
What is meant by the phrase "animal products?" What are the USDA
grades of meat? Find the answer to this and other frequently
asked questions about animal production and marketing issues.
our newsletter
Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook
provides monthly market information reports and assesses the impact
of existing, proposed, or potential policies and practices on location
(domestic and international) and structure of production and processing
of animal products.
related briefing rooms
Cattle
Hogs
Poultry and eggs
Dairy
Sheep and wool
Aquaculture
Food marketing and price spreads
Government food safety policies
Traceability in the U.S. Food
Suppy
related links
National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS) provides data on livestock
production and State- and national-level prices.
Foreign Agricultural Service
(FAS) provides reports and data on supply and demand (including
imports and exports) for major trading countries and current world
market and trade reports. Several FAS
commodity pages are devoted to livestock and livestock products.
See all related links...
for more information, contact:
Monte Vandeveer
web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov
page updated: June 3, 2004
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