Ag Industry News

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Our goal is to keep you informed about what's going on in agriculture, whether you're a farmer, ag business owner, homesteader, or have a general interest in farming. Scroll through the resource links below to stay up-to-date on commodity reports and resources. 

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Ag Globe Trotter

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Commodity Reports - *UPDATED*

Get up-to-date commodity reports and comments, current articles, insights about market trends, and more.  The following links have been sourced by U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Cattle

• Slaughter Cattle Summary
• Slaughter Cattle Auctions
• National Direct Slaughter Cattle Reports
• Regional Direct Slaughter Cattle Reports
• Feeder Cattle Summary Reports
• Feeder and Replacement Cattle Auctions
• Direct Feeder Cattle Reports
• Feeder Cattle Internet and Video Auctions

Resources:

• Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting
• Progressive Cattleman Magazine
• Cattle-Fax

Dairy

Reports:

• CME Group - Cash Trading - DMN Reports
• Commodity Averages (weekly/monthly/annual)
• Dairy Market News Portal 
• Dairy Organic
• Dairy Retail
• Dairy Market News Weekly Printed Reports
• Dairy Market Statistics - Annual Summary
• Dairy Graphs
• Individual Dairy Market News Commodity Reports
• Market News Information by Phone

Resources:

• Milk Producers Council
• Progressive Dairyman Magazine

Feedstuffs

Reports:

• State Grain Reports
• Feedstuffs Reports

Hay

Reports:

• USDA Hay Reports

• Hay & Forage Grower

Resources:

• Progressive Forage Magazine
• VA Forage and Grassland Council

Organic

Reports:

• Dairy
  • Market Overview
  • Retail Overview
  • Fluid Overview
  • Biweekly Dairy Organic Report (pdf)
  • Direct to Consumer Organic Dairy Products Prices
• Livestock, Poultry, and Grain
  • National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs Bi-Weekly Report (pdf)
  • Organic Poultry and Eggs
• Retail
  • National Retail Report – Local and Organic
  • Retail Summarized Dataset
  • National Retail Report – Conventional vs Organic
• Specialty Crops
  • National Fruit and Vegetable Organic Summary (pdf)

Poultry

Reports:

• Broiler/Fryer Market News Report (pdf)
• National Broiler Market At-a-Glance
• Weekly National Whole Broiler/Fryer (Fri)
• Weekly National Fowl (pdf)

Resources:

• U.S. Poultry & Egg Association – www.uspoultry.org
• The National Chicken Council – www.nationalchickencouncil.org
• National Turkey Federation – www.eatturkey.org
• West Virginia Poultry Association – 304-530-2725
• Virginia Poultry Federation – www.vapoultry.com

Integrator Contacts:

• Cargill – www.cargill.com
• George’s Inc. – www.georgesinc.com
• Perdue Farms, Inc. – www.perdue.com
• Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation – www.pilgrims.com
• Shenandoah Valley Organic - www.farmerfocus.com
• Tyson Foods, Inc. – www.tysonfoods.com
• Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative – www.vapoultrygrowers.com

Specialty Crops

Reports:

• Market News Portal-USDA
• Fruit
• Herbs
• Honey
• Nuts
• Onions & Potatoes
• Ornamentals
• Vegetables

Swine

Reports:

• Swine Summary Reports
• Swine Auction Reports
• Swine Direct Reports
• National Daily Hog and Pork Summary Report - PDF file
• Actual Livestock Slaughter by Region (Thu)
• West Virginia Swine Auction Reports: Jackson County Regional – Livestock Auction – Ripley, WV (Sat) (pdf)

Resources:

• Farm Journal's Pork

Tobacco

Reports:

• Most Recent Tobacco Stocks Report
• Archived Tobacco Stocks Reports

 

2017 Ag Census

Click on the state you are interested in and then choose state to see information for the whole state, or country to view specific county details.

2017 Census of Agriculture Results

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