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Bureau of Economic Analysis—Timely annual data on gross output, value added, employment, assets, and capital expenditures for food processing.
Bureau of Labor Statistics—Monthly data on employment, regular and overtime hours for production workers, and hourly earnings for detailed food processing industries in Current Employment Statistics. Monthly price data for food and agricultural products in the Consumer Price Index, the Producer Price Index, and various international price indexes. Annual statistics on productivity and job safety by industry.
Bureau of Transportation Statistics—Details the geographic flows of food and agricultural products in the Commodity Flow Survey, which provides information on transport modes, distances, and shipment sizes by detailed industry and States of origin and destination.
Census Bureau—Wide range of data on food processing, wholesaling, retailing, and foodservice establishments in the Economic Census, conducted every 5 years, which provides information on company and establishment numbers, value added, gross book value, materials usage, sales, and value of shipments by detailed industry and geographic region. Information on concentration by industry, such as share of shipments for the fourth and eighth largest food processing firms.
USDA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration—Annual data on plant numbers and sizes, concentration, and production volumes at cattle, hog, and lamb slaughter plants.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission—Annual and other periodic filings of financial data for all publicly-owned firms, available through the EDGAR data base.
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