Dry Beans: Related Links

Dry Beans Briefing Room Background Trade Market Outlook Policy

U.S. Department of Agriculture

• National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
  Crop Production - State-U.S. acreage, yield, and production by bean class, and monthly marketing percentages
  Agricultural Prices - Monthly and season-average grower prices, and potato-bean price index
  Crop Values - Annual crop values and season-average prices

• Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
  Market News, Bean Market News - Weekly dealer and grower prices for dry beans
  Domestic Food Purchase Reports - Latest purchases by USDA for a variety of feeding programs
  National Organic Program - Definitions, standards, and program news

• Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)
  Attaché Reports - Worldwide commodity and country information
  Horticultural and Tropical Products - Market Access Program (MAP), and organic foods
  Trade Policy - Trade agreements and news, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and World Trade Organization (WTO)

• Risk Management Agency (RMA)
  Crop Insurance - Crop policy information about dry beans and other commodities
  Publications - Research and development bulletins, newsletters, and fact sheets about crop insurance and general risk management

• Farm Service Agency (FSA)
  Commodity Operations - FSA food purchases for foreign aid
  Program Fact Sheets - FSA fact sheets by topic and year

• Other USDA agencies
  Federal Grain Inspection Service (FGIS), United States Standards for Beans - Definitions and U.S. standards for dry beans by class
  Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) - Food Guide Pyramid, nutrition information, recommendations, and more
  Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) - U.S. and international phytosanitary standards and import regulations, plant quarantine information, and more
  Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Nutrient Data Lab - Nutrient content of foods

Other U.S. Government

• U.S. Department of Labor, Burea of Labor Statistics
  Retail Prices Database - Data-query tool to locate dry bean retail prices
  Consumer Price Index Database - Data-query tool to locate the Consumer Price Index (CPI)
  Producer Price Index Database - Data-query tool to locate Producer Price Indexes (PPI)
• U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau
  Population Census - U.S. and State population data and estimates
  2002 Census of Manufacturers - Links to manufacturing data for food

• U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - Food safety issues and research, HAACP, biotechnology, pesticides, foodborne illness, and more
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Environmental laws, regulations, and information; also Food Quality and Protection Act
• U.S.International Trade Commission (USITC) - Trade and industry investigations, harmonized tariff codes, and 5-year sunset reviews
• United States Trade Representative (USTR) - Information about WTO, NAFTA, Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), and more

International Organizations

• World Trade Organization (WTO) - Information about worldwide trade negotiations
• Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations (FAO) - World agricultural news and data—area, production, and trade estimated by country and commodities

Universities

• Idaho State University, Commercial Dry Beans - Idaho dry bean enterprise budgets
• North Dakota State University Extension Service, Dry Beans Menu - Cultural information, planting dates, bean types, and more
• Michigan State University, Dry Bean Resources - Cultural information and research about dry beans
• University of California Cooperative Extension, Vegetable Research and Information Center - Vegetable enterprise budgets, cultural information, extension information, and more
• Oregon State University Extension Service - Cost of production budgets and extensive commodity time-series database (OAIN) for Oregon