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FSU: Livestock Farmers Market Prices       (1/96)    Stock #96007
Economic Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture
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This data set contains monthly data on procurement, wholesale, retail, and 
farmers’ market prices for beef, pork, milk, eggs, and butter from January 
1993 to February 1995. Data are in Lotus 123.wk1 format.

Farmers’ market prices are defined as the prices charged on farmers 
markets and on other free markets in various regional centers.  Not 
regulated by the state, they are useful in assessing demand.  The data was 
obtained from various publications of Sbornik Informatsionnykh Materialov 
dlya Territorii Rossiiskoi Federatsii (price compendium issued monthly by 
Russian Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs), Interfax's Food and 
Agriculture Report, and Krestyanskoi Vedomosti.  Where monthly averages 
were not available, they were constructed by averaging the average weekly 
prices in the cities.  This method is used by the Russian Ministry of 
Agriculture and is found to be the best indicator of average monthly 
prices.

Among the types of prices in the data, procurement, wholesale, and retail 
prices do not require special explanation.  Farmers’ market prices differ 
from retail pieces, and are defined as the prices charged in farmers’ 
markets and other free markets in regional centers.  Unlike the other 
prices, the farmers’ market prices were not regulated by the state, and 
they could be useful in assessing demand.  The data were obtained from 
various publications of Sbornik Informatsionnykh Materialov dlya 
Territorii Rossiiskoi Federatsii (price compendium issued monthly by 
Russian Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs), Interfax's Food and 
Agriculture Report, and Krestyanskoi Vedomosti.  Where monthly averages 
were not available, they were constructed by averaging the average weekly 
prices in the cities.  This method is used by the Russian Ministry of 
Agriculture and is found to be the best indicator of average monthly 
prices.  

All prices are expressed in both rubles and U.S. dollar equivalents.  
Dollar equivalents are derived by taking the average prices and dividing 
by the average monthly exchange rate. 

The difference between the "Russian average" and the "Russian Federation" 
prices results from where they are derived.  The Russian Federation price 
is provided by the Russian Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs.  The 
"Russian average" price is the average of all cities for which data are 
available in the tables.  
 

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