Washington, DC
October 3, 2007
Beginning Oct. 5, the Fruit and
Vegetable Market News Service of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS) will launch a new report each Friday. It will
feature weekly advertised retail activity and prices on the most
commonly consumed fresh fruits and vegetables, including several
organic items.
Every day, AMS Market News will survey more than 200 retailers’
Web sites covering roughly 17,000 individual stores across the
United States. AMS will report weighted average retail prices at
both regional and national levels. In addition, AMS will provide
a narrative summary and graphs giving an overview of the weekly
retail activity.
This report will enhance the already extensive market
information provided by Market News, adding retail market
coverage to wholesale and shipping point market coverage.
Customers will have a more complete picture of the nation’s
fruit and vegetable markets. AMS also reports retail markets on
other commodities such as meat, poultry and eggs.
The report can be viewed at no cost on
the Fruit and
Vegetable Market News Portal Web site and
the Market
News Web site.
For more information about the services of AMS’ Fruit and
Vegetable Market News, contact Terry Long at (202) 720-2175 or
terry.long@usda.gov. |
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