The Agricultural Marketing Resource Center is an electronic, national resource for producers interested in value-added agriculture. Browse commodities and products, investigate market and industry trends, study business creation and operation, read research results and locate value-added resources.
Food Industry MarketMaker
MarketMaker is a national partnership of land grant institutions and State Departments of Agriculture dedicated to the development of a comprehensive interactive data base of food industry marketing and business data. It is currently one of the most extensive collections of searchable food industry related data in the country. All the information can be mapped and queried by the user. . . MarketMaker
Assessment of the Meat Goat Industry and Future Outlook for U.S. Small Farms
In this report, Dr. Sandra Solaiman of Tuskegee reviews the current status of meat goats in the world and the meat goat industry in the United States to determine its future outlook. Using USDA, U.S. Census Bureau and FAO resources, she confirms that U.S. meat goat production has been gaining popularity because of a growing population of ethnic and faith-based groups who consume goat meat. . . . Meat Goats
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Commodities and Products
- Pine Nuts - Pine nuts are getting attention from today’s cooks and restaurants as a new flavor to add to a variety of dishes.
- Flax - Flax is one of the oldest crops, having been grown since the beginning of civilization.
Business Development
- Family Business Tensions: The Good and the Not So Good - provides you with a video/audio presentation on learning to work with creative and distracting tensions to strengthen your family business.
- Product Life Cycle - If you are considering entering an industry and making a product, knowing where the product is in its life cycle can provide valuable information of how to position your product in the market in terms of price, promotion and distribution.