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Market Information Sources

Available Through the Internet:
Daily to Yearly Market and
Outlook Reports, Prices,
Commodities and Quotes
by

Jean-Charles Le Vallée

MSU International Department of Agricultural Economics

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 MARKET INFORMATION SOURCES AVAILABLE THROUGH THE
INTERNET: DAILY TO YEARLY MARKET AND OUTLOOK
REPORTS, PRICES, AND COMMODITIES AND QUOTES

by

Jean-Charles Le Vallée

Updated July 2001

This paper is published by the Department of Agricultural Economics and the Department of
Economics, Michigan State University (MSU). Funding for this research was provided by the
Food Security II Cooperative Agreement (AEP-5459-A-00-2041-00) between Michigan State
University and the United States Agency for International Development, through the Office of
Economic and International Development, through the Office of Economic and Institutional
Development in Economic Growth Center of the Global Bureau.

Jean-Charles Le Vallée is a Visiting Research Specialist in the Department of Agricultural

Economics at MSU. You may reach him by email at levallee@msu.edu
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 CONTENTS

Section Page

0. GOPHERS TO WORLD WIDE WEB, LINKS AND EMAIL,

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THE INTERNET? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. INTERNET SOURCES ON MARKET INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

2.1. Market Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.1. USDA Market Wire Service, Agricultural Marketing Service,
and Economics and Statistics System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1.2. International and World Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1.3. Inside the U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.1.4. Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1.5. Latin America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.1.6. Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1.7. Asia/Pacific. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1.8. Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.1.9. Specific Commodities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2. Markets, Exchanges and Quotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.3. Links and Other Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.3.1. Agricultural Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.3.2. Agricultural Ecommerce and B2B Web Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.4. Email and Discussion Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
2.5. Weather, Farm Journals and A Currency and Unit Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.5.1. Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
2.5.2. Journals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
2.5.3. Currency and Unit Converter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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 0. Gophers to the World Wide Web, Links and Email,
What in the World is the Internet?

Many forms of communication and presentations of information are available through the Internet.
A wide range of resources can be found which describe thoroughly the endless and ever growing
possibilities of forms and ways in which to communicate through information technology. Many
resource guides for the Internet have been written and are, of course, available on-line. Rudimentary,
this section will only look at and briefly explain the terms which are referred to often in this guide.

The Internet is like a spider's web in which information is made available at connecting points in the
web by institutions, organizations and people who choose to provide this information. These
connecting points are called Internet sites, web sites, or servers. To obtain information from the web,
you must connect to a server or web site. Each server has its own address which is called a Universal
Resource Locator or URL. You can reach an Internet site or server by opening a connection to a
specific URL. Other sites can then be reached from this site by using hypertext links or again by
opening another connection. The hypertext links, or pointers, are usually of different color from the
rest of the text and are underlined. By choosing a particular hypertext link, you have requested
information from a particular section, or page, of one Internet site (connecting point in the spider's
web). You are viewing this information by using a browser. A browser is the navigational software
used to surf the Internet, such as Netscape, Internet Explorer, Qmosaic and others. The information
is downloaded to you from the server through the Internet.

The WWW or World Wide Web can take on the form of text documents, images, sounds, movies,
programs and more. Although the information received through the Internet can come in various
shapes and forms, and through a vast range of resources, by following the links mentioned in this
guide, the information provided will come in the forms of: (1) HTML documents or web pages in web
sites, which means documents with image, color, sound and animation capabilities (or text only
versions for DOS/terminal-like computer screens), and (2) subject trees in gopher sites. For gopher
sites, you can access information through a classification of subjects, or search for keywords in the
various menu titles as well. At web sites, the very first page is often called the homepage. If you wish
to visit the same web page often, you can set up a permanent link in your browser's memory by
bookmarking (saving to memory) the URL. This way you can directly access the web page without
having to search for the correct URL.

Not discussed in this guide, other sources of information can be obtained through the Internet using
resources such as:

Telnet (simple form of connection),

FTP (file transfer protocol, e.g., to download programs),
Usenet (newsgroups and archives of discussions). For questions, indexes, descriptions and
information on how to join, go to:

http://sunsite.unc.edu/usenet-b/home.html
 Veronica (index to gopher sites, heavily used and hard to connect to). Good content, you should
try multiple sites as content varies. For more information on Veronica servers go to:

gopher://gopher.tc.umn.edu:70/11/Other%20Gopher%20and%20Information%20 Servers

Another way to communicate through the Internet is by electronic mail or email. Primarily meant to
exchange messages and information, the use of email has flourished into mailing lists or discussion
groups (different from Usenet newsgroups), and are often referred to as a listserv, listproc or
majordomo. By joining these email-based discussion groups, you can receive up-to-date information
or questions, or post them to the list yourself. They can be a good source of information and
publicity. You can also view the archives of past discussions.

For those who do not have access to the WWW, another possibility for the use of email is to
download or request information from the WWW as text, images, and files in different formats such
as pdf (portable document file, also called Adobe Acrobat format), simply by giving the URL. Thus,
you may have access to any information available on the WWW through email! A good example
could be daily markets prices. Via www4mail, Getweb, and Agora type servers, you can fetch
documents from the WWW. To do so, send an email addressed to:

www4mail@unganisha.idrc.ca

with requests for a WWW document denoted by an URL in the body of the message. Documents and
files under protocols like http, ftp, wais, or gopher may be downloaded. The web site can be visited
at:
http://www.bellanet.org/email.htm

Of the thousands of lists, a few of the related lists to market information will be presented in this
guide. For those who would like to search for interesting mailing/discussion lists, one of the better
sites for descriptions, subscriptions and questions can be found at "Inter-Links" of Nova Southeastern
University. Their URL is:

http://www.nova.edu/Inter-Links/listserv.html

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 1. INTRODUCTION

The WWW, along with email, are simple forms of information technology which have become easily
accessible through the Internet. They offer great sources of up-to-date information and data-sets of
all kinds. They allow you to get in contact, communicate and exchange information in electronic
form. Of particular interest are the increasing number of web sites which pertain to agriculture and
notably to markets. You may find quotes on futures within 10 minutes of their actual calls, and you
may also find outlook reports on specific commodities for the years to come.

This web site serves as a guide to these different sources on market information presently available
on the Internet (see note below1). These sources may be daily, weekly, monthly or yearly reports,
outlook reports, commodity reports or quotes from different exchanges. These reports may also be
set up so that you may receive them directly into your email. Also, you may choose to take part in
discussion groups. Other web sites are of great value and offer hundreds of links to related sites. A
few of these sites are presented here.

This guide may be of use to agricultural economists, market information analysts, librarians, and
others who are interested in market information. Although the web site concentrates partly on grains,
many of the same references to web sites in this virtual library refer to many other types of
commodities that may be of interest. Certain commodities were chosen to help market specialists in
Africa gain pertinent market information on these commodities rapidly through the Internet.
Miscellaneous types of information-related web sites have also been included in this guide which may
help outlook purposes such as up-to-date weather and through electronic mail.

You may also obtain a copy of this guide through the Food Security II Project web pages at the
Department of Agricultural Economics’ web site, of Michigan State University. The site can be
reached at:
http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/market_information.htm

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Note: The WWW evolves rapidly and new web sites are created every day. Web sites
may also disappear, change address (URL) or content. Please note that the many references to
web addresses in this paper were prepared beginning August 26, 1996 and have been updated
regularly. This paper is representative of the web sites which can be found in the Agricultural
Market Information Virtual Library for July of 2001.

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 2. INTERNET SOURCES ON MARKET INFORMATION

2.1. Market Reports

This sub-section covers all sites which offer market data and information from daily closing prices
to weekly, monthly and yearly market reports. They differ by the information, data-banks and reports
provided at each Internet site, by their sources of information, by the regions covered or by
commodities. This Market Reports sub-section has five areas: (1) USDA market wire service,
agricultural marketing service, and economics and statistics system, (2) international and world
markets, (3) Africa, (4) within the United States of America, and (5) specific commodities such as
grains (including rice), soybeans, fruits and vegetables, hogs, cattle and livestock (including forages),
seafood, cotton, nuts and fertilizer market information.

2.1.1. USDA Market Wire Service, Agricultural Marketing Service, and Economics and Statistics
System

The USDA AMS Market News Service. For current U.S. price and sales information, start your
search here. One of the best sources for daily to weekly reports for all kinds of commodity prices,
bids, imports and exports in the U.S., from dairy, feedstuffs, fruit and vegetables, futures, grains, hay,
livestock, meat, poultry, tobacco. Reports cover both domestic and international markets. Other
reports include information on volume, quality, condition, and other market data on farm products
in specific markets and marketing areas. You can reach them at:

http://www.ams.usda.gov/marketnews.htm

USDA reports and Ag. Market Information - (AMS) The complete set of reports. Updated daily. This
information for grain and other commodities is organized by state and nationally by the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln's Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources' web site at:

http://ianrwww.unl.edu/markets/

The Mann Library has set up historic data series, and indexes on U.S. prices received by commodity.
Published by N.A.S.S., the indexes of prices received by farmers includes monthly and annual prices,
most for 1908-92. Click on the Connect button at:

http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/description.cgi?529.html

To obtain market information reports and data-sets from the Economic Research Service (ERS), the
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and the World Agriculture Outlook Board (WAOB),
go to the Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University. Set up in collaboration with the USDA
Economics and Statistics System, their gopher site and web site can be reached at:

http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/usda.html
The sites above include more than 140 agricultural data-sets, most in spreadsheet format. You can
find data on subjects such as worldwide textile fiber production, farm production expenses, European
Community wheat supply, milk and dairy product sales, food spending in American households, U.S.
meat supply and consumption, fertilizer use, ozone records for the Northeast, and so on. The site also
includes more than 100 report series. Searching the system, you can find reports about U.S.
agricultural income and finance, farm production expenses, dairy production, industrial uses of
agricultural materials, agricultural trade update, livestock inventory, and also world agricultural
supply and demand estimates and outlook reports.

Looking at wheat for example, monthly update and outlook reports can be found on supply,
disappearance, tariffs, quotas, area, price, stocks, inspections, trade and cash prices for leading classes
of wheat at U.S. markets. Many annual reports are also available.

For those interested in world agricultural supply and demand estimates, full-text monthly reports
provide the most current USDA forecasts of U.S. and world supply-use balances of major grains,
soybeans and products, cotton, and much more. All of these reports may also be emailed directly to
you free of charge. More information on this service can be found in section 2.4.

Another good web site is the Market Information System (MIS) developed by the University of
Florida. It provides agricultural market information received from the USDA Agricultural Marketing
Service (AMS). It covers many commodities such as grain, and data is given by city. You may find
their site at:
http://gnv.ifas.ufl.edu/~marketing/market.html

2.1.2. International and World Market Information

The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) offers regularly many current commodity analysis reports on
world markets and trade for different commodities such as grains and tropical fruit. The site is worth
visiting from time to time to see what is newly available. It may be found at:

http://www.fas.usda.gov/commodity.html

You may also search through their market research page, where you can find country reports
prepared by FAS attaches covering nearly 130 countries (see attache reports). You may also look
through their "Trade Leads" section reported daily, and read their food market overviews which
provide valuable information about some of the United States' most important export markets. You
can also find out how to subscribe to the "Foreign Buyers List" compiled by FAS overseas staff, or
review their market-specific reports providing detailed information on marketing certain products in
specific countries. These web pages can be found at:

http://www.fas.usda.gov/agexport/exporter.html

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Another interesting tool at the FAS web site is the U.S. import and export statistics for bulk,
intermediate and consumer-oriented foods and beverages (BICO). You may search by specific
commodity or by country. Their web page can be found at:

http://www.fas.usda.gov/ustrade/

The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has also a very good web site.
Available through the site are many great features and related information sources. For example,
follow their Global Watch series of pages, and in one you will find global information on early
warning systems for sub-Saharan Africa: food outlook, food shortages, food crops and supplies, crop
prospects and situations, as well as Sahel weather and special alerts. Also, world food outlook reports
on cereals come out every two months. Be sure to look up their web pages on the World Food
Summit held in Rome in November 1996.

Another great web page at the FAO site is the FAOSTAT Agriculture Statistics Database which
contains time-series data (starting from 1961) for over 210 countries and 1500 items on the
production and trade of primary and derived crops and livestock products; agricultural machinery;
fertilizer, pesticides and insecticides (trade only); land use, population and food aid. For example, if
you wanted to compare FAO statistics for wheat production over the last five years between the U.S.,
Canada, Argentina and Australia, you can simply request this information from their database and
within a minute(s), the application gives the comparison between production, area harvested, yield,
and so on, of those countries in the order selected. You can then download a copy in worksheet form!

Finally, among other related sources and links, the FAO has started setting up web pages on
agricultural marketing, food outlook and yearly commodity market reviews. The Agricultural Support
Systems Division of FAO (AGS) carries out work in agricultural marketing, agricultural machinery,
tools and equipment, agricultural processing, farming systems and farm management, post-harvest
management and rural finance. For example, they helped set up the web site on market information
in Zambia. In the food outlook section you will find quarterly information on the world cereal
situation, supply and demand, current production and prospects, trade, carryover stock, fertilizer
data, export prices and freight weights. And in the commodity market review section, you can access
economic data from the past few years with reasons for the variations and changes as well as some
forecasting. These web pages cover many commodities such as beverages, sugar, bananas and citrus,
cereals and cassava, oilseeds, oils and oilmeals, livestock and milk products, agricultural raw materials
such as for cotton, fishery products and forestry products.

The FAO homepage can be reached at: http://www.fao.org/

For the page on agricultural marketing go to:

http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/agricult/ags/agsm/marketin.htm

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For the FAOSTAT database and producer prices, go to:

http://apps.fao.org/

The people at the Commodities and Trade Division have set up a wonderful web page to get
weekly prices (and monthly and yearly averages) of most major export commodities - from 1989
to 2001. Highly recommended. Go to:

http://apps2.fao.org/ciwpsystem/ciwp_q-e.htm

For the Commodity Market review, the URL is:

http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/economic/esc/comtrade.htm

For the GIEWS quarterly food outlook web pages, the URL is:

http://www.fao.org/giews/english/fo/fotoc.htm

In addition, all the GIEWS publications, including Foodcrops and Shortages, Food supply situation
and crop prospects in sub-Saharan Africa, the Sahel weather and crop situation and Special Reports
and Alerts are available at:

http://www.fao.org/giews/english/giewse.htm

The last three sites can be found starting with the FAO's Economic and Social Department at:

http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/faoinfo/economic/

For the Global Watch archive web pages go to:

http://www.fao.org/news/global/glolib-e.htm

And for the World Food Summit web pages, go to:

http://www.fao.org/wfs/homepage.htm

Statistics: Looking for statistics on a certain country? The FAO's Agricultural Statistics Information
Links (ASIL) web page is a good start: select the region and country and they will link you to the
statistical division or department of that country.

http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/faoinfo/economic/ESS/ASIL/links/new.htm

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Pink Sheet. The World Bank offers some commodity price data in their data, analysis and forecasts
section, in what is known as the "Pink Sheet." These monthly reports offer only a few data on food
and represent annual averages over the last three years. Of interest, you may also find some
interesting data on global economies, social indicators, balance of payments, and so on. Look for the
link, bottom right:
http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/pinksheets/

Also from the World Bank, the Global Commodity Markets section provides coverage of major
primary commodities, including price forecasts, regional price indices, transportation costs, and
access to the World Bank's Macroeconomic Outlook. It replaces Commodity Markets and the
Developing Countries, which was discontinued as of December 1998. It is published four times per
year (January, April, July, and October). Each 80-page issue, which will be available in both print and
electronic form, will contain price forecasts for 46 primary commodities (for the next three years, and
for 2005 and 2010), detailed market reviews for 27 major commodities, and newly expanded sections
covering global and regional price indexes. Although subscription is necessary for full copy (highly
recommended!), you can view the summary and the featured article for free. The link is:
http://www.worldbank.org/prospects/gcmonline/index.htm

From agricultural commodities to metals and energy, get the latest market news and analysis from
the Financial Times.

http://www.ft.com/cgi-bin/pft/tradingday.pl/report

For the latest information on Commodity, Energy and Financial Futures, go to the Reuters web
site.
http://www.commods.reuters.com/

For up-to-date commodity futures prices and market news, select Bloomberg:

http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/crb.html

Visit the International Grains Council's Monthly Grain Market Report Summary:

http://www.igc.org.uk/

Although in French, the Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le

développement or CIRAD, produces statistical sheets with price trends in international markets
annually for several (hard to find on the net) tropical agricultural commodities. A good resource, well
presented, the link is:

http://www.cirad.fr/publications/documents/produitstrop/sommaire.html

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Another web site contains recent baseline projections produced by the Food and Agricultural Policy
Research Institute (FAPRI) for the U.S. agricultural sector and international commodity markets.
Their agricultural outlook reports reach past the year 2003/2004 and cover many commodities in U.S.
and world trade. Their data are available in spreadsheet form as well as in graphics. Their web site
can be reached at:
http://www.fapri.missouri.edu/

2.1.3. Inside the U.S.

For the United States, many web sites exist that offer local state information for different
commodities through university extension services, exchanges and boards of trade.

Outlook: These pages provide information on the likely price distributions of key commodities over
the coming year. Such information helps farmers and traders make decisions on when and in what
ways to market their grain (e.g., whether to sell at harvest, store on-farm in anticipation of higher
prices later in the season, lock in a price at harvest via the futures market, buy or sell options). When
combined with enterprise budget data, the information can also be used in deciding which crops to
produce in the coming year.

U.S. Agricultural Outlook Forums:

1997-2000
http://www.usda.gov/agency/oce/waob/waob.htm

The ERS monthly Agricultural Outlook Archives:

http://www.ers.usda.gov/epubs/pdf/agout/archives/

Weekly Outlook Report from a joint project of the University of Illinois and Purdue University
Cooperative Extension Services, brings marketing analyses to agricultural producers and other
interested parties throughout the Midwest.

http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~stratsoy/weekly.html

Or you might want to read up on Illinois extension service's weekly outlook ag-newsletter at:

http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/farm.doc/marketing/newsletter.html

Jim Hilker's Market Outlook and Probabilistic Price Forecasts for livestock and grains at Michigan
State University.
http://www.msu.edu/user/hilker/

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The Progressive Farmer Magazine also has a monthly market outlook report. The rest of the web site
is quite appealing and also includes links to daily and weekly reports, plus a selection of prices and
quotes.
http://progressivefarmer.com/markets/

Follow Atinet's Agnews web page for daily, weekly and monthly reports on California and elsewhere.
http://www.atinet.org/news.html

For the dairy sector, connect to the California Department of Food and Agriculture's monthly Price
Letter.
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/dairy/priceletter/

View also the California Agricultural Statistical Service's monthly outlook web pages, which includes
annual bulletin summaries and more.

http://www.nass.usda.gov/ca/rlsetoc.htm

And use the URL below for the links to ALL the other State statistical offices across the U.S.: it's
all here!
http://www.usda.gov/nass/sso-rpts.htm

For grain, a very good site is the Minneapolis Grain Exchange's web page on links to cash market
reports, with data from the Minneapolis, Portland and St. Joseph, MO, AMS Offices as well as a link
to all AMS Grain Market Reports. This site can be found at:

http://www.mgex.com/

As well, weekly market data sheets for Missouri may be found through the University of Missouri's
"Agricultural Electronic Bulletin Board" of its Commercial Agriculture Extension Program. Farm
marketing and FAPRI are links of interest. Their site can be reached at:

http://agebb.missouri.edu/

The North American Agricultural Marketing Officials (NAAMO) try to promote education,
communication and cooperation and enhance worldwide market opportunities for North
American agricultural products. The NAAMO Discussion Area has been created for use by state
(U.S.) and province (Canada) agricultural marketing officials as a means of communication
through the Internet. It is intended to be a forum to post questions, views, problems, comments,
and advice. Their site can be found at:

http://www.naamo.org/

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2.1.4. Canada

The Market Analysis Division of Agriculture Canada, provides timely market information, analysis
and forecasting of supply, demand, trade and prices for the domestic and international grains and
oilseeds sectors to industry and governments. Its Bi-weekly Bulletin provides market information and
in-depth analysis on specific issues covering domestic and international grains and oilseeds markets.
The publication discusses a wide range of topics including country profiles and commodity outlooks
with an emphasis on Canadian competitiveness, market development, diversification and value added.
Also available through email, this subscription is free.

http://www.agr.ca/policy/winn/biweekly/English/index2e.htm

Markets reports or ag. statistics Departments by province:

British Columbia - http://FBMInet.ca/bc/

Alberta - http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/navigation/updates/markets/index.html
Saskatchewan - http://www.agr.gov.sk.ca/
Manitoba - "http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/news/markets/mmgo.html
Ontario (Statistics) - http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/stats/welcome.html
Québec (Min. Ag.) - http://www.agr.gouv.qc.ca/
New Brunswick (Statistics) - http://www.gnb.ca/AFA-APA/index.htm
Prince Edward Island - http://www.gov.pe.ca/af/maid-info/index.php3
Nova Scotia - http://agri.gov.ns.ca/ms/mktinfo/index.htm
Newfoundland & Labrador - http://public.gov.nf.ca/agric/Marketing1.htm

Also for Canada, some market reports by sector:

Pool Commodity Trading Service (market comments, western Canada) -

http://www.tdp.net/PCTS/bulletin.tpr
Manitoba Pork Marketing - http://www.mpmc.mb.ca/
Alberta Pork - http://www.albertapork.com/marketing.htm
Ontario Cattle - http://www.cattle.guelph.on.ca/live_sales.html

2.1.5. Latin America

Chile. For those interested in South American countries, the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture has a
great site. Although in Spanish, you will find prices and time-series data for various commodities such
as grains, fruits and vegetables, and for various fertilizers as well. Also available at their site are
general macroeconomic data on Chile, agricultural outlook reports as well as a few grain prices for
Argentina. Select one of the choices on the left: Cifras de la Agricultura but all the links are
interesting.
http://www.odepa.gob.cl/

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Perú. The Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture has set up excellent market information web pages. You
will find monthly prices for various regions in Perú for grains, different types of potatoes, fruits,
vegetables, several meats, eggs, milk and coffee. Production, yield, price of fertilizers, trade, weather
and cost of production statistics are also available. Start your search under Estadística agraria and
select daily, monthly to yearly statistics.

http://www.minag.gob.pe/

Argentina. A much improved web site, the Ministry of Agriculture has made available much market
information and outlook reports especially for beef. Select from the list on the left, you will find many
statistics and prices for various agricultural commodities, on soils, trade, costs of production and
much more. The Agriculture Series offers daily to yearly and time series market information.
Although mostly in Spanish, a good part of the site is available in English, just click on the English
Version link at the top-right. For example, you will find well presented documents in English on mad
cow disease and on Argentina Wheat.

http://siiap.sagyp.mecon.ar/

Also for Argentina, for another site with many statistics, try CIARA's web site:

http://www.ciara.com.ar/datsec3e.htm

2.1.6. Europe

U.K. Commercial

Farming On-line are based in the UK and are a subscriber service for 2500 high end U.K farmers, they
have direct feeds to Dow Jones for up-to-date commodity news, plus a joint venture with the UK's
National Farmers Union to make them a leading supplier of UK on-line agricultural information. Try
their free trial service.

http://www.farmline.com/fol.asp

The Home Growers Cereal Authority Market Information (HGCA MI) web site is quite interesting,
although commercial and you need to subscribe, some pages of their weekly bulletins are free. They
promote a variety of publications but you will find some pdf files available on weekly prices, trade
statistics, and daily reports for the UK, EU and world grain markets, simply click on the tabs on the
right side of the home page.
http://www.hgca.co.uk/

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U.K. Free market information

BDR Agriculture - Daily grain, seed and fertilizer prices.

http://www.scats.co.uk/
Dotfarming - Daily prices for grain, oilseeds, potatoes, cattle and sheep.
http://www.dotfarming.co.uk/
Gerson - UK grain traders, market reports and prices.
http://www.gerson.co.uk/

France. Statistiques agroalimentaires, prix et données du Ministère d'Agriculture.

http://www.snm.agriculture.gouv.fr/

Germany. For Deutschen Agrarinformationsnetz, go to DAINET's web site.

http://www.dainet.de/

Poland. You can get weekly prices for wheat, rye, barley, potatoes, piglets, eggs, apples and
onions, milk and milk products. Information on commodity exchanges is also available in Polish,
and twice a week, they publish wholesale prices of fruit and vegetables. Available from the Polish
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy Department of Information.

http://www.minrol.gov.pl/bia/indexen.htm

Moldova and some major markets from Russia, Ukraine and Romania Many good to links to market
related business information in the area and of particular interest are the weekly retail and wholesale
price information for fruits, vegetables, livestock and more, - in Italian and English. See CAMIB

http://www.camib.com/

The Lithuanian Agricultural International Trade Agency has set up a web site on market information
for Lithuania. Although most of the web site and all publications are in Lithuanian, some pages are
available in English. Published every three weeks, their publications cover dairy, meat and grain
sectors. Look for the Rinkos informacija page to find market information. For publications, go to
Leidiniai internete. They also offer a link to Global Food-fair.com, a virtual trade fair where
companies can put up information about themselves, their products and contact information. Similar
to the fair above, a subdivision of the virtual trade fair is dedicated to the Baltic Region
Baltic.food-fair.com

http://global.food-fair.com/ http://baltic.food-fair.com/

Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Chuvashia and the Kyrgyzskoy Republic. Many resources are
available from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Russian Federation. Available in English

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is the Ukrainian agrimarket weekly report. Click here for this report. On the Russian home page just
below the date, click on the first word just below on the left to Ceneinformation. It will bring you to
a page with price information on various sources such as Information from the inter-republican
universal commodity exchange in Moscow where prices of metals, oil, and foodstuffs on the
international exchanges are available. Plus, prices, outlook reports and more are available for the
Kyrgyzskoy Republic with prices of basic food goods for markets in provincial centers and for
Bishkeka; for Chuvashia and for Uzbekistan. Further market related information is available from the
Ministry's web site: such as fertilizer and machinery prices, statistics on agricultural production,
databases, economic and statistical indices, grain production, milk yields and production (weekly),
statistical information on the regions of Russia, economic news of countries of the CIS, and
information on inputs, hay/fodder, harvests, and mechanization. Only in Russian, you can get the state
of food markets information bulletin (every two weeks) for the various regions in the Russian
Federation here. In it you will find retail prices for meats, poultry, oils, milk and cheese, bread, flour,
sugar, and various fruits and vegetables. Selling prices at the wholesale level are also available for the
same commodities. Producer prices are also given for the regions on several grains, oilseeds, sugar,
fruits and vegetables, pigs and more.

http://www.aris.ru/WIN_E/ http://www.aris.ru/INFO/CENA/

2.1.7. Asia - Pacific

Australia. Australia F@rming Online offers a good number of market reports on cotton, financial,
grains, livestock, meat and wool. Browse by newspaper or magazine.

http://www.farmonline.com.au/

At the Australian Farming Virtual Library you can find a good number of links about Australian
agriculture. A couple of links of interest available in the Commodity Prices and Markets section and
several other links that cover a wide range of agricultural issues.

http://farrer.csu.edu.au/AFVL/

New Zealand. Agri-Fax is a commercial information service which provides New Zealand
agricultural prices and other primary product prices: it includes lamb prices, beef prices, and venison
prices, wheat prices, dairy product prices including butter, casein and skim milk prices, wool prices,
forestry log prices, pine log prices, rural finance, and more. Some free information is available - and
try their Beef Price Calculator.
http://www.agri-fax.xtra.co.nz/

Indonesia. Very little market information here but you will find much agricultural information on area
harvested, production and yields for many commodities. The Badan Pusat Statistik web site can be
found at:
http://www.bps.go.id/statbysector/agri/

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The Center for Market and Information Development at the Ministry of Agriculture in Indonesia,
runs an agribusiness web site where some price reports and market surveys may be found
although not all has been translated to English. A good number of other links to relevant market
information are also available. To visit:

http://www.fintrac.com/indoag/

2.1.8. Africa

Available in Portuguese, the market information system in Mozambique offers weekly market
information bulletins called Quente-Quente, as well as monthly bulletins. All files are in pdf or Adobe
Acrobat format. Strong analysis, many tables and graphics, they even include comments on foreign
markets. The bulletins may be found at Michigan State University's food security project Mozambique
web page, go to the bottom of the page. The link is:

http://www.aec.msu.edu/agecon/fs2/mozambique/index.htm

All in French, the Market Information System in Burkina Faso has a web site where you can
download monthly average commodity data from 1992 to 1998 plus weekly data and monthly
averages for 1999. The weekly bulletin covering 37 markets is available in the left column. The link
is:
http://www.statistika.net/tab_sem.html

Available in French, the Observatoire des Marché du Riz in Senegal has weekly market bulletins
mostly on rice but includes some maize and millet.

http://www.cyg.sn/simriz/

Available in French and English, the Market Information System in Mali offers monthly bulletins,
some good links, and materials on l'Observatoire Du Marché Agricole and l'Assemblée permanente
des chambres d'agriculture du Mali.

http://www.msu.edu/~cisseyou/index.html

In Zimbabwe, you may start on their homepage where you can find the links to market information,
commodities, inputs and weather, as well as other related links at:

http://www.samara.co.zw/CFU/index.html
For agricultural prices in Zimbabwe, for grains (weekly) go to:
http://www.samara.co.zw/CFU/marketing/zimace.html
For livestock (monthly), go to:
http://www.samara.co.zw/CFU/marketing/livestock.html

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For South Africa, the South African futures market (SAFEX) has a lot of information available and
consists of financial and agricultural divisions. To reach the SAFEX web site, go to:

http://www.safex.co.za/

But for those interested in obtaining the data directly, link to: ftp://mail.safex.co.za/pub/

Apart from SAFEX, other stock exchanges in Africa do exist. Although market information is hard
to find, for those interested, exchanges for over 18 countries are listed at Mbendi's site:

http://mbendi.co.za/exaf.htm

For other links to agricultural resources in South Africa, the best place to start would be the National
Department of Agriculture. It has links to regional departments and related SA agricultural sites. The
URL is:
http://www.agric.za/

Other sources of information on Africa can be found on other well organized web sites depending on
what you are looking for. The USAID has an excellent site for regional information on Africa.
Available through their site is the Africa Data Dissemination Service, AfricaLink, Famine Early
Warning System, Horn Information Exchange, Initiative-Africa GII Gateway and information on
natural resources management. Some market information is available such as food and calorie
production, food aid, and so on. You may download agricultural statistics for each African country
through their data dissemination service or find reports on food security, production or aid through
other links, such as teff production for Ethiopia or calorie production in the Sahel. Through the
famine early warning system, monthly country updates are available as well as special reports. For
example, you can find a report on "Maize meal prices continue to fall in Zambia" for the month of
July 1996. The AfricaLink section has good information on Internet service providers (ISP),
connectivity and costs in Africa. Their web site is located at:

http://www.info.usaid.gov/regions/afr/

The World Bank has set up web pages on Africa that offer special reports, based on recent
bank-sponsored research, such as "Ensuring Food Security in Mali" in their Findings section, or you
may also read infobriefs on best practices. Reports do not necessarily pertain to agriculture but cover
many subjects. You may find their site at:

http://www.worldbank.org/afr/findings/

The SADC Food Security Programme - SADC Food Security and Technical Administrative Unit
(FSTAU) in Harare - Zimbabwe. At this Internet site, you will find food security quarterly bulletins,
food security updates, agro-meteorological updates, monthly bulletins on the status of the growing
season, local seeds system news, satellite images, database on food and agriculture in SADC and

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much more. You can access specific information for each of the SADC countries, based on the SADC
FSTAU and FAO-GIEWS databases. You can also click on a map for individual country information.
Other sections available from the web site are: SADC Regional Early Warning System, Famine Early
Warning System, Remote Sensing Project, Food Security Training Programme, Small Scale Seed
Production Project, Food Security Database Project, SADC EIS/GIS Technical Unit, Regional Food
and Nutritional Information System, and the SADC Centre of Communication for Development. The
URL is:
http://www.sadc-fanr.org.zw/

2.1.9. Specific Commodities

Grains

CIMMYT offers a variety of publications, of particular interest is the Maize and Wheat Facts and
Trends reports. Go to the Resource Center at top, then look for Economics Progrm in the left
column:
http://www.cimmyt.cgiar.org/

Looking for Grain Boards, Grain Pools, Grain governmental organizations, Grain companies, to
Grower associations, Producers and Research, this is a good guide: the Grains Virtual Library.
Currently replaced by the Grain Zone.

http://www.grdc.com.au/

A well organized page of links to grain marketing across the U.S., for daily and weekly market
commentaries, brokers, quotes, charts and more, visit the Grain Marketing Page.

http://www.grainfarmer.com/grainmarkets.htm
Rice

Probably one of the hardest and most elusive commodities to find any market information on the web.
The Singapore Business Times offers a great variety of market information on commodities. Not only
can we get daily FOB Thai rice prices (covering several white, broken, loonzain and parboiled rice)
but prices for many more agricultural commodities varying from palm, kernel and coconut oil, to
coffee, cocoa, sugar, copra, nutmeg and rubber from Liffe, Rotterdam, to CBOT and Singapore of
course. Non- agricultural commodities such as crude oil and metals can also be found. BT
commodities also puts out an excellent Weekly Commodity Summary (updated every Monday).

http://asiaonemarkets.com/derivatives/sicom.shtml

Rice yearbooks (including other commodities) are available from the Mann Library from 1995 to
2000. It includes U.S. rice production, supply, disappearance, trade, and price data. It also includes

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state acreage, yield, and production data; U.S. and world price series; and price support program
statistics.
http://jan.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/erssor/field/

The FAO regularly publishes data on rice export prices and has an export price index with sub-indices
on long, medium/short grain rice as well as sub-indices on high and low quality rice. The index was
constructed in the 80s and has regularly been revised and weighted, to reflect the huge changes that
have occurred in the rice export market. They are published in rice market reports on a monthly basis.
See the Rice Situation Update. You may also find information on rice in their Commodity Market
Review section.

http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/economic/ESC/esce/escb/rice/ricee.htm
http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/economic/ESC/esce/cmr/cmre.htm

Soybeans

Probably the best web site for soybean information is StratSoy, an information and communication
system for the United States soybean industry, funded by the United Soybean Board, developed and
maintained by the University of Illinois.

http://www.stratsoy.uiuc.edu/

Fruits and vegetables

For market information on fruit and vegetables, a couple sites are of particular interest: A new and
upgraded site, this is the place to be when looking for market information for fruits and vegetable.
Make sure to obtain a password registration. The site has daily price information on more than 120
fruit and vegetable commodities from all the wholesale markets of USA, Canada, Mexico and Europe.
Today's Market Prices now includes a weekly report from the Rotterdam Fruit and Vegetables
Exchange Auction Market, that reflects the movement of the most important point of entry of
Europe; a bi-weekly report from Japan (the F&V prices of the Tokyo Central Wholesale Ota Market);
and daily Shipping Points prices of the USA, which makes them somewhat unique in their category.
http://www.todaymarket.com/

Although the MIS web site also covers many other commodities, you may find terminal market prices
for fruit and vegetables for different cities around the world. They take their information from the
USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Look for the AMS F&V links. You may find their site
for terminal market prices for fruit and vegetables at:

http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~marketing/market.html

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The National Food and Agricultural Policy Project at Arizona State University - East, offers
annual historical data and forecasts until the year 2008 for the U.S., value of production, per
capita consumption and crop utilization.

http://www.eas.asu.edu/~nfapp/newpage/comm.htm

Calling itself "The Global HomePage for the Fruit & Vegetable Trade," FruitNet's objective is to
supply up-to-date and accurate prices of fresh fruit and vegetables in the main European and South
African markets. You may find the latest Johannesburg market prices as well as daily market prices
of certain areas of the world if you follow the London report link. You may reach FruitNet at:

http://www.fruitnet.com/

The Global Agribusiness Information Network offers world market information and reports on
tropical horticultural products such as papaya, mango, vanilla, avocado, and so on. They also offer
access to articles from periodicals such as "Tropical Produce Marketing News" and "Market Asia."
You may also link up to wholesale price reports covering North America and Europe. You may also
want to check out their other agricultural links. You can reach their site at:

http://www.fintrac.com/gain/

Sugar

A great resource of news, prices, and reports on sugar. But best of all, they have set up a great
number of links by country, very useful. Be sure to visit the rest of the web site as they have an
amazing number of related links. A real one-stop site on sugar.

http://www.sugarinfo.co.uk/country.htm

Hogs

A good site to start is the Packer's Trading Company's hog marketing forecast web page. Based in
Chicago, they use the Chicago Mercantile exchange for settlement prices. They can be found at:
http://www.agfutures.com/index.html

Cattle and Livestock

For U.S. live and feeder cattle cash and futures markets as well as daily market reports, try the Texas
based trading floor at:
http://www.agcenter.com/default2.asp

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The Livestock Marketing Information Center has excellent sources of information from weekly
production to prices, quick market reports to current situations. They also have a very good number
on links related to the sector and elsewhere. Well organized and easy access.

http://lmic1.co.nrcs.usda.gov/

For more market information on livestock and other sectors, the Weekly Insiders Retail Report
provides busy buyers and sellers with a quick snapshot of market trends and conditions in the poultry,
meat, seafood, dairy, and egg industries. The report is in pdf format.

http://www.urnerbarry.com/

Agriculture.com’s news, prices, reports, links and more.

http://www.agriculture.com/markets/

Two other great agricultural resources for livestock are: Oklahoma State University's Livestock
Virtual Library and The Breeds of Livestock Information Project.

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/library/ and http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/

Finally, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association maintains a site with a wealth of information on
science & regulatory, conservation, federal lands, property rights, farm policy, tax & credit, food &
nutrition, foreign trade and much more. In addition, it has judicial, regulatory and legislative updates
covering the above topics as well as beef safety, cattle health & well-being, international markets,
live-cattle marketing, inspection, check-off, position papers, bills, press releases, you name it. See the
Cattlemen on the Hill.
http://www.beef.org/

Meatnet is one of the best sources of links around. Statistics and prices from around the world. Take
your time, there are many good links.

http://www.aginfo.aust.com/htms/meatlinx.htm

A good complimentary resource is Iowa State University's Animal Market Information web page, part
of the AgNIC network.

http://www.ans.iastate.edu/ext/sites.html

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Kansas State U. offers Livestock and Crops Market Updates (in pdf format). See also the K-State
Livestock & Meat Marketing Institute's web page. The prices, basis charts, and livestock market
outlook radio interview are posted weekly every Monday.

http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_agec/pub.htm
http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/livestock/

For information on the economics of raising and marketing beef cattle, check out Harlan Hughes'
Market Advisor for prairie beef producers.

http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/cow/./

Forages, pasture, silage and hay

Following livestock, market information of forages may be of great interest. Morgan's web site
provides forage economics such as a table summarizing hay prices throughout the U.S. as well as
links to the USDA weekly hay reports. They have also just begun adding private hay reports with the
Auction at Fort Atkinson, Iowa. Other locations are expected to be added shortly. There is also
pasture and silage information available.

http://www.forage.com/

In addition to their work on forages, in joint venture with the American Beef Cattleman magazine (the
official publication of the Beef Improvement Federation), their site is the Purebred Beef Cattle Sales
site as well. Here you will find listings of beef seedstock auctions as well as private treaty, sale
managers, feedlots, book publishers and other services to the beef industry. Use the following link
for purebred beef cattle sales:

http://www.purebredbeef.com/index.html

Seafood and more

One of the rare and few places where you find market trends and conditions for seafood. Developed
by Urner Barry Publications Inc.
http://www.seafoodnet.com/

Cotton

World cotton prices are taken from the Cotlook A and B indices. For market summaries, trends and
graphs, Cotlook daily, cifquotes and the indices, try Cotlook Limited's web pages at:

http://www.cotlook.com/

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The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) also has web pages under their cotton
information section that include many papers, graphs and trends, mailing lists, and supply and use by
country. To obtain the latest market information and monthly updates, you must pay for the service.
The rest of the site is free and most is available in pdf format (Adobe acrobat reader). You can find
ICAC at:
http://www.icac.org/icac/english/main.html

Nuts, Dried Fruit, Seeds, Pulses and Grains

The Agricultural Commodities Exchange site is for use by all players in various sub-sectors: growers,
producers, traders, brokers, manufacturers and retailers who buy, sell and trade in agricultural
commodities. One of the very few who have information on NUTS, cashews, walnuts, hazel nuts,
pistachios and much more! You can advertise your company, and bid or offer for a growing range
of commodities. There are reports on factors affecting prices and production. Weather reports and
price and production graphs are also being developed.

http://www.tace.net/

The International Tree Nut Council has several pages on world consumption and production trends,
a good overview of annual statistics and comparison between countries. The link is:

http://inc.treenuts.org/

Learn more about chocolate and find the daily price for cocoa beans as well as a market summary at
the International Cocoa Organization.

http://www.icco.org/statistics.htm

The International Coffee Organization offers market related information such as world trade,
production and daily to monthly prices for various world markets of Coffee.

http://www.ico.org/stats.htm

Palm Oil

The Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council offers daily, weekly and monthly market information
for the country's palm oil industry, including FOB prices in US$. Select the Market and Statistics
link.
http://www.mpopc.org.my/

You may also find a good number of statistics and prices at the Palm Oil Research Institute of
Malaysia or (PORIM).
http://porim.gov.my/homepage96/stat.html

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Fertilizer

Fertilizer Market Information - Commercial:

The FMB Group based in the U.K. - http://www.fmb-group.co.uk/

FERTECON, based in the U.K. - http://www.fertecon.com/
CRU, also based in the U.K. - http://www.cru.co.uk/fcindex.asp

Fertilizer Market Information - Free:

The International Fertilizer Industry Association has a great statistics web page where you can find
production, imports, exports and consumption of N, P2O5 and K2O, from 1973/74 to1995/96, by
year and by country/region/world; and their annual fertilizer indicators, a compilation of graphs and
diagrams illustrating the development in different regions of the world of the capacities, production,
consumption and trade of nitrogen, phosphate and potash fertilizers, and certain important
intermediates and raw materials. The development of world cereal production and stocks and the
crops on which fertilizers are used, is also illustrated. You may also want to read their Fertilizer
Demand and Crops reports as well. You will also find interesting materials to read in their Publication
and This Month sections.

http://www.fertilizer.org/stats.htm
http://www.fertilizer.org/STATSIND/summary.htm
http://www.fertilizer.org/crops.htm

2.2. Markets, Exchanges and Quotes

This sub-section pertains only to exchanges and boards of trade in the United States and Canada
relative to the agricultural market, with particular attention given to grains. To find quotes, settlement
prices for different commodities, for cash, futures, options and stocks, reviews of the days' trading
and on-line trading, view the following links.

A dynamic web site, the Chicago Board of Trade offers market data, commentaries, reports, prices
and volumes, 10-minute delayed futures quotes to hourly commentaries to weekly grain reports. You
can also read agricultural market and policy analysis from a world or government perspective, full of
daily, weekly, and monthly news and in-depth looks at important issues.

http://www.cbot.com/

Another very good site is @griculture On-Line's "Markets" page, with excellent links to market
prices for agricultural commodities, futures market, cash prices, to market news and reviews, and
reports as well. From a Canadian perspective, simple and compact, you do not have to look far, all
is available on one short page. Well done and worth bookmarking, @griculture On-Line USA is also

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on the web with an American perspective. Not only are their market pages worth a visit but the whole
site is very interesting and well presented. Their URLs are:

For Canada - http://www.agcanada.com/markets.htm for market information or

http://www.agcanada.com/ for the homepage
U.S. - http://www.agriculture.com/markets/mktindex.html for market information or
http://www.agriculture.com/ for the homepage

Other boards of trade and exchanges are a good source of market information. The Kansas City
Board of Trade has daily prices for wheat. You might want to visit the Minneapolis Grain
Exchange for wheat as well. Their URLs are:

http://www.kcbt.com/
http://www.mgex.com/

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has settlement prices on futures and options for cattle, hogs,
pork, milk and other commodities including non-agricultural ones such as foreign currencies, interest
rates, stock indices, and so on. They also have many links to related sites and to guides on trading
as well. Their URL is:
http://www.cme.com/

Other interesting and pertinent sites include the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange in Canada at:

http://www.wce.mb.ca/market/_activepages/market.htm

The NYCE and CSCE exchanges have merged into one site and is now called the New York Board
of Trade. You can check futures and options plus market reports for sugar, coffee, cotton, cocoa,
frozen concentrated orange juice, milk and more; search for historical data and be sure to visit the
market information section in the left column for the trader's corner and trader reports.

CSCE + NYCE = NYBOT http://www.nybot.com/

At the Sydney Futures Exchange, Australia, you can find daily and historical futures and options
prices for wool and wheat among a few agricultural commodities.

http://www.sfe.com.au/

In the Tokyo Grain Exchange, Japan, you can obtain futures and option prices for coffee, sugar and
red beans among other commodities. Look for the start button, bottom left.

http://www.tge.or.jp/

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You might like to visit two other quite interesting sites such as The Trading Floor or the "World
market watch's real-time continuous-stream import-export commodity exchange" as they call
themselves. They offer on-line trading, confidential negotiations, customized market and contact
research, trade leads and inquiries, industrial and agricultural trade contacts, industrial and agricultural
market reports, and so on, an interactive trading facilitator available online for firms involved in
international trade. Unfortunately, you must pay to receive any information/reports. But the choices
and information are quite impressive and the site is linked regularly. The URL is:

http://trading.wmw.com/

Commodity Futures

TFC Commodity Charts have done a great job in organizing in a simple and effective manner, a
number of charts depicting daily, weekly and monthly trends and analysis of many commodities
including various grains, oilseeds, cotton, meats, cattle, hogs, coffee, cocoa and even cheeses (see
under miscellaneous commodities).

http://www.tfc-charts.w2d.com/menu.html

Market Center, where you can find discussions/information on futures and options, daily world
market reports for forex, stocks, credit and commodities. Their site can be found at:

http://www.ino.com/

Daily Iowa cash grains and closing futures prices in commodity market reports are offered by the
Iowa State University Extension, and this site has a couple of good links. Their URL is:

http://www.exnet.iastate.edu/Information/market.html

General. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the United States has a web site with
commitments of traders and other reports from its Division of economic analysis. The site has been
organized by market and by exchanges. Their universal resource locator (URL) is:

http://www.cftc.gov/cftc/cftccotreports.htm

2.3. Links and Other Sources

2.3.1 Agricultural Links

This sub-section catalogues the better web sites if you are starting a general search for agricultural
and market information on the Internet. Of all the agricultural sites on the web, the following sites
are the most organized, regularly updated, and have the most complete series of links to agricultural

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related Internet sites. Not only do they cover the world wide web, but electronic mail, journals,
discussion groups, data-banks and more. All are excellent and are just as good.

First, "Agrigator" at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida. As there are
so many links, it would be hard to describe them all here. They are all very good. For market
information, the site has one of the best series of links all on one same page. The URL is:

http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/agrigator/ag.htm
and for market information:
http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/agrigator/agmarket.htm

The Agricultural Economics Virtual Library is also an excellent site to start your search. The web site
has a very good number of links. Well presented, the URL is:

http://www.agecon.com/

"Not Just Cows" is a guide to Internet resources in agriculture and related sciences. Simple, you can
find everything in one table. The guide has been around for some time and is very complete.
Recommended, the URL is:
http://www1.morrisville.edu/

Another web site consists of only one web page organized in a simple fashion with all the links for
people interested in market information and in outlook. It covers settlements, market profiles, reports,
old farmer's almanac weather and additional weather resources, El Nino, good agricultural resources
and policy, organizations, exchanges and much more. Another good place to start your search. The
web site was set up by J.F. Harold and the URL is:

http://www.mcs.net/~jfharold/grnfut.html

To find agricultural information on the Internet can be difficult. An easy-to-use tool is available
through the AGRALIN www server, a project of the Wageningen Agricultural University Library in
Holland. The guide will help with where to look, what's available, what the differences are between
gophers, www, listservs, etc. A good extensive resource, and easy to use, read and click. The URL
is:
http://www.agralin.nl/desktop/guide/

The Farmer’s Guide to the Internet is a fabulous resource guide with over 2000 links and great many
tid-bits. See all the chapters and purchasing information, but check out their Market and Price
Information Sites links too:

http://www.rural.org/Farmers_Guide/Agriculture/Market_Information.htm

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AgNIC The Agriculture Network Information Center is a distributed network that provides access
to agriculture-related information, subject area experts, and other resources. Very well done. A
valuable and excellent resource. There is much to see.

http://www.agnic.org/

AgriBiz A great global resource for the agricultural community. All the usual links and market
information sources but well organized and with a distinguished presentation. Make sure to visit the
Markets and Analysis section, and the weather section therein is very complete. And have some fun
with the Options Resources & Interactive Calculator and Database, educational. The whole site is
highly recommended, to be visited often.

http://www.agribiz.com/

The Louisiana State University Library has also set up a well organized web page with links to many
other sources of interest such as country reports, market reports and farm bills. This site can be
reached at:
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/bus/agbus.html

Equally interesting is the "International Agribusiness Marketing and Trade Resource" web page at
the Texas Agricultural Extension Service which has a good number of links to market information
resources, news, conferences, guides, and so on. The URL is:

http://agrinet.tamu.edu/intlagmktg/index.htm

The American Farm Bureau Federation's Voice of Agriculture. Make sure to visit their links web
page.
http://www.fb.com/connect/links/

Other. Interested in Farmers' Markets, Flea Markets, Street Markets, and Street Vendors, Openair
Market Net has it all. Filled with information on market associations, conferences, images, find the
open-air markets on the web nearest you. See the market alerts or suggest a market.

http://www.openair.org/

Canada

For Canada, one should start his/her search at ACEIS, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's
Electronic Information Service. The site maintains links to any Internet site that pertains to agriculture
information. Well presented, it covers many subjects including some market information. ACEIS can
be reached at:
http://www.agr.ca/index_e.phtml

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eHARVEST Canada's Agrifood Directory.

http://canada.eharvest.com/

For those more interested in market information, a good site is the Alberta Agriculture, Food and
Rural Development Home Page, which features daily, weekly and monthly reports, prices, outlook,
reviews and commentaries. Prices, quotes and settlements for wheat from across North America are
well presented. Crops, trade, development and many more themes are also presented. They also have
a few good links. Their URL is:

http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/

Another good web site for agricultural information sources is the One Globe Marketing web site in
Ottawa, Canada. You will find a great number of links to agricultural resources, newsgroups and lists,
market news, prices and futures, and much more. Market information is also available for different
commodities such as grains, beef, pig and swine, poultry and dairy. Highly recommended, the URL
is:
http://www.oneglobe.com/agriculture/resource.html

2.3.2. Agricultural Ecommerce and B2B Web Sites

Following the latest and more popular trends in communication and information technologies, this
sub-section catalogues ecommerce web resources developed for B2B and other market players
including us as consumers. Learn about the basics of ecommerce, develop your own site, if you are
buying or selling, either for agricultural marketing or input procurement, see what is becoming a
worldwide phenomenon.

Developed by the University of Minnesota Extension Service, with a focus on rural development, the
Access Minnesota Main Street electronic commerce curriculum offers a course allowing users to learn
about the Internet, use it as a business research tool, create a website, promote a website and
incorporating the Internet into a business plan. User-friendly and well organized, a rich program for
ecommerce and B2B beginners. The URL is:

http://www.extension.umn.edu/mainstreet/curriculum.html

Another worldwide ecommerce web site is Foodtrader.com boasted as the largest and most
comprehensive Internet marketplace for all players of the food and agricultural industry. The postings
are wide-ranging for countries, commodities and players. Registration is free and receive email on
commodity postings. They can be reached at:

http://foodtrader.com/

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With DirectAg.com, order from their catalog and seed online, receive assistance for financial services
or link to BuyAg.com, an Internet-based trading exchange for ag parts. The URL is:

http://www.directag.com/directag/

Farms.com and eharvest.com have joined together to provide information on markets, news and a
search engine for the agricultural sector. Its marketplace offers news and auction details for cattle,
swine, feed and grain, ag chemicals, poultry and eggs, animal health and more. Easy to use and well
presented.

http://www.eharvest.com/ http://www.farms.com/

XSAg.com is a forum for buying and selling agricultural inputs such as chemicals, seed and fertilizer.
Their tutorial shows you how to participate in the auction process. You will also find information on
shipping, banking and regulatory compliance.

http://www.xsag.com/Common/Guides/Starthere.Asp

Purchase seeds for corn, soybeans, alfalfa, sorghum and grasses at NetSeeds.com

http://www.netseeds.com/

Rooster.com promises to be a one-stop farm buying and selling web site, distinct from other online
sites by offering farmers the opportunity to use their local dealers and cooperatives. You may market
your crops and buy supplies such as seed, fertilizer, crop protection products and equipment. It also
offers access to agricultural news, weather and market information.

http://www.rooster.com/

A virtual market for Brazil, O Portal de Negócios Agropecuários is a well presented web site to buy,
sell, contract products and services. Only available in Portuguese, they also offer up-to-date
agricultural news, regional weather and market information for local and international markets
covering important Brazilian commodities such coffee, soybeans and maize, and the BM&F and São
Paulo grain exchange. Also, check out their daily price bulletin under Mercados, which includes
weekly variations and percentage changes (Quadri) and even shipping rates (Frete). I recommend this
site. The URL is:

http://www.agrosite.com.br/

Developed by the same people, Agrositio.com is presented in the same familiar format as the one
above but for Argentina. Again here, you may buy and sell inputs, machinery, veterinary services and
products and more. Only in Spanish, they cover similar information on commodities and interests as
for Brazil and Mercosur, but include additional market information, quotes from the local grain

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exchange and news of commodities important to Argentina such as wheat, meat, sunflower seed and
more. Another interesting link is the Alarma de Plagas, which refers to crop diseases or attacks by
insects. Once again, a highly recommended site. You can reach them at:

http://www.agrositio.com/

They have also developed a similar web site for Mexico at:

http://www.agrosite.com.mx/

A more traditional ecommerce web site, Agropool.com also covers Brazil and Argentina. Buyers join
a pool, and within a cycle of 3 to 8 days, Agropool.com gathers demand from buyers to negotiate
volumes from suppliers - the greater the volume the lower the price. You can even offer to join if the
price goes below a certain level and still get the lowest price of the cycle. Available in Spanish or
Portuguese, you can follow the cycle, compare with the market price, see where prices stand on a
wide range of inputs and more. Detailed explanations given. The market information refers only to
quotes. Pretty neat. Participate in a pool at:

http://www.agropool.com/

2.4. Email and Discussion Groups

This sub-section groups the mailing lists which offer reception of monthly USDA reports to open
discussions of the market.

The Farm Business Management Information Network or FBMInet, hosted by Farmcenter.com,

offers several agricultural discussion areas on various topics, which are available via email through
the FBMInet Email Listserver. Subscribe to receive directly to your email: futures and options
reports, special crops and grain company bids, livestock markets reports, market commentary &
outlooks, ag. news bulletins, crop reports, weather related crop reports, text weather forecasts,
weather forecast maps, across the U.S. and Canada. A superb resource. Be sure to visit the rest of
their web site. Click on:
http://fbminet.ca/english/index.htm

An electronic mailing list for monthly USDA reports (ERS, NASS and WOAB) is available through
the USDA Economics and Statistics System. As a member of the list, you have access to the
agricultural and economic estimates that are available in the reports section of this system. Through
this service, you will receive the reports of your choice within three hours of their publication via
email. Instructions on how to subscribe to this service free of charge and the choices of reports can
be found at:
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/mor_start.html

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Services offered by the Almanac Mail Servers are USDA market news, articles about the use of
computers in agricultural science, Extension Computing Technology Newsletters and more. All
instructions can be found at:

http://www.cs.indiana.edu/internet/almanac.html

Take part in a discussion group on grain market analysis:

http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~stratsoy/expert/grain.html

CIRVAL-L has a discussion on sheep and goat dairy sector : husbandry animal breeding, extensive
or intensive farming, dairy industry, economical analysis, cheesemaking, designation of origin (DOP),
legislation, dairy product, trading and so on. If you wish to subscribe, goto:

http://www.cirval.asso.fr/webanglais/

STAT publishing has set up a certain number of agricultural commodity mailing lists containing
market information. Groups may include cash crops, futures, grain, etc. Instructions on how to join
can be found at:
http://www.statpub.com/stat/mailist.html

MarketForum is a place for interactive discussions on the markets. Participants discuss subjects such
as stocks, options, futures, forex and commodities. To join, you must fill out the form (registration
is free):
http://forum.ino.com/

The pages set up by Clark Consulting International give a list of agricultural listservers or discussion
groups as well as on a second page, a list of electronic magazines. The URL is:

http://www.agpr.com/

2.5. Weather, Farm Journals and A Currency and Unit Converter

2.5.1. Weather

For those interested in agriculture outlook, weather can play a major role. Playing such an important
role, I have included here a few of the better web sites where one can find up-to-date weather
forecasts, precipitation, satellite images, etc.

A wonderful resource, take the time to visit Roger Brugge's weather page. He offers many good links
and weather related information. Well organized, weather around the world, and climate predictions.
The link is:
http://www.met.rdg.ac.uk/~brugge/

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Here are two web sites which present information for cities, counties, and international weather,
updated every few hours, from present conditions to four day forecasts around the world. Included
are UV indexes, daily precipitation estimate, pressure and hurricane warnings. Beautiful satellite
images of all kinds, they even have cameras set up in certain cities and towns where you can see the
weather with your own eyes! They also have the best weather links. These sites are worth
bookmarking (see explanation in section 0). Their URLs are:

http://cirrus.sprl.umich.edu/wxnet/ http://www.intellicast.com/LocalWeather/World/

For those who have less time to browse and are simply interested in weather that might affect the
markets, a market-moving weather web site with maps of weather and forecasts may provide the
desired information. @griculture On-Line USA has set up such a site with chosen links for quick
access easy to use. For outlook purposes, these are well done. The URL is:

http://www.agriculture.com/markets/mktweath.html

For those people interested in the mid-western United States, you might want to check out the
Midwestern Climate Center situated in Illinois. Well done with simple links. The URL is:

http://mcc.sws.uiuc.edu/

The Mann Library also has a good source of national weather statistics for the United States for 1995
to 1999. Updated weekly, you can reach the site at:

http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/nassr/field/weather/

For those interested in the weather conditions, data and vegetation growth for Zimbabwe, the place
to visit is the Zimbabwe Meteorological Department or Zimeteo.

http://weather.utande.co.zw/Home/index.htm

2.5.2. Journals

For news, reviews, and outlook purposes, farm journals may be of good use. Although the list is far
from complete, the following two web sites are very well done. The first is "Farm Journal Today,"
which presents different themes related to the farm and different commodities. You can find a link
to county level weather. Included are discussion groups and some interesting articles covering
important issues. The other is "Iowa Farmer Today," which is another well presented site. Its very
first link is to the cash grain prices. Other good links include articles, such as early frost warnings are
hiking corn prices, weather and other related web sites. Their URLs are:

http://www.agweb.com/ for the Farm Journal

http://www.iowafarmer.com/ for the Iowa Farm Journal

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Another excellent site, take time to visit Progressive Farmer Online, there is much to see. It has one
of the best market web pages online. Do not miss their outlook and commodity web pages. They
cover beef, cotton, feedgrains, forages, peanuts, pork, poultry, rice, soybeans, timber, tobacco, wheat
and more.
http://www.progressivefarmer.com/

U.K. based: Farmers Weekly interactive (FWi) Markets Page - Cereal and livestock prices and trends.
Detailed subscription service available, subscription free.

http://www.fwi.co.uk/

2.5.3. Currency and Unit Converter

Of the many currency converters available on the Internet, a good choice is Olsen and Associates' web
site in Switzerland, with daily exchange rates and over 164 currencies, including most African
currencies. You can reach their site at:

http://www.oanda.com/cgi-bin/ncc

Unit conversions and more:

http://www.mcs.net/~jfharold/convert.html

Happy surfing!

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MSU INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IDWP 4 .......... Sub-Contracting in Rural Areas of Thailand by Donald C.
Mead. 1982. 53 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAN-192)
PAPERS
IDWP 5 .......... Microcomputers and Programmable Calculators for
IDP 1 ............. Research on Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan
Agricultural Research in Developing Countries by Michael T.
Africa: A Critical Survey by Carl K. Eicher and Doyle C.
Weber, James Pease, Warren Vincent, Eric W. Crawford,
Baker. 1982. 346 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAL-692)
and Thomas Stilwell. 1983. 113 pp. (CDIE reference PN-
IDP 1F ........... Etude Critique de la Recherche sur la Developpement
AAN-441)
Agricole en Afrique Subsaharienne par Carl K. Eicher et
IDWP 6 .......... Periodicals for Microcomputers: An Annotated Bibliography
Doyle C. Baker. 1982. 345 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABA-
by Thomas Stilwell. 1983. 70 pp. (CDIE reference PN-
840)
AAN-443)
IDP 2 ............. A Simulation Study of Constraints on Traditional Farming
IDWP 7 .......... Employment and Housing in Lima, Peru by Paul Strassmann.
Systems in Northern Nigeria by Eric W. Crawford. 1982.
1983. 96 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAN-396)
136 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAP-677)
IDWP 8 .......... Faire Face a la Crise Alimentaire de l'Afrique by Carl K.
IDP 3 ............. Farming Systems Research in Eastern Africa: The
Eicher. 1983. 29 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAN-444)
Experience of CIMMYT and Some National Agricultural
IDWP 9 .......... Software Directories for Microcomputers: An Annotated
Research Services, 1976-81 by M.P. Collinson. 1982. 67
Bibliography by Thomas C. Stilwell. 1983. 14 pp. (CDIE
pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAM-826)
reference PN-AAN-442)
IDP 4 ............. Animal Traction in Eastern Upper Volta: A Technical,
IDWP 10 ........ Instructional Aids for Teaching How to Use the TI-59
Economic and Institutional Analysis by Vincent Barrett,
Programmable Calculator by Ralph E. Hepp. 1983. 133 pp.
Gregory Lassiter, David Wilcock, Doyle Baker, and Eric
(CDIE reference PN-AAP-133)
Crawford. 1982. 132 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAM-262)
IDWP 11 ........ Programmable Calculator (TI-59) Programs for Marketing
IDP 5 ............. Socio-Economic Determinants of Food Consumption and
and Price Analysis in Third World Countries by Michael L.
Production in Rural Sierra Leone: Application of an
Morris and Michael T. Weber. 1983. 105 pp. (CDIE
Agricultural Household Model with Several Commodities by
reference PN-AAP-134)
John Strauss. 1983. 91 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAM-
IDWP 12 ........ An Annotated Directory of Statistical and Related
031)
Microcomputer Software for Socioeconomic Data Analysis
IDP 6 ............. Applications of Decision Theory and the Measurement of
by Valerie Kelly, Robert D. Stevens, Thomas Stilwell and
Attitudes Towards Risk in Farm Management Research in
Michael T. Weber. 1983. 165 pp. (CDIE reference PN-
Industrialized and Third World Settings by Beverly Fleisher
AAP-135)
and Lindon J. Robison. 1985. 105 pp. (CDIE reference PN-
IDWP 13 ........ Guidelines for Selection of Microcomputer Hardware by Chris
AAU-740)
Wolf. 1983. 90 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAR-106)
IDP 7 ............. Private Decisions and Public Policy: The Price Dilemma in
IDWP 14 ........ User's Guide to BENCOS A SuperCalc Template for
Food Systems in Developing Countries by Peter Timmer.
Benefit-Cost Analysis by Eric W. Crawford, Ting-Ing Ho and
1986. 58 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-091)
A. Allan Schmid. 1984. 35 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAQ-
IDP 8 ............. Rice Marketing in Senegal River Valley: Research Findings
682)
and Policy Reform Options by Michael L. Morris. 1987. 89
IDWP 15 ........ An Evaluation of Selected Microcomputer Statistical
pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-092)
Programs by James W. Pease and Raoul Lepage with
IDP 9 ............. Small Scale Industries in Developing Countries: Empirical
Valerie Kelly, Rita Laker-Ojok, Brian Thelen, and Paul
Evidence and Policy Implications by Carl Liedholm and
Wolberg. 1984. 187 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAQ-683)
Donald Mead. 1987. 141 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAX-
IDWP 16 ........ Small Enterprises in Egypt: A study of Two Governorates by
734)
Stephen Davies, James Seale, Donald C. Mead, Mahmoud
IDP 10 ........... Maintaining the Momentum in Post-Green Revolution
Badr, Nadia El Sheikh and Abdel Rahman Saidi. 1984. 187
Agriculture: A Micro-Level Perspective from Asia by Derek
pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAU-610)
Byerlee. 1987. 57 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-093) IDWP 17 ........ Microcomputer Statistical Packages for Agricultural
IDP 11 ........... The Economics of Smallholder Maize Production in
Research by Thomas C. Stilwell. 1984. 23 pp. (CDIE
Zimbabwe: Implications for Food Security by David D. reference PN-AAZ-516)
Rohrbach. 1989. 100 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABD-549) IDWP 18 ........ An Annotated Directory of Citation Database, Educational,
System Diagnostics and Other Miscellaneous
WORKING PAPERS Microcomputer Software of Potential Use to Agricultural
Scientists in Developing Countries by Thomas C. Stilwell and
IDWP 1 .......... Farming Systems Research (FSR) in Honduras, 1977-81: A P. Jordan Smith. 1984. 34 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-
Case Study by Daniel Galt, Alvaro Diaz, Mario Contreras, 523)
Frank Peairs, Joshua Posner, and Franklin Rosales. 1982. IDWP 19 ........ Irrigation in Southern Africa: An Annotated Bibliography by
48 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAM-827) Amalia Rinaldi. 1985. 60 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-
IDWP 2 .......... Credit Agricole et Credit Informal dans la Region Orientale de 524)
Haute-Volta: Analyse Economique, Performance IDWP 20 ........ A Microcomputer Based Planning and Budgeting System for
Institutionnelle et Implications en Matiere de Politique de Agricultural Research Programs by Daniel C. Goodman, Jr.,
Developpement Agricole by Edouard K. Tapsoba. 1982. 125 Thomas C. Stilwell and P. Jordan Smith. 1985. 75 pp.
pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-527) (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-525)
IDWP 3 .......... Employment and Construction: Multicountry Estimates of IDWP 21 ........ Periodicals for Microcomputers: An Annotated Bibliography,
Costs and Substitutions Elasticities for Small Dwellings by Second Edition by Thomas C. Stilwell. 1985. 89 pp. (CDIE
W.P. Strassmann. 1982. 42 pp. (CDIE reference PN- reference PN-AAZ-526)
AAM-455)
IDWP 22 ........ Software Directories for Microcomputers: An Annotated
Bibliography, Second Edition by Thomas C. Stilwell. 1985.
21 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-528)
IDWP 23 ........ A diagnostic Perspective Assessment of the Production and
Marketing System for Mangoes in the Eastern Caribbean by
Alan Hrapsky with Michael Weber and Harold Riley. 1985.
106 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-529)
IDWP 24 ........ Subcontracting Systems and Assistance Programs:
Opportunities for Intervention by Donald C. Mead. 1985. 32
pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-943)
IDWP 25 ........ Small Scale Enterprise Credit Schemes: Administrative
Costs and the Role of Inventory Norms by Carl Liedholm.
1985. 23 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAU-615)
IDWP 26 ........ Subsector Analysis: Its Nature, Conduct and Potential
Contribution to Small Enterprise Development by James J.
Boomgard, Stephen P. Davies, Steve Haggblade and Donald
Mead. 1986. 57 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-101)
IDWP 27 ........ The Effect of Policy and Policy Reforms on Non-Agricultural
Enterprises and Employment in Developing Countries: A
Review of Past Experiences by Steve Haggblade, Carl
Liedholm, and Donald C. Mead. 1986. 133 pp. (CDIE
reference PN-AAV-001)
IDWP 28 ........ Rural Small Scale Enterprises in Zambia: Results of a 1985
Country-Wide Survey by John T. Milimo and Yacob Fisseha.
1986. 76 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-102)
IDWP 29 ........ Fundamentals of Price Analysis in Developing Countries'
Food Systems: A Training Manual to Accompany the
Microcomputer Software Program 'MSTAT' by Stephen
Goetz and Michael T. Weber. 1986. 148 pp. (CDIE
reference PN-AAZ-103)
IDWP 30 ........ Rapid Reconnaissance Guidelines for Agricultural Marketing
and Food System Research in Developing Countries by
John S. Holtzman. 1986. 75 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-
104)
IDWP 31 ........ Contract Farming and Its Effect on Small Farmers in Less
Developed Countries by Nicholas William Minot. 1986. 86
pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-105)
IDWP 32 ........ Food Security Policy and the Competitiveness of Agriculture
in the Sahel: A Summary of the "Beyond Mindelo" Seminar
by Thomas S. Jayne and Nicholas Minot. 1989. 27 pp.
(CDIE reference PN-ABF-570)
IDWP 33 ........ Small Scale Manufacturing Growth in Africa: Initial Evidence
by Carl Liedholm and Joan Parket. 1989. 18 pp. (CDIE
reference PN-ABB-945)
IDWP 34 ........ Food Security and Economic Growth in the Sahel: A
Summary of the September 1989 Cereals Workshop by
Victoire C. D'Agostino and John M. Staatz. 1989. 44 pp.
(CDIE reference PN-ABD-956)
IDWP 35 ........ User's Manual for the SADCC Cereals Trade Database
Compiled by the University of Zimbabwe and Michigan State
University by David Kingsbury. 1989. 44 pp. (CDIE
reference PN-ABF-378)
IDWP 36 ........ Managing Food Security Action Programs in Botswana by
Sisay Asefa. 1989. 36 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABF-377)
IDWP 37 ........ User's Guide to BENCOS Lotus 1-2-3 Templates for Benefit-
Cost Analysis by Eric Crawford and A. Allan Schmid. 1990.
23 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABF-530)
IDWP 38 ........ Research Methods in the MSU Food Security in Africa
Project: Conceptualizing and Implementing Policy Relevant
Studies by James F. Tefft with Michael T. Weber and John
M. Staatz. 1990. 128 pp. (CDIE reference pending)
REPRINT PAPERS
RP 1 .............. The Private Sector Connection to Development by Carl
Liedholm. 1986. 19 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAW-353)
RP 2 .............. Influencing the Design of Marketing Systems to Promote
Development in Third World Countries by James D. Shaffer
with Michael Weber, Harold Riley and John Staatz. 1987. 21
pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAV-230)
RP 3 .............. Famine Prevention in Africa: The Long View by Carl K.
Eicher. 1987. 18 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-119)
RP 4 ............... Cereals Marketing in the Senegal River Valley by Michael L.
Morris. 1987. 126 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-120)
RP 5 .............. The Food Security Equation in Southern Africa by
Mandivamba Rukuni and Carl K. Eicher. 1987. 32 pp.
(CDIE reference PN-AAZ-121)
RP 6 .............. Economic Analysis of Agronomic Trials for the Formulation
of Farmer Recommendations by Eric Crawford and Mulumba
Kamuanga. 1988. 41 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-370)
RP 6F ............ L'Analyse Economiques des Essais Agronomiques pour la
Formulation des Recommandations aux Paysans par Eric
Crawford et Mulumba Kamuanga. 1987. 33 pp. (CDIE
reference PN-AAZ-122)
RP 7 .............. Economic Analysis of Livestock Trials by Eric Crawford.
1987. 36 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-371)
RP 7F ............ L'Analyse Economique des Essais Zootechniques par Eric
Crawford. 1987. 36 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-123)
RP 8 .............. A Field Study of Fertilizer Distribution and Use in Senegal,
1984: Summary Report by Eric Crawford and Valerie Kelly.
1987. 32 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-124)
RP 8F ............ Enquete sur la Distribution et l'Utilisation de l'Engrais au
Sénégal, 1984: Résumé Analytique par Eric Crawford et
Valerie Kelly. 1988. 43 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABC-173)
RP 9 ............... Improving Food Marketing Systems in Developing Countries:
Experiences from Latin America by Kelly Harrison, Donald
Henley, Harold Riley and James Shaffer. 1987. 135 pp.
(CDIE reference PN-AAZ-125)
RP 10 ............ Policy Relevant Research on the Food and Agricultural
System in Senegal by Mark Newman, Eric Crawford and
Jacques Faye. 1987. 30 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-
126)
RP 10F .......... Orientations et Programmes de Recherche Macro-
Economiques sur le Systeme Agro-Alimentaire Sénégalais
par Mark Newman, Eric Crawford et Jacques Faye. 1987.
37 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-127)
RP 11 ............ A Field Study of Fertilizer Distribution and Use in Senegal,
1984: Final Report by Eric Crawford, Curtis Jolly, Valerie
Kelly, Philippe Lambrecht, Makhona Mbaye, and Matar Gaye.
1987. 106 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-128)
RP 11F .......... Enquête sur la Distribution et l’Utilisation de l'Engrais au
Sénégal, 1984: Rapport Final par Eric Crawford, Curtis Jolly,
Valerie Kelly, Philippe Lambrecht, Makhona Mbaye, et Matar
Gaye. 1987. 106 pp. (CDIE reference pending)
RP 12 ............ Private and Public Sectors in Developing Country Grain
Markets: Organization Issues and Options in Senegal by
Mark D. Newman, P. Alassane Sow, and Ousseynou NDoye.
1987. 14 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-129)
RP 13 ............ Agricultural Research and Extension in Francophone West
Africa: The Senegal Experience by R. James Bingen and
Jacques Faye. 1987. 23 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAV-
929)
RP 13F .......... La Liaison Recherche-Developpement en Afrique de l'Ouest
Francophone: L'Experience du Sénégal par James Bingen
et Jacques Faye. 1987. 32 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-
130)
RP 14 ............ Grain Marketing in Senegal's Peanut Basin: 1984/85
Situation and Issues by Mark D. Newman. 1987. 16 pp.
(CDIE reference PN-AAZ-131)
RP 15 ............ Tradeoffs between Domestic and Imported Cereals in
Senegal: A Marketing Systems Perspective by Mark D.
Newman, Ousseynou NDoye, and P. Alassane Sow. 1987.
41 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-372)
RP 15F .......... Céréales Locales et Céréales Importées au Sénégal: La
Politique Alimentaire a Partier Systemes de
Commercialisation par Mark D. Newman, Ousseynou NDoye,
 et P. Alassane Sow. 1987. 48 pp. (CDIE reference PN- Ousseynou NDoye. 1988. 24 pp. (CDIE reference PN-
ABC-326) ABC-160)
RP 16 ............ An Orientation to Production Systems Research in Senegal RP 25F ........... Etude sur la Commercialisation des Céréales dans la Région
by R. James Bingen. 1987. 88 pp. (CDIE reference PN- du Fleuve Sénégal: Méthodologie par Michael Morris. 1988.
AAZ-373) 48 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABC-172)
RP 16F .......... Orientation de la Recherche sur les Systemes de RP 26 ............ The Regulation and Organization of Cereal Markets in
Productions au Sénégal par R. James Bingen. 1987. 94 pp. Senegal: Report on the Marketing Campaigns of 1983/84
(CDIE reference PN-AAZ-374) and 1984/85 by P. Alassane Sow and Mark D. Newman.
RP 17 ............ A Contribution to Agronomic Knowledge of the Lower 1988. 29 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABC-165)
Casamance (Bibliographical Synthesis) by J.L. Posner. RP 26F ........... La Réglementation et l'Organisation des Marchés Céréaliers
1988. 47 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-375) au Sénégal: Situation des Campagnes des
RP 17F .......... Contribution a la Connaissance Agronomique de la Basse Commercialisation 1983/84 et 1984/85 par P. Alassane Sow
Casamance (Synthese Biblographique) par J.L. Posner. et Mark D. Newman. 1988. 35 pp. (CDIE reference PN-
1988. 47 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABC-167) ABC-166)
RP 18 ............ Acquisition and Use of Agricultural Inputs in the Context of RP 27 ............ Farm Level Cereal Situation in Lower Casamance: Results
Senegal's New Agricultural Policy: The Implications of of a Field Study by C.M. Jolly, M. Kamuanga, S. Sall, and
Farmers' Attitudes and Input Purchasing Behavior for the J.L. Posner. 1988. 35 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABC-157)
Design of Agricultural Policy and Research Programs by RP 27F ........... Situation Céréaliere en Milieu Paysan en Basse Casamance:
Valerie Auserehl Kelly. 1988. 30 pp. (CDIE reference PN- Résultats d'une Enquête de Terrain par C.M. Jolly, M.
AAZ-376) Kamuanga, S. Sall, et J.L. Posner. 1988. 41 pp. (CDIE
RP 18F .......... Acquisition et Utilisation d'Intrants Agricoles dans le Context reference PN-ABC-158)
de la Nouvelle Politique Agricole du Sénégal: Implications ........................ Annexe 1 Budgets de Culture et Analyse des Marges dans
des Attitudes et du Comportement d'Achat d'Intrants des le Bassin Arachidier. 1988. 134 pp. (CDIE reference PN-
Exploitants pour l'Elaboration d'une Politique Agricole et de ABC-169)
Programmes de Recherches par Valerie Auserehl Kelly. ........................ Annexe 2 Budgets de Culture et Analyse des Marges au
1988. 35 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-377) Sénégal Oriental et en Casamance. 1988. 204 pp. (CDIE
RP 19 ............ Farmers' Demand for Fertilizer in the Context of Senegal's reference PN-ABC-170)
New Agricultural Policy: A Study of Factors Influencing ........................ Annexe 3 Budgets de Culture et Analyse des Marges dans
Farmers' Fertilizer Purchasing Decisions by Valerie Auserehl la Vallée du Fleuve Sénégal. 1988. 214 pp. (CDIE
Kelly. 1988. 47 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-378) reference PN-ABC-171)
RP 19F .......... Demande d'Engrais de la Part des Exploitants dans les RP 29 ............. Agricultural Development and Policy in Senegal: Annotated
Contexte de la Nouvelle Politique Agricole au Sénégal: Une Bibliography of Recent Studies, 1983-89 by Eric Crawford, R.
Etude des Facteurs Influencant les Decisions d'Achat James Bingen, and Malcolm Versel. 1990. 254 pp. (CDIE
d'Engrais Prises par les Exploitants par Valerie Auserehl reference PN-ABE-271)
Kelly. 1988. 58 pp. (CDIE reference PN-AAZ-379) RP 30 ............ Lowland Cropping Systems in the Lower Casamance of
RP 20 ............ Production Systems in the Lower Casamance and Farmer Senegal: Results of Four Years of Agronomic Research
Strategies in Response to Rainfall Deficits by J.L. Posner, M. (1982-1985) by Joshua Posner, Mulumba Kamuanga, and
Kamuanga, and S. Sall. 1988. 33 pp. (CDIE reference PN- Mamadou Lo. 1990. 130 pp. (CDIE reference pending)
ABC-162) RP 31 ............ Farming Systems Research in Southern Senegal: The
RP 20F .......... Les Systemes de Production en Basse Casamance et les Djibelor Experience (1982-1986) by Mulumba Kamuanga and
Stratégies Paysannes Face du Deficit Pluviométrique par J.L. Joshua L. Posner. 1992. 57 pp. (CDIE reference pending)
Posner, M. Kamuanga, et S. Sall. 1988. 33 pp. (CDIE
reference PN-ABC-163)
RP 21 ............ Informing Food Security Decisions in Africa: Empirical
Analysis and Policy Dialogue by Michael T. Weber, John M.
Staatz, John S. Holtzman, Eric W. Crawford, and Richard H.
Bernsten. 1989. 11 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABE-627)
RP 21F .......... Comment Informer les Decisions Traitant de la Sécurité
Alimentaire en Afrique: Analyses Empiriques et Dialogue
Politique par Michael T. Weber, John M. Staatz, John S.
Holtzman, Eric W. Crawford, et Richard H. Bernsten. 1989.
13 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABD-104)
RP 22 ............ The Creation and Establishment of Production Systems
Research in a National Agricultural Research Institute: The
Senegal Experience by Jacques Faye, James Bingen, and
Etienne Landais. 1988. 25 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABC-
161)
RP 23 ............. Foreign Trade of Agricultural Products and Inputs in Senegal
from 1975 to 1984 by Frederic Martin and Alioune Dieng.
1988. 45 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABC-164)
RP 23F ........... Le Commerce Exterieur de Produits et d'Intrants Agricoles du
Sénégal de 1975 a 1984 par Frederic Martin et Alioune
Dieng. 1990. 45 pp. (CDIE reference PN-ABF-529)
RP 24 ............ Regulatory Uncertainty and Government Objectives for the
Organization and Performance of Cereal Markets: The Case
of Senegal by Mark D. Newman, P. Alassane Sow, and
Ousseynou NDoye. 1988. 24 pp. (CDIE reference PN-
ABC-159)
RP 24F .......... Incertitude Réglementaire, Objectifs Gouvernementaux,
Organisation et Performances des Marchés Céréaliers: Le
Cas du Sénégal par Mark D. Newman, P. Alassane Sow, and