Agricultural Outlook (AO) ceased publication in December 2002. A new magazine, AmberWaves, replaced Agricultural Outlook, FoodReview, and Rural America in February 2003. This archive contains AO publications covering commodity markets and trade, farm policy, and other food- and agriculture-related topics. Each release includes data on individual commodities, farm income, the general economy, agricultural trade, and related issues.

Commodity and trade outlook data and information continue to be available on the ERS website. Additional commodity- or topic-specific information may be found in ERS Briefing Rooms.

Examines the U.S. aquaculture industry including production, inventory, sales, prices, inputs, and trade of catfish, trout, tilapia, salmon, mollusks, crawfish, shrimp, ornamental fish, and new species.

Aquaculture Outlook and Situation was published between 1980 and 1982 and covered the supply and sales of catfish, trout, crawfish and other aquaculture. In 1982, Aquaculture Outlook and Situation ceased publication and beginning in 1983, material previously reported under this title became part of the Livestock and Poultry Outlook & Situation report.

This microcomputer program is designed to analyze operating costs for six sizes of beef packing and fabricating plants for five levels of operating output. The program tabulates total costs as well as costs by each of 20 operating stages and by accounts and subaccounts.
PACKER90 is programmed for and is run from BASICA (or other compatible BASIC interpreter). PACKER can be used with a single 360K disk drive, but a fixed drive is preferable.

In 1997, ERS expanded Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook to include information formerly contained in Cattle and Sheep Outlook. The final issue of Cattle and Sheep Outlook was published November 13, 1996. This archive report contains detailed analysis and data covering the outlook for cattle and sheep, focusing on production, slaughter, price, and trade statistics.

The dairy industry underwent dramatic restructuring in the last 50 or so years. The 1997 U.S. Department of Agriculture report by Manchester and Blayney, The Structure of Dairy Markets: Past, Present, Future, described selected dairy product markets, firms in the markets, and changes in the markets and firms for the 1975-99 period. This report provides a similar examination of milk production. Structural changes in milk production are a result of long-term evolutionary processes such as adoption of technological innovations, changes in the production system, and specialization. The key features of milk production examined in this report are the quantity of milk produced and the location, number, size, and business organization of dairy farms.

In 1997, ERS expanded Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook to include information formerly contained in Dairy Outlook. The final issue of Dairy Outlook was published December 13, 1996.This archive report contains detailed analysis and data covering the outlook for the dairy sector, including milk production by States, regions, and the Nation; dairy cow inventory; milk and dairy products prices, supplies, and utilization; and international markets and trade.

This publication reported on cow numbers, milk production, prices and income and other data related to dairy products. Trends, including price drops and dairy exports are also noted. All available archived reports are included here, from 1931 to 1969.

This annual dataset contains statistics on production, supply, and use of milk and other manufactured dairy products, including data on commercial, manufacturer, and government stocks and disappearance of dairy products, as well as import and export data. Also includes prices received by farmers, wholesale and retail price indexes, milk production costs, and information regarding regional shares of U.S. milk production. Tables are in .xls format and downloadable either separately or collectively as a .zip file. For many tables, the most recent year-to-date information is available from Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook: Tables on the ERS website.

In 1997, ERS expanded Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook to include information formerly contained in Hog Outlook. The final issue of Hog Outlook was published October 15, 1996. This archive report contains detailed analysis and data on the hog sector, focusing on production, slaughter, price, and trade statistics.

Effective November 1982, this report became the Livestock and Poultry Outlook and Situation, reflecting its merger with the Poultry and Egg Outlook and Situation. It was published under the title Livestock and Meat Outlook and Situation from 1947 to 1982 and reported on factors that affected the livestock industry and the consumption and sale of hogs, cattle, sheep and lamb.

This publication ceased production in 1986 and was published between 1981 and 1986. Factors affecting poultry industries, such as feed prices and droughts, are included, as well as trends and forecasts across several livestock industries, including hogs and cattle.

The LDP Outlook report includes monthly livestock, dairy, and poultry information, focusing on current and forecast production, prices, and trade for each of the sectors. Commentary on observed trends is also included. Tables supporting the current monthly report are available on the ERS website at Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook: Tables.

Related website: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/animal-products/

In 1997, ERS expanded Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook to include information formerly contained in Poultry Outlook. The final issue of Poultry Outlook was published November 18, 1996. This archive report contains detailed analysis and data covering the poultry sector, focusing on production, price, and trade statistics.

This dataset is grouped into four sections: eggs, broilers (young
chickens), other chicken (mature or non-broiler chickens), and turkeys. Within
each section, the data are divided into indicators of production, supply and
disappearance, and prices and costs.

Also included are estimates of production, exports, shipments and consumption, prices paid and received, and costs of production.

This publication was published between 1931 and 1939. Following the conclusion of its publication in 1939, data reported in this report was included in the Poultry and Egg Outlook and Situation report. The number of hatchings, total egg production, number of laying flocks, egg prices and prices of chickens, and storage stocks of poultry meat are included in these reports.

This publication was published between 1937 and 1982. It covers factors affecting the poultry and egg industries, the number of chickens, hens and other poultry raised, slaughtered and sold, and the number of eggs produced. The content of this report was previously published under the titles the Poultry and Egg Situation and the Poultry and Egg Outlook.

This publication includes data on U.S. farm prices of eggs, turkeys and chickens and the various factors affecting production from 1910 to 1935. In 1937, this data was included under the new publication titled the Poultry and Egg Situation.

This annual dataset ceased publication in 2003. It contained the annual, quarterly, and monthly data for domestic livestock slaughter and meat production as well as the inventories, prices, and price indexes for meat and livestock, including cattle, sheep, hogs, poultry, turkey. Also included are the domestic supply and use of red meat and poultry as well as international imports and exports.

Includes data on number of annual turkeys raised, supply of hatching eggs, cost of production (including feed prices), storage stocks, supplies of other meats, and the production intentions for the coming year. This annual publication stopped in 1940.

This archived report does not contain recent information or data. This report provides a historical overview of the industry, more detailed examinations of the fluid milk market and selected manufactured dairy product markets, a discussion of future prospects and trends in the industry, and some thoughts on the implications of those prospects and trends for dairy farmers and their organizations, processors, dairy product manufacturers, and retailers. The U.S. dairy industry, many segments of which supported dairy policy changes in the 1996 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act, is much different than it was 20 or even 10 years ago. Last published September 1997.

This publication was published between 1942 and 1946. Included in each release is data on the number of livestock produced, slaughtered and sold, and the production and prices of wool. Relevant government actions, such as changes to inspection of certification, are also noted.

This monthly report examines the monthly U.S. agricultural imports and exports on both a commodity basis as well as a country by country basis. Data tables of agricultural trade is provided for both volume of trade and value of trade for the recent months as well as the fiscal year. Regular publication of this report has ceased after the February 2007 issue, however periodic reports are still being issued.

This archived report does not contain recent information or data. This report examines the cattle cycle of the 1990s to determine if there are differences from previous cattle cycles and, if so, how and why differences occurred.

In early 1996, the peak in the current cycle of cattle inventories coincided with a long list of negative factors: negative returns at the farm and feedlot, record-high feed grain prices, a severe drought in 1995-96, widening farm-retail price spreads; Choice beef dollar, and reports of high profits for beef packers. This confluence created an atmosphere in which some producers and members of Congress questioned whether the cattle industry was adversely affected by high packer concentration and market power. Published April 1999.

Comprehensive data on the U.S. broiler industry including data on consumption, prices, and demand; production; processing; and marketing. Last publication October 1988; Most data in this series cover 1965-87.