USA : United States cotton differences - March 23, 2007
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announces United States cotton differences:
Click United States Cotton Differences to view the complete report.
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) includes six commodity programs--Cotton, Dairy, Fruit and Vegetable, Livestock and Seed, Poultry, and Tobacco.
The programs employ specialists who provide standardization, grading and market news services for those commodities. They enforce such Federal Laws as the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act and the Federal Seed Act.
AMS commodity programs also oversee marketing agreements and orders, administer research and promotion programs, and purchase commodities for Federal food programs.