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Direct-to-Consumer Marketing Growing Faster Than Total Agricultural Sales
Posted on June 8th, 2009 by admin. Filed under News.
A new report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) shows direct-to-consumer farm marketing in the United States is growing faster than total agricultural sales—the two categories increased 104.7 percent and 47.6 percent, respectively, from 1997 to 2007.
USDA Publishes Market Manager Survey Results
Posted on June 8th, 2009 by admin. Filed under News.
The large percentage of young markets explains in part why the growth in the number of farmers markets is not
mirrored by a corresponding growth in sales. Total farmers market sales in 2005 are estimated to have slightly
exceeded $1 billion, compared with $888 million in 2000, an average annual growth rate of 2.5 percent. To