United States Department of Agriculture's Home Page. 29 Jan. 2003. United States
Department of
Agriculture. 19 Apr. 2003 [www.usda.gov]
All of the Department of Agriculture's reports used to be in print, but are now mainly
digitized. Through this site access to the full reports is possible. These reports range from
agricultural economic reports to economic and statistics services to reports on the open market.
Agricultural Research Service. 31 Mar. 2003 Agricultural Research Service. 19 Apr.
2003. [www.ars.usda.gov]
The ARS in the principal in-house research agency of the USDA. Their site is even better
that the USDA site for research and new information in the cheese industry.
Agricultural Marketing Service's Home Page. Agricultural Marketing Service. 19 Apr.
2003.
[www.ams.usda.gov]
The AMS is a government division that administers programs that facilitate the fair,
efficient marketing of US agricultural products. The AMS helps make sure the US marketing system
remains world class. This is a helpful site if interested in the marketing and advertising of
cheese.
U.S. International Trade Commission. 18 Apr. 2003. United States International Trade
Commission.
18 Apr. 2003. [www.usitc.gov/websearc.htm].
This site offers several different searching possibilities, including searching
publications, EDIS Online, Data Web, and ITC Trade Documents. Unfortunately to search the ITC
Trade Documents it now costs, but searching current tariffs is still free if looking for
international cheese trade involving the United States.
International Dairy Foods Association. 14 Apr. 2003. International Dairy Foods
Association.
18 Apr. 2003. [www.idfa.org].
The International Dairy Foods Association is the industry's collective voice in
Washington, D.C., throughout the country, and in the international arena. IDFA represents more
than 500 dairy food manufacturers, marketers, distributors and industry suppliers. Limited access
to IDFA's Cheese Facts is available along with links to order other industry standards.
National Dairy Council. 3 Mar. 2003. National Dairy Council. 18 Apr. 2003.
[www.nationaldairycouncil.org].
This is the homepage of the nutrition marketing arm of Dairy Management. This site
provides information on the nutrition value of dairy products. It has a search function that will
result in articles from their Nutrition Library.
U.S. Dairy Export Council. Mar. 2003. United States Dairy Export Council. 18 Apr. 2003.
[www.usdec.org/home.cfm]
This is the site of a group of milk producers, dairy cooperatives, proprietary processors,
export traders and industry suppliers aimed at assisting the U.S. dairy suppliers to increase the
volume and value of their exports. USDEC puts out a newsletter which is available on their site.
This site is a good starting point for the commercial side of cheese. It contains links
to other dairy related sites and is maintained by the Dairy Management Inc.