Welcome to the Federal Grain Inspection Service, a program of USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service.  FGIS provides a critical service to American agriculture and the world, inspecting and weighing grains and commodities.  In these unprecedented times, FGIS will be calling on you to assist in accomplishing our mission.    

Where can I find market reports on livestock, poultry, meat, grains, and related projects?

Our reports can be found on our Market News page. You can call 202-720-1990 or email mymarketnews@usda.gov. 

Where can I find Organic Market News Reports?

Docket Number: AMS-CP-20-0040
Dates: Invitations to submit proposals are expected to be issued within two weeks of the date of this notice.

Summary

The Cotton & Tobacco Program provides reliable quality data to U.S. cotton producers, facilitating the marketing of cotton to U.S. merchants and textile mills. Given the program’s stellar worldwide reputation for accuracy, making USDA quality data available to foreign textile mills adds value to U.S. cotton in a highly competitive global market. 

To accomplish this mission, Quality Assurance staff performs two key functions:

Grading services are an integral part of the U.S. cotton supply chain.  Cotton classing is not mandatory, rather grading is performed at the request of producers or their designees who pay a “user- fee” for the service.  Growers find third-party unbiased grading services provided by C&T essential to the fair and equitable marketing of their crop.

The Universal Cotton Standards Agreement of 1923 elevated the status of the USDA cotton standards to a fully internationally recognized standard.  Since this time, the Universal Cotton Standards have been produced and distributed by the AMS Cotton and Tobacco Program under the auspices of a delegate body made up of U.S. and international signatory delegates.

Universal Cotton Standards