The Department of Agriculture Friday announced a new Grading Dashboard, capturing current and historical quality grade and volume information for beef, lamb and veal. The Dashboard includes data published through the weekly USDA National Steer and Heifer Estimated Grading Percent Report and expands the information to include veal and lamb grades and volumes.
Mae Wu, USDA Deputy Under Secretary of Marketing and Regulatory Programs, states, “This new dashboard offers farmers, ranchers and others in the supply chain the latest grading performance information in an easy to use format.” USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service applies quality grades to a variety of agricultural commodities for companies on a fee for service basis.
The interactive tool provides another level of service to the beef, lamb and veal industries that rely on these data to make informed business, marketing and production decisions. Producers can find the new grading dashboard on the USDA AMS website, ams.usda.gov.
