SOP Manual for Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities

This article discusses “Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities and its SOP Manual”. This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the planning, administration, and coordination of agricultural programs for production, marketing, and utilization, including educational and promotional activities. Included in this industry are government establishments responsible for regulating and controlling the grading and inspection of food, plants, animals, and other agricultural products.

Stage of Agricultural Marketing:

1. Assembly: Commodity buyers specialising in specific agricultural products, such commodities as grain, cattle, beef, oil palm, cotton, poultry and eggs, milk
2. Transportation: Independent truckers, trucking companies, railroads, airlines etc.
3. Storage: Grain elevators, public refrigerated warehouses, controlled-atmosphere warehouses, heated warehouses, freezer warehouses.
4. Grading and classification: Commodity merchants or government grading officials.
5. Processing: Food and fibre processing plants such as flour mills, oil mills, rice mills, cotton mills, wool mills, and fruit and vegetable canning or freezing plants.
6. Packaging: Makers of tin cans, cardboard boxes, film bags, and bottles for food packaging or fibre products.
7. Distribution and Retailing: Independent wholesalers marketing products for various processing plants to retailers (chain retail stores sometimes have their own separate warehouse distribution centres).

The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) has grouped services and activities associated with Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities under the NAICS industry code 926140. The following list shows some activities that are associated with industry 926140,

Agricultural cooperative extension program administration
Agricultural marketing services government
Agricultural pest and weed regulation, government
Agriculture fair boards administration
Animal quarantine service, government
Food inspection agencies
Pest control programs, agriculture, government
Regulation and inspection of agricultural products
Weed control, agriculture, government

Some of the international association of Regulation of Agricultural Marketing and Commodities:

Networking Association for Farm Direct Marketing and Agritourism (NAFDMA).
The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA).
The American Soybean Association (ASA).
Farmer Cooperative Association (FCA).

International Standard related to this industry:

ISO 9000: 2005
ISO 9001: 2008
ISO 9001: 2015
ISO 22000: 2005
ISO 14001: 2015
ISO 27001: 2013

Few of the World best Companies in this industry are,

State of New Hmpshr Dpt Agrclt | Concord | United State of America | http://www.nh.gov/ |
Kansas Department Agriculture | Manhattan | United State of America | http://www.portal.kansas.gov/ |
Risk Management Agency | Washington | United State of America | http://www.stanfordmanagement.com/ |
Economic Research Service | Washington | United State of America | http://www.usda.gov/ |
Plant Board Arkansas State | Little Rock | United State of America | http://www.portal.arkansas.gov/ |
West Vrginia Conservation Agcy | Charleston | United State of America | http://www.wvca.us/ |
Rural Development | San Juan | United State of America |
KB Horticultural Sciences Inc | Lemoore | United State of America |
Strawberry Marketing Board La | Baton Rouge | United State of America | http://www.louisiana.gov/ |
Agriculture Arkansas Dept | Little Rock | United State of America | http://www.arkansasgrown.org/ |