agricultural marketing service revised fy 2000 and 2001 annual performance plans mission the of ams is to facilitate strategic products in domestic international markets while ensuring fair trading practices promoting a competitive efficient marketplace benefit producers traders consumers us food fiber this carried out through eight broad activities that encompass wide range programs are 1 market news 2 standards grading shell egg surveillance 3 protection promotion 4 transportation services 5 wholesale development 6 payments states possessions 7 perishable commodities act program 8 strengthening producer income section 32 approximately seventy two percent funds needed finance derived from voluntary user fees provides for private industry state federal agencies on reimbursable basis primarily connection with commodity authorized under 1946 cotton statistics estimates 1927 tobacco inspection 1935 research information 1996 organic foods