Source catalog

The public data behind Flynnstone research

This catalog defines the source boundary for published work. Inclusion permits citation; it does not make any specific claim true.

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SourceTypical cadence
USDA ERS Meat Price Spreadsmonthly
USDA ERS Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlookmonthly
USDA ERS Weekly Retail Food Salesweekly
USDA AMS Weekly and Monthly Beef Reportsweekly
USDA AMS Market Newsdaily
BLS CPI Average Price Datamonthly
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statisticsannual
Federal Reserve Economic Datamonthly
Census County Business Patternsannual
Census Data APIannual
Census Nonemployer Statisticsannual
Economic Censusevery five years
USDA NASS Livestock Slaughtermonthly
USDA NASS Cattle Inventorysemiannual
FSIS Recalls and Public Health Alertscontinuous
FSIS Meat, Poultry and Egg Product Inspection Directoryregularly updated
FMI Power of Meatannual
National Provisionercontinuous
Supermarket Newscontinuous
Grocery Divecontinuous
IBISWorld Meat Markets in the USannual
BizBuySell Insight Reportquarterly
Axial Middle Market Reviewquarterly
Capstone Partners Food M&A Reportsperiodic
Group of Butchersannual
Electronic Code of Federal Regulationscontinuous
Stanford GSB Search Fund Studybiennial
National Provisioner Top 100annual
Niche Meat Processor Assistance Networkperiodic
Jina Reader fetch adaptercontinuous

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