Urner Barry
Urner Barry (or Urner Barry Publications Inc.) is an American business publisher that provides market information on the food industry to subscribers from print and non-print media. Founded in 1858, Urner Barry focuses today on market information related to red meat, poultry, egg and seafood through its reports and websites. It also administers the sale of ancillary products and services. History In 1857, Benjamin Urner was working as a printer in New York City. As a printer, he would encounter many merchants coming to port and requesting price circulars for use at the markets. He began to notice discrepancies in the prices and decided to publish a universal report called the Producers' Price Current, which was later renamed the Urner Barry Price-Current. The report eventually became a daily circular and the data were collected by visiting with buyers and sellers in New York marketplaces. Urner and his son founded the Urner Publishing Company in 1882, which offered one year subscriptions for $1.00. In 1873, L. Frank Barry started the New York Daily Market Report, which covered all produce markets. It was the first such daily publication in the country. Since the two were engaged in a similar type of business,