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01/11/08
2007 Corn Crop a Record Breaker, USDA Reports - Cotton, Rice Yields Hit All-Time Highs
The Crop Production 2007 Summary released today, contains year-end acreage, yield and production estimates for grains and hay; oilseeds; cotton, tobacco and sugar; dry beans, peas and lentils; and potatoes and miscellaneous crops. As expected, the report shows that the 2007 U.S. corn crop was one for the record books. Jeff Geuder, chief of NASS Crops Branch, looks at the highlights of the report.
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12/18/07
The Census of Agriculture is Coming!
As families sit down to enjoy their holiday feasts this year, it’s important to remember the people who make those meals possible – the nation’s farmers and ranchers. NASS thanks these producers for their efforts and urges them to help ensure the future success of their operations – and their industry – by participating in the 2007 Census of Agriculture. NASS Deputy Administrator Carol House discusses the importance of the upcoming Census.
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10/12/07
NASS Releases Latest Look at U.S. Crops
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released the October Crop Production report providing the latest look at U.S. crops, including corn, soybeans, cotton and citrus. The corn crop is expected to yield an average 154.7 bushels per acre – the second highest on record. Steve Wiyatt, director of the NASS Statistics Division, says the surprise however is in sunflower production which is forecasted at 2.9-billion pounds, 35 percent higher than last year.
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09/12/07
NASS Forecasts An Even Bigger Record Corn Crop
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is still expecting a record corn crop. After forecasting a whopping 13.1-billion bushel crop in August - the much anticipated September Crop Production report shows a two-percent increase to 13.3-billion bushels. Jeff Geuder, chief of the NASS Crops Branch, says the September report provides the best look so far at the season’s crops, including corn, soybeans and cotton.
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08/10/07
NASS Forecasts Record Corn Crop in 2007
NASS's Crop Production report, released today, contains the first official estimates for 2007 production of major crops, including corn, soybeans and cotton. Corn production is forecast at a record 13.1 billion bushels, eclipsing the previous record, set in 2004, by 10.6 percent. Jeff Geuder, chief of the NASS Crops Branch, reviews the highlights of the report.
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07/12/07
July Crop Report Provides First Look at Spring Wheat Production
The July Crop Production report provides the first look at spring wheat production for 2007. Steve Wiyatt, director of the NASS Statistics Division, provides a look at the wheat numbers and also discusses the forecasts for citrus and small grains.
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06/29/07
USDA Takes a Closer Look at Ethanol Co-Product Use
With the support of the Nebraska Corn Board, NASS has released its most comprehensive report to date on use of ethanol co-products for livestock feed. Dan Kerestes, chief of the NASS Livestock Branch, reviews the highlights.
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06/29/07
U.S. Farmers Plant Largest Corn Crop in 63 Years
NASS's much-anticipated Acreage report shows that
U.S. farmers planted a whopping 92.9 million acres of corn
this year, exceeding expectations and topping last year's
acreage by 19 percent. Steve Wiyatt, director of the NASS
Statistics Division, looks at what's behind the numbers.
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03/30/07
Prospective Plantings Report Shows Soaring Corn Acres
Driven by growing ethanol and export demand, U.S. farmers intend
to plant 15 percent more corn acres in 2007, according to widely
anticipated Prospective Plantings report released today by NASS.
Steve Wiyatt, director of NASS Statistics Division, offers a
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03/27/07
Prospective Plantings Report Eagerly Anticipated
There's a great deal of anticipation surrounding the release
of NASS's annual Prospective Plantings report March 30. The
report provides the first official estimate of the number and
type of crop acres U.S. producers plan to plant in 2007. Jeff
Geuder, chief of the NASS Crops Branch, discusses the importance
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03/09/07
January Freeze Had Significant Impact on California Citrus
As a result of freezing temperatures that hit California in mid-January, NASS has reduced its forecasts for 2006-07 orange, grapefruit, tangerine and lemon production in the state. Jeff Geuder, chief of the NASS Crops Branch, tells the story.
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02/02/07
NASS Survey Shows Sheep Numbers Down, Goat
Numbers Up
In January, USDA’s National Agricultural
Statistics Service contacted some thousands of producers nationwide
to get a handle on the U.S. sheep and lamb inventory and goat
and kid inventory. Dan Kerestes, chief of the NASS Livestock
Branch, discusses the results released today.
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02/02/07
NASS Survey Shows Sheep Numbers Down, Goat
Numbers Up
In January, USDA’s National Agricultural
Statistics Service contacted some thousands of producers nationwide
to get a handle on the U.S. sheep and lamb inventory and goat
and kid inventory. Dan Kerestes, chief of the NASS Livestock
Branch, discusses the results released today.
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01/12/07
NASS Releases Final Crop Numbers for 2006
USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service today released
the Crop Production 2006 Summary, providing final production,
yield and acreage data for many of the nation's crops. Jeff
Geuder, chief of the NASS Crops Branch, looks at the report's
highlights.
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1/03/07 Cattle Survey is USDA’s Largest Livestock Survey of the Year
The January Cattle Survey, NASS’s largest livestock survey of the year, is underway. Over the next two weeks, the agency will contact some 50,000 cattle operations in 48 states as part of its effort to measure and track trends in the industry. Dan Kerestes, chief of the NASS Livestock Branch, discusses the importance of producer participation in the Cattle Survey.
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1/03/07 USDA’s Annual Sheep and Goat Survey Underway
During the first two weeks of January, NASS is asking selected producers in 48 states to provide information on their sheep and goat inventory, production and prices. Dan Kerestes, chief of the NASS Livestock Branch, talks about the annual Sheep and Goat Inventory Survey now underway.
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12/27/06 Hogs and Pigs Report Shows Inventory, Production Up Slightly
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released the quarterly Hogs and Pigs report December 27. Dan Kerestes, chief of the NASS Livestock Branch, reviews the highlights.
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12/11/2006 December Crop Report Provides Outlook for Corn, Orange Crops
The latest Crop Production report shows cotton virtually unchanged from the November forecast but down 11 percent from last year's record production. The U.S. all orange forecast for the 2006-07 season is up 3 percent from the October forecast but down 9 percent from last season's final utilization. Jeff Geuder, chief of the NASS Crops Branch, looks at the numbers.
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11/09/2006 November Crop Report Shows Smaller Corn Crop, Bigger Soybean and Cotton Crops
In the latest Crop Production report, NASS reduced its estimate of U.S. corn harvest by one percent – to just over 10.7 billion bushels. Meanwhile, the soybean and cotton crops are coming in slightly above last month’s estimates. Greg Thessen, head of the NASS Field Crops Section, discusses highlights of the report.
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10/12/2006 Crop Report Shows Soybean and Cotton Production Up and Corn Production Down from September
Production estimates for soybeans and cotton are up from September while the production forecast for corn is down, according to NASS’s October Crop Production report. Steve Wiyatt, director of the NASS Statistics Division, says that early harvest results for corn have revealed that the hot, dry conditions of the summer had more of an impact on yield potential than anticipated.
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10/02/06 Latest Aquaculture Census Shows U.S. Aquaculture a Billion Dollar Industry
The 2005 Census of Aquaculture provides the second nationwide count of the aquaculture industry. Dan Kerestes, chief of the NASS Livestock Branch, says that sales of aquaculture products have grown to nearly $1.1 billion since 1998, an increase of 11.7 percent. Accounting for more than half of all aquaculture sales was food fish, including catfish, perch, salmon, tilapia and trout.
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09/29/06 NASS Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report Shows U.S. Hog Inventory on the Rise
U.S. hog inventory is up from a year ago at 62.7 million head, according to NASS’s Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report. Dan Kerestes, chief of the NASS Livestock Branch, says genetics and prices are likely factors for the rising numbers.
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09/12/06
Crop Report Shows Corn, Soybean Production Up from August
Production estimates for corn and soybeans are up from the August, according to NASS’s September Crop Production Report. Greg Thessen, head of the NASS Field Crops Section, says some timely rains last month are likely the reason for the improvement.
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08/11/06
NASS Provides First Forecast of 2006 Corn, Soybean Production
NASS’s August Crop Production Report provides the first yield and production forecasts for the 2006 corn and soybean crops. Greg Thessen, head of the NASS Field Crops Section, provides some insight on the numbers.
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07/13/06
July Crop Report Looks at Winter, Spring Wheat Production
NASS’s July Crop Production Report provides the third look at 2006 winter wheat production and the first look at the spring wheat crop. Greg Thessen, head of the NASS Field Crops Section, says that while farmers are finding better crops than originally expected, the wheat numbers are still well below 2005.
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06/30/06 Biotech Corn, Cotton Acres Increase More than Soybean Acres
Part of the annual Acreage Report released June 30th looks
at U.S. biotech acres. Steve Wiyatt, director of NASS's statistics
division, says the percentage of corn, cotton and soybean acres
increased this year by 9 percent - 4 percent and 2 percent,
respectively.
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06/30/06 USDA Grain Stocks Report Shows Record Year-to-Date Corn Disappearance
Steve Wiyatt, Director of NASS's Statistics Division, discusses
highlights of USDA's quarterly Grain Stocks report. He says
a highlight of the report show year-to-date disappearance of
corn is a record at 8.86-billion bushels. But Wiyatt says the
March-May wheat disappearance of 404-million bushels - down
9 percent - may have come as a surprise to industry watchers.
And he says soybean stocks of 990-million bushels represented
a 42 percent increase over 2005 - and the highest June 1st
soybean stocks level ever.
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6/30/06
USDA Acreage Report Finds More Corn, Cotton and Wheat Acres
than March
Steve Wiyatt, Director of NASS's Statistics Division, discusses
highlights of USDA's annual Acreage Report. He says farmers
may have planted two percent more corn acres than indicated
in March due to strong demand and firm prices. And Wiyatt
says a seven percent increase in cotton planted area may not
necessarily translate into a big increase in cotton production
this year. He also says both barley and sorghum planted areas
are the lowest since NASS began keeping records.
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06/12/06 NASS Takes Local Approach on Surveys
NASS is collecting data right now that will be used to generate several important reports due out at the end of the month. While some farmers fill out a survey form on paper or on line, many others will receive a phone call or in-person visit from a local interviewer, who may well be a fellow farmer. The local surveyors, who are called enumerators, are provided to NASS through a cooperative agreement with the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture. Iowa enumerators Alan Tomlinson, who farms himself, and Connie Merkey, a farm spouse with an active role her family’s operation, talk about the importance of the surveys they conduct for NASS.
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06/09/06 June Crop Production Report Shows Winter Wheat Down, Oranges Unchanged
Steve Wiyatt, director of NASS’s Statistics Division, discusses highlights of the June Crop Production report. He says ongoing drought conditions in the southern Great Plains mean that forecasted winter wheat production is down 16 percent from 2005.
Meanwhile, forecasted 2005-2006 orange production is unchanged from May.
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06/02/06 NASS Mid-Year Surveys Will Yield Vital Data
NASS data collection specialists are currently in the field, gathering information from producers on everything from crop acres planted, to grain in storage, to hog and pig inventories. Bob Bass, director of NASS’s Census and Survey Division, explains that the data collected between now and mid-month will be published June 30 in a series of major reports providing the first clear indication of potential production and supply of major commodities for 2006.
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05/12/06 Winter Wheat Down 12 Percent According to the USDA Crop Production Report
Joe Prusacki, chief of the NASS Crops Branch, discusses the forecasts published in the May Crop Production report. Due to the ongoing drought in the Southern Plains, NASS forecast winter wheat at 1.32 billion bushels, down 12 percent from last year.
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04/03/06 NASS Prospective Plantings Report Shows Shifting Crop Acreage
Steve Wiyatt, director of the NASS Statistics Division, discusses highlights of the 2006 Prospective Plantings report. U.S. farmers plan to plant a lot less corn and a lot more soybeans in 2006, in part due to rising fuel and fertilizer costs.
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03/30/06 NASS to Unveil Prospective Plantings, Grain Stocks Reports
NASS releases some of the most highly anticipated reports of the year on Friday - including the annual Prospective Plantings report, which provides the first official estimate of the number and type of crop acres U.S. producers plan to plant.
NASS Statistics Division Director Steve Wiyatt discusses the importance of the Prospective Plantings and quarterly Grain Stocks reports and describes how NASS derives the official numbers.
Industry Analyst Alan Brugler attests to the accuracy of the NASS numbers.
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01/27/06 NASS Reports U.S. Cattle, Sheep and Goat Numbers on the Rise
Dan Kerestes, chief of NASS's livestock branch, discusses highlights of two key livestock-related reports issued by the agency on Jan. 27.
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01/12/06 Farmer Participation Key to NASS Crop Reports
Joe Prusacki, chief of NASS’s Crops Branch, discusses highlights of the Crop Production 2005 Summary and emphasizes that producer participation in NASS surveys is what enables the agency to provide timely, accurate and useful statistics.
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01/11/06 Ag Industry Looks to NASS Numbers as “Gold Standard”
Three leading industry analysts talk about how they – and U.S. agriculture as a whole – look to NASS’s statistical data the “gold standard” for accuracy and reliability.
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