Issued December 16, 2005 by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information, contact Mark R. Miller at (202) 720-0684.

On Dec. 23, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will publish the Agricultural Chemical Usage Field and Vegetable Crops Chemical Distribution Rate publication. This publication will be the first containing distribution rate tables for percent of acres treated, number of applications, rate per application and rate per crop year.  This publication was originally scheduled to be published on Dec. 14, 2005.