http://www.nass.usda.gov/ National Agricultural Statistics Service provides timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U. S. agriculture. en-us 60 http://www.nass.usda.gov/rss/logo.gif http://www.nass.usda.gov nass@nass.usda.gov http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/01_25_2012.asp NASS continues to review its agricultural estimates program to ensure the agency provides the most accurate, timely and useful data, while also remaining within the agency budget. As a result, NASS will make a number of changes to its in-season reporting for this year. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/01_18_2012.asp The Agricultural Statistics Board has rescheduled tomorrow’s anticipated 3:00 p.m. release of the North American Potatoes. The new release date is Monday, January 23, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. EST. This publication is the result of a joint effort by NASS and Statistics Canada to provide producers with additional information about potato production in North America. The release includes area planted and harvested, yield, production, utilized production, market year average price, and value of sales for both countries, combining U.S. fall potatoes only and Canada all potatoes. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/12_20_2011.asp Today, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS) will republish the 2010 Vegetable Chemical Usage data originally released on July 27, 2011. The updated information only corrects the previously published pesticide data estimates for garlic and tomato processing. These estimates update the chemical active ingredient “Glyphosate” published in California and the Program States data tables for the number of applications, rate per application, rate per crop year, and total applied. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/12_09_2011.asp NASS leadership recently concluded a deliberate review of all programs against mission- and user-based criteria, aimed at finding cost savings and forward-thinking business efficiencies so that timely, accurate and useful data remains available in service to agriculture. In 2011, NASS made several enhancements within its programs and operations to deliver improved results for the American people, including opening a new national operations center in St. Louis that will centralize data collection and service to people who provide and use NASS products and services. These efforts and more over the last year have allowed NASS leadership the flexibility within its budget to retain and reinstate several key reports. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/10_17_2011.asp In light of funding reductions in fiscal year (FY) 2011 and the likelihood of additional reductions in FY 2012, NASS conducted deliberate reviews of all programs against mission- and user-based criteria, aimed at finding cost savings and forward-thinking business efficiencies so that key timely, accurate and useful data remains available in service to agriculture. As a result, the agency is discontinuing or reducing a wide range of agricultural survey programs. The decision to eliminate or reduce these reports was not made lightly, but it was nevertheless necessary, given the funding situation. Because of the timing of the agency’s survey work during the coming year, these decisions are necessary now. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/10_12_2011.asp The U.S. Marketing Year Average Price for 2010 Upland cotton is 81.5 cents per pound, up 18.6 cents from last year. NASS will publish all U.S. and state cotton and cottonseed price information in the October Agricultural Prices report, to be released October 31, 2011. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/09_30a_2011.asp Due to delays in this year’s harvest, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will re-survey small grains growers in several states. Operators will be asked to verify and update, if necessary, the acreage, yield, production and stock estimates for barley, oats, Durum wheat and other spring wheat. When producers were surveyed earlier this month, there was significant unharvested acreage of barley and oats in Idaho, Maine, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, and Washington; significant unharvested acreage of Durum wheat in Idaho, Montana and North Dakota; and a large proportion of other spring wheat acreage not yet harvested in Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon and Washington. The unharvested area and expected production were included in the totals released on September 30. These totals were based on a sample of producers growing small grains this year. As a result of this re-surveying effort, NASS may release updated forecast for small grains in its November 9 report. Crop Production and all NASS reports are available online at www.nass.usda.gov. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/09_30_2011.asp News media reports containing information from today's Small Grains Summary, Grain Stocks, Rice Stocks, and Dairy Products Prices reports were inadvertently released at 8:29:35 a.m. ET, 25 seconds ahead of their scheduled release time. This event was caused by a procedural error and was not a mechanical malfunction. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/09_28_2011.asp USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service has suspended the fall 2011 corn crop data collection for the Postharvest Chemical Use Survey Program as a result of budget constraints. The survey provided data about postharvest pesticide use and pest management practices for a range of crops on a rotating annual basis. NASS leadership conducted a deliberate review of all programs against mission- and user-based criteria. Because of the timing of the agency’s survey work during the coming year, this decision is necessary now. NASS has submitted a Federal Register notice announcing the program suspension, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-09-28/pdf/2011-24968.pdf http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/09_22_2011.asp The Agricultural Statistics Board has rescheduled today’s anticipated 3:00 p.m. release of the Potatoes 2010 Summary. The new release date is Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. EST. The summary includes production, farm disposition, value, and stocks by state as well as the utilization of the 2010 U.S. potato crop. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/08_22_2011.asp The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service describes in a new document how it uses USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) crop data in its crop acreage estimating process. The agency uses the FSA data to supplement the vast array of detailed survey data it collects from producers to make reliable crop acreage estimates. The FSA data are incorporated into the estimating process along with other variables. In doing so, NASS takes account of variations between the two USDA agencies in definitions, categories of data collected, and the time of reporting. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/07_27_2011.asp The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) published the Farm Labor report today August 18 at 3 p.m. EDT. The program was discontinued in April due to budget constraints, however, discussions with the Department of Labor resulted in NASS reinstating the program. Today's report is the first one issued by NASS since the program's reinstatement. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/07_27_2011.asp The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) published the 2010 Agricultural Chemical Use survey data for vegetables today July 27, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. EDT. The data, gathered in 19 states during the fall of 2010, are the result of 3,272 individual survey responses. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/06_30b_2011.asp News media reports containing information from today's Acreage, Grain Stocks and Rice Stocks reports were inadvertently released at 8:28 am ET, 2 minutes ahead of their scheduled release time. This event was caused by a failure of the Agricultural Statistics Board’s telecommunications control switch, which is in the process of being replaced. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/06_30_2011.asp In July, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will collect updated information on 2011 acres planted to corn, soybeans, Durum and other spring wheat in four states. NASS previously collected planted acreage information during the first two weeks of June, with the results published in the June 30 Acreage report. At the time of the survey, a large percentage of acres remained to be planted in four states: Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. To better assess planted acreage, NASS will resurvey the growers in these states in July. If the newly collected data justifies any changes, NASS will publish updated estimates in the Crop Production report, to be released at 8:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, August 11. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/06_24_2011.asp News media reports containing information from today's Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report were inadvertently distributed up to 15 minutes in advance of the scheduled 3:00 pm ET release. The Agricultural Statistics Board is investigating the situation to prevent any future occurrences. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/06_09_2011a.asp The 2010 Corn, Upland Cotton, and Fall Potatoes Agricultural Chemical Use data were corrected June 9, 2011. The correction affected all three crop categories, and primarily included limited, minor adjustments to Total Pounds Applied for fertilizer and pesticide usage. Percent Area Treated, Rate per Application and Rate per Crop Year for chemical usage remained virtually unchanged. The correction affected all-Program State totals, as well as State totals for the following States: Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, and Texas. Corrections were made to the release highlights and to the Quick Stats 2.0 database. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/06_09_2011.asp The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has rescheduled the release date for the Cherry Production report from June 16 to June 23 at 8:30 a.m. (ET) based on input from cherry industry representatives. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/06_02_2011.asp USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has indefinitely postponed the renewal of the Census of Aquaculture and the Tenure, Ownership and Transition of Agricultural Land Survey in order to meet its budget. NASS previously planned to conduct these surveys to gather additional data following the 2007 Census of Agriculture. NASS also will suspend its July Sheep and Goats Inventory survey. The survey is part of a biannual program with the results published annually in January and July. Going forward, NASS will conduct only the January edition of the survey. notice in the Federal Register, providing detailed information about the program suspension, will soon be available. NASS would like to thank all of the participants in these programs for their outstanding contributions to U.S. agricultural statistics reporting. http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/05_25_2011.asp USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today released data about chemical use and pest management on acres of conventional and organic corn as well as conventional upland cotton and fall potatoes during the 2010 crop year.