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All-Time Record High Red Meat and Pork Production in October...

October Hired Workers Up 3 Percent; Gross Wage Rate Increased 4 Percent from Previous Year...

Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up 3 Percent. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed in the United States Up 4 Percent...

NASS to Continue National Crop Progress Reports Beyond November 25

Due to delays in harvest progress this season, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will continue the weekly Crop Progress report beyond the last currently scheduled date of November 25, 2019. NASS will evaluate the harvest progress for all crops each week to determine how long to continue the report.

Milk Production

October Milk Production up 1.7 Percent. Milk production in the 24 major States during October totaled 17.3 billion pounds, up 1.7 percent from October...

USDA 2019 Organic Survey to get underway

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will mail letters with survey codes this December to more than 22,000 U.S. producers involved in certified or transitioning to certified organic farming for the 2019 Organic Survey. Each producer who self-reported organic farming in the 2017 Census of Agriculture will receive a unique survey code to respond conveniently online and to be represented in this very important, once-every-five-year data.

Crop Progress

NASS releases Crop Progress and Condition Estimates...

Turkey Hatchery

Eggs in Incubators on November 1 Down 11 Percent from Last Year. Poults Hatched During October Up 2 Percent from Last Year. Net Poults Placed During October...

Peanut Prices

Peanut Price Highlights. Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 19.6 cents per pound for the week ending November 9, down 1.2...

Broiler Hatchery

Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up Slightly. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed in the United States Up 4 Percent...