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USDA

Corn Planted Acreage Up 8 Percent from 2019. Soybean Acreage Up 10 Percent. All Wheat Acreage Down 1 Percent. All Cotton Acreage Down Less Than 1 Percent...

Grain Stocks

Corn Stocks Down 8 Percent from March 2019. Soybean Stocks Down 17 Percent. All Wheat Stocks Down 11 Percent...

Egg Products

Shell Eggs Broken Up 6 Percent from Last Year...

Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production

Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 481 million bushels in February 2020...

Fats and Oils: Oilseed Crushings, Production, Consumption and Stocks

Soybeans crushed for crude oil was 5.45 million tons (182 million bushels) in February 2020...

Cotton System Consumption and Stocks

Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 826,000 pounds in February 2020...

Broiler Hatchery

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

Agricultural Prices

February Prices Received Index Up 1.8 Percent...

U.S. Farmers Expect to Plant More Corn and Soybean Acreage

Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant an estimated 97.0 million acres of corn in 2020, up 8% from last year, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).

USDA to Hold Online Meeting for Stakeholders to Gather Input about Statistical Programs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will host its annual USDA Data Users’ Meeting on Tuesday, April 21st as a virtual meeting. The event is regularly held to share recent and pending program changes, and to solicit comments and input on various data and information programs important to agriculture. Usually held in person, this online Data Users’ Meeting remains free of charge and open to the public and will take place from 1:00-3:30 p.m. (ET). Links to the webinar will be shared with participants after registration.