USDA
Extra long staple cotton consumed on the cotton system was 422,000 pounds in September 2024...
August 2024 contained 31 days. September 2024 contained 30 days. Total corn consumed for alcohol and other uses was 490 million bushels in September 2024...
September Prices Received Index Down 5.6 Percent...
There were 212,714 farms with 53.1 million irrigated acres, which included 81 million acre-feet of water applied in the United States, according to the 2023 Irrigation and Water Management Survey results, published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). In 2018, the irrigation survey results showed that there were 231,474 farms with 55.9 million irrigated acres, which included 83.4 million acre-feet of water. The results show that the number of farms irrigating, the amount of land irrigated, and the total water used for irrigation decreased between 2018 and 2023.
Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up 4 Percent. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed in the United States Up 3 Percent...
Shell Eggs Broken Up Slightly from Last Year...
NASS releases Crop Progress and Condition Estimates...
Shelled Edible Grade Season to Date Utilization Down 7 Percent from Last Year. Peanut Stocks in Commercial Storage Totaled 1.04 Billion Pounds...
Total natural cheese stocks in refrigerated warehouses on September 30, 2024 were down 1 percent from the previous month and down 7 percent from September 30....
Peanut Price Highlights. Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 24.0 cents per pound for the week ending October 5, down 2.9...