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Corn Planted Acreage Up 5 Percent from 2024. Soybean Acreage Down 4 Percent. All Wheat Acreage Down 2 Percent. All Cotton Acreage Down 12 Percent...
Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant 95.3 million acres of corn in 2025, up 5% from last year, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
Shell Eggs Broken Up 1 Percent from Last Year...
Peanut Price Highlights. Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 27.5 cents per pound for the week ending March 15, up 2.4 cents...
United States Hog Inventory Down Slightly...
In early July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) simplified access to historic data by putting 77 years’ worth of agricultural statistics online. In the past, this information, published in the annual bulletin Agricultural Statistics, was available in print form only.
In recognition of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 150th Anniversary, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) launched an online historical timeline at www.nass.usda.gov. The history provides important information about the advancement of agricultural statistics as well as the background of NASS itself. Agricultural statistics in the United States is documented in NASS's timeline as far back as President George Washington. As an early compiler of U.S. agricultural information, Washington corresponded with land holders asking for information on farmland prices, commodity prices and crop yields.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the 2023 Census of Agriculture data for the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) today.
Shelled Edible Grade Season to Date Utilization Down 2 Percent from Last Year. Peanut Stocks in Commercial Storage Totaled 4.22 Billion Pounds...
Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up 1 Percent. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed in the United States Up 2 Percent...