The United States Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that is canceling the July Cattle report and discontinuing the Cotton Objective Yield Survey and County Estimates for Crop and Livestock beginning with the 2024 production year. The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service said in a press release that “the decision to discontinue these surveys and reports […]
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2024 U.S. Corn Acres Predicted to Fall, Soybeans Increase
United States farmers are predicted to plant 90 million acres of corn and 86.5 million acres of soybeans this year, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s Prospective Plantings report released Thursday. The corn planted acreage of 90 million is “down 5% or 4.61 million acres from last year,” the USDA said in its […]
U.S. Wheat Farms Declined 40% in Last 20 Years
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service reported earlier this week that “the number of wheat farms in the United States has declined substantially over time. Since 2002, the total number of wheat farms fell by more than 40 percent, from 169,528 in 2002 to 97,014 in 2022, and also more than 7 […]
USDA Brazil estimates remain far above Conab
Reuters’ Karen Braun reported Wednesday that “benchmark industry estimates of top exporter Brazil’s soybean crop have deviated even further from each other this month following a season blemished by questionable weather. That same controversy may be brewing for the country’s corn crop, especially with unfavorable conditions potentially on tap for Brazil’s top production state.” Despite […]
USDA Projects Decreased 2024 Planted Acreage
The United States Department of Agriculture reported Thursday that “initial expectations for 2024 planted area are for a decline in total planted area of corn, wheat, and soybeans relative to the previous year. Combined acreage for the three crops is projected at 225.5 million acres — a decline of about 1 percent reflecting expectations of […]
Ag Census Finds Fewer Farms
The United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service published data from the 2022 Census of Agriculture on Tuesday, a release that happens every 5 years. Among the most significant highlights was a decrease in the total number of farms in the U.S. from 2.04 million in 2017 to 1.90 million in 2022. Here […]
U.S. Share of China Soybean Imports Falls
Reuters writers Mei Mei Chu and Amy Lv reported Monday that “China’s soybean imports from Brazil in 2023 jumped 29% from the prior year, customs data showed on Saturday, expanding the South American grower’s dominance in the world’s largest soybean market and eating into the U.S. market share.” China’s total soybean imports in 2023, Reuters’ […]
USDA projects record 2023 corn yield
Corn growers in the United States achieved a new record yield of 177.3 bushels per acre in 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture estimated this past Friday. The projection was released as part of a plethora of reports covering crop production in 2023, winter wheat seedings and grain stocks, among others. The 2023 corn […]
USDA Crop Surveys- Falling Response Rates from Producers
An update posted yesterday at the farmdoc daily blog by USDA Chief Economist Robert Johansson, Anne Effland of USDA’s Economic Research Service, and Mississippi State University agricultural economist Keith Coble, explored issues associated with response rates from USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) surveys, and examined the impact of response rates on county yield estimates for an important new farm program–the ARC-CO program.