With the release of USDA’s Acreage Report earlier this week, the following reports take a closer look at what the numbers say regarding Southeastern Agriculture.
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The National Agriculture Statistics Service released their June acreage reports this morning as cotton numbers are down according to Shiela Corley with NASS in Washington D.C.
Many expected to see lower numbers of peanuts acres this year as have been waiting for the National Agriculture Statistics Service to release their yearly June acreage report. And according to Tyron Spearman, now that the figures are out, we are seeing the lowest numbers of peanut acres in quite some time.
Crop statistics are critical to growers and industry, but often overlooked when folks study the numbers are the many people behind the scenes dedicating their lives and careers to those statistics. Prior to his retirement in 2003, Paul N. Messenger dedicated over 50 years to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. He represented the Department and the State with authority and integrity in support of Florida’s agricultural economy. The success of the citrus forecasting program was attributable to Paul’s supervision and participation in the objective count surveys. Paul never failed to provide the tools, parameters, and guidance necessary to accurately analyze survey results. He trained numerous “Limb Counters” over the years and many went on to successful careers in the citrus industry. Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON, May 29, 2009 - For the first time, results from the Census of Agriculture have been published at the watershed level by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).
“Our data users in the agricultural and environmental communities have expressed the need for watershed data and NASS is proud to meet their needs,” said Carol House, NASS deputy administrator for programs and products. “The new watershed publication presents agricultural data that conforms to geographic boundaries, rather than state and county boundaries.” Read the rest of this entry »
Many were anticipating lower peanut acres this year, and according to Tyron Spearman, that’s exactly the way it looks after USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their annual planting intentions reports this morning.
The National Agriculture Statistics Service released their annual planting intentions reports this morning, and when it comes to cotton acres, Shiela Corley with NASS in Washington D.C. said the numbers are 7 percent lower than last year.
We are just a week away from USDA releasing its perspective planting report as it comes out next Tuesday, March 31st, and Tyron Spearman knows many in the peanut industry are anxious to see those numbers.
USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their monthly cattle on feed numbers Friday afternoon and as many expected they were lower again.
To see more numbers from the March report click Here
CLICK HERE to go to the March Citrus Crop Forecast update from USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (USDA/NASS). In this report, Florida Agriculture Statistics Director Jeff Geuder reviews some of the highlights.
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It was a record peanut crop in 2008 and Tyron Spearman has information showing that the average peanut price was also up.
With the legislature in session and possible budget cuts looming, Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks says that it is important for everyone to realize the large task the agricultural community carries out.
According to Joe Prusacki of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, one of the unique features of the recent 2007 Census of Agriculture is its ability to be customized by its users.
The recent 2007 Agriculture Census shows that Florida Agriculture is up to $7.785 billion in economic worth to the state and Ag Commissioner Charles Bronson gives us the numbers to back it up.
For more information on the ag census in Florida visit their website.
With the recent announcement of the 2007 Agriculture Census, Alabama was one of 39 states that showed an increase in farm numbers and Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks says that even though the numbers are encouraging the work is far from done.
For more information on the ag census in Alabama visit their website.
Last year about this time was the deadline, but, now the figures are in and Everett Griner discusses this.
USDA has extended the comment period concerning payment limitations, as Tyron Spearman looks at that and also has the latest peanut posted price which dropped again, along with information about a couple of NASS surveys which are underway that could affect producers across the Southeast.
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CLICK HERE to go to the Citrus Statistics page at the Florida Agriculture Statistics Service website where all the monthly citrus crop updates are stored…AND click the play icons below to hear from Citrus Statistics Administrator Candi Erick about the February numbers.
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In this fourth and final segment of a four part series, Florida Agriculture Statistics Director Jeff Geuder discusses the growth in diversity of Florida’s farms and farmers since the last Census of Agriculture five years ago. 2007 Census of Agriculture data was released last week, and we talked to Geuder about it just after his briefing with Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service’s 2007 Census of Agriculture revealed that the most common type of farm is lifestyle or retirement farms. NASS defines those farms as having less than 250 thousand in sales with the operator either being retired or with a primary occupation outside of farming. Statistics Director, Joe Prusacki, noted that 13 percent of the farms counted nationwide had started since 2002 and there were significant differences in those specific operations.
In this series of reports, Florida Agriculture Statistics Director Jeff Geuder explains several key findings of the latest Census of Agriculture as it pertains to Florida.
How about the aging of Florida’s farmers and ranchers, and are family farms holding on or not?
As far as Florida’s ranking nationally in terms of agriculture’s importance, the data says a lot, too.
And the study also has some interesting facts about family farms, corporations, women and minorities in Florida agriculture as well.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service announced the 2007 Agriculture Census Results today.
Julie McPeake has the Georgia Report.
Randall Weiseman reports from Alabama where farm numbers are up.
For the full report log on to the Ag Census website.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service will unveil the 2007 Agriculture Census February 4.
Bill Weaver from the Alabama field office says that the information will be useful to many in the industry
Doug Kleweno from the Georgia Field office says that they are excited about some of the new information that was studied.
Click Here to go to USDA’s website copy of this month’s January update of the Citrus Crop Forecast.
And listen to the two reports in this post for comments from Candi Erick (photo), Crop Statistics Administrator for the Florida Agriculture Statistics Service who oversees the citrus numbers.
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The National Agriculture Statistics Service released their all cotton crop numbers this morning, and according to Shiela Corley with NASS in Washington D.C., the figures are a bit lower than last month.
USDA NASS released their monthly Cattle on Feed report this afternoon which shows on-feed numbers in the U.S. are down six percent from last year at this time.
To read more of the report click Here
Candi Erick now heads up the citrus statistics area with the Florida Agriculture Statistics Service. At USDA in Washington for the release of this month’s citrus crop update, she talks about the highlights this month in the first report, and in the second, she discusses some of the specifics related to this year’s high quality grapefruit crop.
Click Here for the December 2008 update of the Citrus Crop Forecast
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The December 1st forecast for the U.S. cotton crop has been released by USDA, as Shiela Corley with NASS in Washington D.C. has the numbers.
National Agricultural Statistics Service Deputy Administrator Carol House reminds us it’s about time for the annual USDA surveys for crop production, hogs and pig inventory, and cattle inventory.
The November 1st forecast for the U.S. cotton crop has been released by USDA, as Shiela Corley with NASS in Washington D.C. has the numbers.
