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USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their May 1 Cattle on Feed numbers this afternoon which showed a drop over last year at this time.  Report (1:00 mp3)

Cotton planting is running behind normal nationwide according to USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service, but in the southeast, progress is right about on schedule

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Here is our interview this month with Bob Terry, Florida Ag Statistics Service. Report (3:46 mp3)
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USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service has released its final report for 2007 cotton production - overall down 11 percent from 2006, with the southeast down 36 percent.

Shiela Corley with USDA-NASS in Washington D.C. has all the final numbers.

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USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service put out their weekly crop progess report, as Tyron Spearman looks at where the process of planting peanuts across the Southeast and the other peanut growing areas stand at this time.  Report (1:10 mp3)

HAVE YOU RETURNED YOUR CENSUS QUESTIONNAIRE YET?

Unless you want to start getting phone calls or visits from the National Ag Statistics Service, you better get that Census of Agriculture form filled out and returned. Make it easy and do it on-line at agcensus.usda.gov.

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If we had an award of recognition for years of dedicated service to the citrus industry, we’d give it to Bob Terry. He plans to retire the first of June. He’s been handling citrus statistics for Florida Ag Statistics Service, working hand-in-hand with USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service for many years. He’s been a regular guest on our radio network and the featured guest of our “LIVE” October Citrus Crop Forecast Broadcast for more than a decade. We’ll talk to him about that between now and then. Meanwhile, in this report, Terry talks about what his team is noticing around the citrus crop in recent days and weeks. Report (1:00 mp3)
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The National Agricultural Statistics Service is putting out a last call for producers to return 2007 Census of Agriculture forms before they start calling and knocking on doors.

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Doug Kleweno, director of the Georgia office of the National Ag Statistics Service says they are using every means possible to get 2007 Census of Agriculture forms returned.

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USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their April 1 Cattle on Feed numbers this afternoon which showed a slight rise over last year at this time. Report (:35 mp3)

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In this report Bob Terry with Florida’s Ag Statistics Service shares some facts and figures about the April 2008 citrus crop update. Also, here is the USDA official document (pdf file) pertaining to this month’s citrus crop forecast update, and Florida Citrus Mutual’s news release (pdf file) about this month’s citrus crop update too.
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The US Department of Agriculture announced this week that farmers are expecting to plant more soybeans and less corn. Despite the eight percent expected decline in acreage, National Corn Growers Association official say the forecast of 86 million acres is still historically high.

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According to the Prospective Plantings report released this week by USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service, farmers intend to plant more soybeans and less corn this year and Alabama farmers are expecting to follow that trend.

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Overall cotton acreage is projected to be down nationwide this year, but in Georgia acreage is expected to increase slightly according to Richey Seaton with the Georgia Cotton Commission.

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Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson talks about the Florida Agricultural Statistics Service.

More information can be found on the Florida ag statistics web site.

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USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service has released their planting intentions report for the 2008 crop, and according to Shiela Corley with their office in Washington D.C. cotton acres will be down this year.

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 According to USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service, growers intend to plant more peanuts this year compared to last. Tyron Spearman runs through the numbers released this morning. Report (1:15 mp3)        

 The National Agriculture Statistics Service continues their efforts to collect 2007 Census of Agriculture forms. Radley Edwards with the Georgia Ag Statistics office is asking producers who have yet to return theirs to please do so.  Report (1:00 mp3)

The effort to collect 2007 Census of Agriculture data from farm operations in Florida has entered phase two, according to Ben Klugh, director of the Florida office of the National Ag Statistics Service.

More information can be found at www.agcensus.usda.gov.

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 Last weeks Cattle on Feed report released by USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service shows on-feed numbers are up two percent, which one  USDA livestock analyst says this could lead to tighter inventories yet this year. Report (1:00 mp3)

USDA National Ag Statistics Service officials in the southeast are working on getting the rest of the outstanding 2007 Census of Agriculture forms in.

More information can be found at www.agcensus.usda.gov.

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According to Thursday’s monthly Cattle on Feed report released by USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service, numbers are up two percent compared to a year ago . Report (:45 mp3)

In this report, Citrus Crop Statistics Administrator Bob Terry at the Ag Statistics Service says earlies and mids lasted longer this year.
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In this report, Citrus Crop Statistics Administrator Bob Terry at the Ag Statistics Service reports on the March Citrus Crop Forecast update .
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Today Tyron Spearman has a quick update on the fact some crops will not receive payments this time around and also reminds all farmers their 2007 Census of Agriculture forms need to be filled out and sent in as soon as possible.  Report 1 (:20 mp3)  Report 2 (:30 mp3)

USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service is giving producers some extra time to submit their 2007 Census of Agriculture forms before they start calling.

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USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service released their monthly Cattle on Feed report this afternoon, and the numbers show a two percent increase over this time last year.  Report (:45 mp3)

The National Ag Statistics Service is getting ready to follow-up with people who have not yet returned their 2007 Census of Agriculture forms. The more that are returned before they have to take extra steps, the less taxpayer dollars it costs.

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In these citrus reports hear details about the February Citrus Crop Forecast update from Bob Terry at Florida Agriculture Statistics Service. Also in the second report below, a mention of plans at Alico, Inc to soon elevate Dan Gunter to the C-O-O position. And if you are among those concerned about what somebody said they heard that the president of the University of Florida might have said, you should listen to the interview with UF President Bernie Machen himself, wherein he discusses Florida agriculture, IFAS and the pressure the University budget is under due to the poor state of the Florida economy.
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The cattle inventory report put out by USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service showed a slight decrease in numbers across the nation, but here in the Southeast, cattle numbers fell a bit more…

 AL Report  (1:00 mp3)    FL Report  (1:30 mp3)    GA Report  (1:00 mp3)