USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service has canceled the 2024 July Cattle Report, discontinued the Cotton Objective Yield Survey as well as all county estimates for crops and livestock. The decision is effective this year. USDA Statistics Division Director Troy Joshua said it’s hard to measure the potential impact. “There is always a utilization of all of the information that we provide to the public; we are going to hear from our data users if they have a concern.” Joshua cites budget considerations as a reason for this action. “We have to balance the budget by the end of the year and we made some difficult decisions.”
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