Ag Statistics Service eliminating numerous reports
Washington Ag Today October 21, 2011 Funding reductions and the likelihood of more has prompted the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service to discontinue or reduce a wide range of agricultural surveys and reports. Joe Prusacki with NASS lists some of the reports being eliminated. Prusacki: “The annual Bee and Honey Report will be eliminated. The annual Hops Production Report will be eliminated. The monthly Potato Stocks will be modified and go to four reports a year. And our Fruit Nut and Vegetable program will be modified. We will eliminate the in-season forecast and all we will do is annual special report and an annual non-citrus Fruit and Nut Report.” Other reports being eliminated are the July Cattle Report, the January Sheep and Goat Report and the Annual Reports on Farm Numbers, Land in Farms and Livestock Operations. The Chemical Usage Reports will be done less frequently. With Washington’s apple harvest in full swing, local WorkSource centers says they are doing what they can to help growers find pickers. The Employment Security Department says WorkSource centers are working to fill more than one-thousand agricultural job openings in Central and Eastern Washington. To work in orchards workers must be able to climb ladders and haul heavy loads. More information is available at go2worksource.com I’m Bob Hoff and that’s Washington Ag Today on Northwest Aginfo Net. ?
