NASS Continues to Suspend Certain Statistical Estimates and Reports Due 
to Sequestration 

Issued November 19, 2013 by the Agricultural Statistics Board of the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. 
For more information, contact Sue King at (202) 690-8122.

USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service will not conduct a number 
of statistical surveys in Fiscal Year 2014 (October 1, 2013-
September 30, 2014). Because we are starting the new Fiscal Year with the 
FY2013 sequestration-level funding under a continuing resolution, we are 
not able to reinstate the programs that were suspended in March 2013. 
Before deciding upon the program suspensions, NASS reviewed its survey 
programs against mission- and user-based criteria as well as the timing of 
data collection with the goal of finding available cost savings and 
maintaining the strongest data in service to agriculture.  The decision to 
suspend these reports was not made lightly, but it was nevertheless 
necessary, given the funding situation. 
-  July Cattle Report
-  Potato Stocks Reports
-  June Rice Stocks Report
-  All Hops and Hops Stocks Estimates
-  Annual Mink Report
-  June on- and off-farm stocks for Austrian Winter Peas, Chickpeas, 
     Dry Peas and Lentils
-  July acreage forecasts for Austrian Winter Peas, Dry Edible Peas 
     and Lentils 
-  All Catfish and Trout Reports including Catfish Feed Deliveries and 
     Catfish Processing; however, NASS will publish the annual catfish 
     and trout report using data collected during the census of aquaculture.
-  NASS will publish the Non-Citrus Fruit and Nut Annual Summary; however, 
     there will be no forecasts, no preliminary summary and no monthly prices 
     in FY2014.
-  NASS will publish the Vegetable Annual Summary; however, there will be no 
     forecasts or monthly prices in FY2014.