USDA Announces Cancellation and Postponement of Selected Reports 
Impacted by the Lapse in Federal Funding

WASHINGTON, October 17, 2013--The U.S. Department of Agriculture 
today announced that the National Agricultural Statistics Service 
(NASS) and World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) have cancelled 
or postponed publication of selected USDA statistical reports 
impacted by the lapse in federal funding.

NASS's Crop Production and Cotton Ginnings reports and the WAOB's 
World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) scheduled 
for October 11th are canceled. The next scheduled release for these 
reports is November 8, 2013. Additionally, NASS's Crop Progress 
reports scheduled for October 7th and 15th are cancelled. NASS's 
Cattle on Feed and Peanut Prices reports scheduled for October 18th 
are postponed.

While the lapse in federal funding has ended, NASS has not been able 
to engage in the necessary data collection and analysis over the 
past few weeks. NASS is assessing its data collection plans and 
evaluating the timing of upcoming reports.

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