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This bulletin presents final estimates, including revisions made by the Agricultural Statistics Board (ASB), on mink pelts produced by color, class and number of farms. Data is included for years 2002 to 2006.

This bulletin presents the final estimates, including revisions, made by the Agricultural Statistics Board (ASB) for livestock operations. It reports on the number of operations, inventory by size, value per head, and total value of livestock. This publication contains data from years 1920 to 2007.

Reference Cattle - Final Estimates for corresponding information about cattle and beef cow inventory; Hogs and Pigs - Final Estimates for corresponding information about hog inventory; and Sheep and Goats - Final Estimates for corresponding information about sheep inventory.

Inventory values and value per head for cattle, hogs, and sheep will be published in the Meat Animals, PDI - Final Estimates.

This report will provide information on the types of data collected from the wheat objective yield surveys and how they relate to the Agricultural Statistics Board yield estimates. The information is being provided to data users to aid in understanding the wheat objective yield program and to provide a historical perspective of the changes that have occurred in the objective yield data over the last 15 years.

This annual report provides statistical information pertaining to the on-farm use of restricted use pesticides. The agricultural chemical use estimates in this report are based on data compiled from the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS), Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP), and the Vegetable Chemical Use Survey. The report data is grouped by Program States, and contains surveys of chemical application on cotton and apple crops. The data is summarized by product, and only application data for active ingredients which are part of a restricted use pesticide are included in the report.

This report presents data on nursery crops including broadleaf evergreens, coniferous evergreens, deciduous shade trees, deciduous flowering trees, deciduous shrubs and other ornamentals, fruit and nut plants, cut and to be cut Christmas trees, transplants for commercial truck crop production, and propagation material or lining-out stock; data include number of producers, number of trees and plants sold, gross sales, percent of sales that were wholesale, number of trees and plants on hand, value of those on hand, and percent of inventory expected to sell in 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, and 4 years or later for 17 selected states and growers having $100,000 or more in sales. Information about number of growers and part-time and full-time hired workers for growers with $10,000 or more in sales is also contained within the report.

This report will provide information on the types of data collected from the Soybean objective yield surveys and how they relate to the Agricultural Statistics Board yield estimates. The information is being provided to data users to aid in understanding the soybean objective yield program and to provide a historical perspective of the changes that have occurred in the objective yield data over the last 15 years.

Distillers grains or corn gluten feed are co-products created during the production of ethanol, and can be used as feed for livestock. NASS collaborated with the Nebraska Corn Development, Utilization & Marketing Board, an agency of the State of Nebraska, to conduct a survey of livestock producers in 12 Midwestern States to determine current usage of distillers grains, essential feed characteristics and concerns keeping producers from using distillers grains. The probability based survey contacted approximately 9,400 operations comprised of beef (cow/calf and feedlot), dairy, and swine species for information on their use of co-products, preferences in color, type of co-products fed, ratings of co-products, and/or reasons for not using co-products. The study included North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois with a reference data of calendar year 2006. The National Agricultural Statistics Service is publishing the results at the regional level, combining all states surveyed for each of the four livestock species. Most of the estimates are proportions or percentages which allow for statistical comparisons among operations not feeding distillers grains.

NASS conducts weekly surveys of plants that produce and sell over one million pounds of nonfat dry milk annually in order to aid in determining a fair market value for raw milk and the implementation of the National Dairy Support Program. A reporting error was identified in the data published the weeks of March 31, March 24, and March 17, 2007, which resulted in revisions to the NASS weekly nonfat dry milk price. To determine the extent of the misreporting the National Agricultural Statistics Service conduced a special data validation of all qualifying nonfat dry milk plants to review collected data, resulting in revisions made by five firms. This special report contains the original and revised prices and volumes for nonfat dry milk.

This handbook identifies the usual planting and harvesting dates for fresh market and processing vegetables as well as principal producing counties and major varieties for the vegetables covered in the National Agricultural Statistics Service's national program of crop estimates. It updates the information contained in the previous edition of this handbook issued 1977.

The Field Offices of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service compiled the basic information, prepared the estimates of usual dates, and designated the important areas of production and major varieties for their respective States. Growers and horticultural specialists were consulted to verify information published.

This report provides insecticide use information on the dairy cattle sector of agriculture. All data refer to the on-farm use of active ingredients contained in insecticides applied during the 2001 and 2006 calendar years. Insecticides are applied to dairy cattle and dairy cattle facilities to control mange/mites, lice, flies, and other pests.

This report is a chemical use survey issued by the National Agricultural Statistics Service on livestock and reports on insecticide use information on dairy cattle and dairy facilities in 17 selected states. Active ingredients classified by the Environmental Protection Agency as pesticides are included in the report. Pharmaceutical products for internal pests are excluded, but dual purpose products that can be applied internally or externally are included. Chemical use data is provided on a rate per head per application and rate per head per year basis. However, there is significant variation based on product formulation, method of application, and pest condition. Insecticide use information on dairy facilities (applied for the control of insects and pests only) is also included in the report.

A Corn Objective Yield Survey is conducted monthly from August to November to forecast end-of-season yields for the major corn producing states in the US. This report will provide information on the types of data collected from the corn objective yield surveys and how they relate to the Agricultural Statistics Board yield estimates. The information is being provided to data users to aid in understanding the corn objective yield program and to provide a historical perspective of the changes in the number of plants per acre, ears per acre, and average row width indicated by the objective yield survey that have occurred in the objective yield data over the last 15 years.

This report provides insecticide use information on the swine sector of agriculture. All data refer to the on-farm use of active ingredients contained in insecticides applied during the 1999 and 2005 calendar years. Insecticides are applied to swine and swine facilities to control mange/mites, lice, flies, and other pests. Chemical data are provided on a rate per head per application and rate per head per year basis. However, significant variations may be observed due to formulation, application method, and pest condition. Internal use pharmaceutical products are excluded from the report, but dual purpose products that can be applied internally or externally are included. Insecticide use information on chemical applications to swine facilities (excluding rodenticides and termite applications) are also included in the report.

This handbook identifies the usual blooming, harvesting, and marketing dates as well as principal producing counties, producing acres, and major varieties for the fruits and tree nuts covered in the National Agricultural Statistics Service''s national program of crop estimates. It updates the information contained in the previous edition of this handbook issued December 1975.The Field Offices of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service compiled the basic information, prepared the estimates of usual dates, and designated the important areas of production and major varieties for their respective States. Growers and horticultural specialists were consulted to verify information published.

This document provides revisions to the 2006 in-shell pecan inventories based on information from an incident in September 2006 in which it was reported that in-shell pecans were being double counted, as well as the addition of previously unreported inventories. The unreported inventory data was not available prior to the September 21, 2006 Cold Storage release. Therefore, the July and August 2006 inventory levels are revised from the original release of the September Cold Storage report. There will be no further revisions to 2005 in-shell pecan inventories. Estimates for 2006 are subject to revision during the normal Annual Summary report released in February of the following year. Minimal revisions are expected due to the publication of revisions at this time.

This report contains data concerning the annual efficacy trends and changes in breeding herd structure. These changes and trends are given historical context with analysis on the causes of these changes and trends.

This report provides data about non-ambulatory sheep and goats. Statistics in this report include total numbers of non-ambulatory sheep and goats in the U.S., organized by region of the U.S. and age class. Also included are the status of the sheep (culled or recovered or died), also organized by age class.

This publication provides details about the distribution of agricultural chemical active ingredients commonly applied to selected field and vegetable crops. It presents data on acreage treated with herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and other pesticides. This report expands upon the information presented in the Agricultural Chemical Usage 2004 Field Crops Summary published in May 2005 and in the Agricultural Chemical Usage 2004 Vegetable Summary published in July 2005. Chemicals are listed by active ingredient, and distribution rates are described by Percent of Acres Treated, Number of Applications, Rate per Application, and Rate per Crop Year, and is organized by designated groups of crop-specific Program States.

This report contains data on the production cycles of broiler chickens and market eggs. Flowcharts for the production of table eggs and broilers are presented along with historical trends for data on chicken hatcheries. Also included is historical data on the value of production of chickens and eggs as well contribution per state to the value of production.

This full-text file presents the sheep and lamb inventory by class for selected states or regions and U.S. Data includes expected lamb crop, market sheep and lambs inventory by weight group, number returned to breeding herd. This report is a supplement to Sheep and goats.