ASB Notice

NASS Announces Annual County Estimates for Small Grains Will be Available December 13

Issued December 6, 2012 by the Agricultural Statistics Board of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. For information contact Lance Honig at (202)720-2127.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will publish its 2012 county estimates for small grains on December 13.  NASS collected the information for these estimates at the end of the harvest season for barley, oats, winter wheat, durum wheat, and other spring wheat in 44 states. These county level acreage and production estimates help administer state and federal programs. The resulting data will be released online within the Quick Stats database only, http://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/ .

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