USDA Announces Change in Release Time of Key Statistical Reports Beginning in January 2013
WASHINGTON, September 19, 2012––The U.S. Department of Agriculture today
announced that the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and World
Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) will begin issuing several major USDA
statistical reports at 12:00 p.m. EDT beginning in January 2013. The current
USDA release time of 8:30 a.m. EDT will remain in effect until January 1, 2013.
USDA statistical reports affected are: "World Agricultural Supply and Demand
Estimates, Acreage, Crop Production, Grain Stocks, Prospective Plantings, and
Small Grains Summary". The time for livestock reports currently released at
3:00 p.m. will not change.