(NAFB) The National Agricultural Statistics Service recently announced it will no long issue the July Cattle Report. The agency is also discontinuing the county estimates for crops and livestock and the Cotton Objective Yield Survey starting in the 2024 production year. Tanner Beymer, senior director of government affairs with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, talks about the reason behind the decision.
The decision to quit the July cattle report couldn’t come at a worse time for the cattle industry.
The July cattle inventory report is one of only two per year the marketplace gets from NASS, so it will have a big impact on the cattle industry.
Tanner Beymer of the NCBA.
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Submitted by Chad Smith on Thu, 04/11/2024 – 12:03
Source: FBRD (Farm Broadcaster)
Audio provided by Jesse Allen, Agriculture of America, Nashville, Tennessee
Audio with Tanner Beymer, senior director of government affairs with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association