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Due to the National Day of Mourning for President James Earl Carter, Jr., USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has rescheduled the Weekly Slaughter data release from Jan. 9 to Jan. 10 at 3 p.m. ET. Other reports scheduled for release on Jan. 10 such as Crop Production and Grain Stocks reports will be published as scheduled.
November Prices Received Index Up 6.8 Percent...
Shell Eggs Broken Down 1 Percent from Last Year...
Peanut Price Highlights. Peanut prices received by farmers for all farmer stock peanuts averaged 26.4 cents per pound for the week ending November 9, down 0.5...
Shelled Edible Grade Season to Date Utilization Down 2 Percent from Last Year. Peanut Stocks in Commercial Storage Totaled 4.22 Billion Pounds...
Broiler-Type Eggs Set in the United States Up 4 Percent. Broiler-Type Chicks Placed in the United States Up 2 Percent...
United States Hog Inventory Up 1 Percent...
Ready-to-Cook Weight Down 5 Percent from Last Year...
Total natural cheese stocks in refrigerated warehouses on November 30, 2024 were down 1 percent from the previous month and down 7 percent from November 30,...
As of Dec. 1, there were 75.8 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 1% from December 2023, but down slightly from Sept. 1, 2024, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).