NASS Looking At 2024 Small Grain Production

Small grain growers should expect to see an Ag Survey  from NASS in the coming days, as the agency takes a comprehensive look into the 2024 production and supply of small grains, including wheat, oats, barley and rye.  NASS says it will contact nearly 1,400 producers across Idaho to determine acreage, yield, production as well as on-farm stocks for small grain crops.  In addition, NASS will also survey commercial grain storage operations to determine estimates of grain stocks stored in any off-farm facility. 

Ben Johnson with NASS’s Idaho Field Office in Boise says the data helps the industry evaluate export potential and calculate the supply of crops available for the marketing year.  He noted that NASS works extremely hard to safeguard the privacy of respondents by keeping individual information confidential.

“The data we publish is an aggregate form by state," Johnson said.  "So, no individual operations are being published, and all the information out there is to help those that are trying to help the producers and farmers and ranchers in America.”

NASS will publish state and national data in the annual Small Grains Summary and quarterly Grain Stock Reports.

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