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America’s farmers and ranchers will soon have the opportunity to be represented in the nation's only comprehensive and impartial agriculture data for every state, county and territory.  The Department of Agriculture will mail the 2022 Census of Agriculture to millions of agriculture producers across the 50 states and Puerto Rico this fall.  The 2022 Cens...

Last week we told you the 2022 Washington apple crop is expected to be over 11% smaller than last year’s harvest.  This year’s crop is anticipated to be the smallest for the Evergreen state since 2015.  But despite that drop, total U.S. apple production is up this ...

Pear production nationwide is expected to be down this year.   “Expecting production to be down by 1.6% below what was produced last season," commented Lance Honig with NASS.  "In fact, if realized, that would represent the second lowest production since 2007.”   When ...

According to NASS, as of August 1st, the winter wheat crop in Idaho is forecast at 65.5 million bushels, unchanged from July 1st numbers, but 44% larger than last year.   Harvested area, at 720,000 acres, is up 80,000 acres from 2021.  Yield is exp...

According to NASS, as of August 1st, Washington apple production is forecast at 6.50 billion pounds, down 4% from last year's production.  Washington ranks number one in apple production, accounting for 64% of the U.S. production this year.  Me...

According to NASS, Cash rent across the PNW varied this year, while farm real estate value moved higher in all three states. Cash rent expense for all cropland in Idaho is estimated at $194 per acre this year, up $14 per acre from 2021.  Irrigated cropland is estimated at $262 per acre, up $26.00 p...

According to NASS, 2021 Washington Total Farm Production Expenditures dropped 6% year over year.  Farm Production Expenditures in Washington are estimated at $9.07 billion for 2021, down from $9.69 billion in 2020.  The four largest expenditures at the state level accounted for 56% of total expenditures last year; that included labor at 25%, Farm Services at 13%, Feed coming in a 12% and fertilize

The most recent NASS Cattle Report said U.S. farms contained 98.8 million head of cattle and calves as of July 1st.  Of the 98.8 million head of inventory, all cows and heifers that have calved total 39.8 million.  There were 30.4 million beef cows in the U.S. as of ...

According to NASS, winter wheat production across the three Northwest states is up 64% year-over-year, while spring wheat production is up 36% for Washington and Idaho. Based on July 1st conditions, Idaho’s winter wheat production is forecast at 65.5 mil...

While Maple syrup harvest takes place in the winter months, it is June when USDA releases its final annual crop production forecast for this product.  And according to Lance Honig with NASS, this year's production forecast is on for the record books. ...