Members of Congress have sent a letter to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack asking the USDA to reverse its decision to cancel and/or discontinue certain reports.
Last month, the USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service announced it was canceling the July Cattle report, discontinuing the Cotton Objective Yield Survey, and all county estimates for crops and livestock beginning in the 2024 production year.
Secretary Vilsack tells Brownfield the cut to USDA’s budget created funding challenges.
