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USDA Surveying Cattle Operations W
ill the U.S. beef cow inventory continue to in- crease or have prices and weather played enough
of a ro le this past year to cause producers to re-think herd expansion? How much of an effect will the South- ern Plains Region beef cow herd have on the total United States inventory? The best way to get the answer to these questions is through the results that will come from the Jan. 1 Cattle Inventory Survey that the USDA will conduct during the fi rst 2 weeks of January 2017. The US Department of Agriculture’s National Agricul-
tural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey about 40,000 cattle operations nationwide to provide an up-to-date measure of the U.S. cattle inventory. In Oklahoma and Texas, NASS will contact more than 5,000 operations to request their responses to the survey. “This information helps producers make timely,
informed business decisions and plan for herd expan- sion or reduction. It also helps packers and government leaders evaluate expected slaughter volume for future months and determine potential supplies for export,” said Southern Plains Region Director Wilbert Hundl Jr. Southern Plains Regional producers will have the
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opportunity to report their beef and dairy cattle inven- tories, calf crop, death loss and cattle on feed infor- mation. To make it as easy as possible for producers to participate in the survey, NASS offers the option of responding via the internet, telephone, mail or a per- sonal interview with a local NASS representative. Most producers who were selected for the survey should have received the survey by mail around Dec. 23, 2016. If you have received a survey, please take the time
complete it. Accurate information is important for many USDA and state programs and even is used to determine the number of directors a state qualifi es for on the Cattlemen’s Beef Board NASS safeguards the privacy of all responses and
publishes only state and national-level data in aggre- gate, ensuring that no individual producer or operation can be identifi ed. The January Cattle report will be released on Janu-
ary 31, 2017. This and all NASS reports are available online at
nass.usda.gov/publications. For more infor- mation, call the NASS Southern Plains Regional Field Offi ce at 1-800-626-3142. ❚
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