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Staff reductions cut 27% at Economic Research Service and furloughs hit 90% at National Agricultural Statistics Service, raising doubts about USDA crop data reliability.
- On Aug. 22, Pro Farmer released a 16.204 billion bushels estimate from the Pro Farmer Crop Tour's boots‑on‑the‑ground counts, setting a tour record but below USDA's outlook.
- Agency staffing reductions and furloughs led traders and farmers to question US Department of Agriculture data quality amid a shutdown freezing much USDA data and delaying reports.
- The tour's hand‑written counts stitched hundreds of imperfect samples from more than 1,600 fields, with participation falling to 14,900 farmers, and Pro Farmer economist Lane Akre said `Our opinion about the crop has not changed`.
- Farm debt pressures mean farm debt nearing US$600 billion this year and an average cash price of US$3.89 leave debt-heavy growers with many acres below production costs.
- US Department of Agriculture's halted sampling and scrapped Agricultural Labour Survey and Household Food Security Survey narrow benchmarks, while unclear job cuts this month add uncertainty to future data quality.
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