<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Washington D.C. -</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Eric Anderson<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">3.18.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The USDA has announced that the National Agricultural Statistics Service will suspend certain reports for the fiscal year due to reduced funding caused by sequestration, according to a press release.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">To decide which programs to cut, the NASS reviewed survey programs against mission, user based criteria, and the amount of time remaining the fiscal year to conduct the surveys with the goal of finding available cost savings and maintaining the strongest data in service to agriculture.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The decision to suspend these reports was not made lightly, but it was nevertheless necessary, given the funding situation, the USDA said.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The following areas will feel the cuts:<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Potato Stocks Reports<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• All Non-Citrus Fruit, Nut and Vegetable Forecasts and Estimates<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• June Rice Stocks Report<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• June on- and off-farm stocks for Austrian Winter Peas, Chickpeas, Dry Peas and Lentils<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• July acreage forecasts for Austrian Winter Peas, Dry Edible Peas and Lentils</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.nass.usda.gov/index.asp" target="_new">USDA</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
