This weekly report covers national feedstuff wholesale prices. Feedstuff is categorized by variety and region, with prices for each region. Also included are the prices from the prior week and year.

This monthly report includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in oilseeds. Covers oilseeds (copra, cottonseed, palm kernel, peanut, rapeseed, soybean and sunflower seed), meal (copra, cottonseed, fish, palm kernel, peanut, rapeseed, soybean and sunflower seed) and oil (coconut, cottonseed, olive, palm, palm kernel, peanut, rapeseed, soybean and sunflower seed).

This data set contains the annual, quarterly, and monthly domestic supply and use statistics for oil crops and their products and for animal fats and their products. It includes oilseed acreage, yield, and production estimates as well as farm and wholesale price series. Annual international imports and exports as well as global supply and distribution of oil crops, vegetable oils, and protein meal are also included in this data set. The Oil Crops Outlook Report and Yearbook contains related information.

This handbook identifies the usual planting and harvesting dates on a state by state basis for United States field crops covered in the National Agricultural Statistics Service's National program of crop estimates. It updates the information contained in the previous edition of this handbook which was issued in 1997.

The Field Offices of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service compiled the basic information and prepared the estimates of usual dates based on historical crop progress estimates and the knowledge of industry specialists.

This report is a supplement to the monthly Oil Crops Outlook report. This report examines domestic yearly trends in the supply, use, and pricing of various oil crops and animal fats and their products. Analysis of the global market is also provided with respect to recent market trends and domestic economic situations. Provided in the appendix are the data tables from the annual Oil Crops Yearbook dataset.

This is the first report issued by NASS on marketing contract arrangements for corn, soybeans, and wheat. Included in the report are statistics relevant to the number of contracts by crop, the percentage of production sold through marketing contracts, and prices received by farmers and crop prices. Additional characteristics mentioned in the report include distance traveled for contract versus non-contract delivery, and the presence or absence of confidentiality clauses within the contracts.