Wyoming agricultural producers and the industries associated with them need timely and valuable crop and livestock information. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is one place where both producers and those connected to them go to gather tools that help producers plan crops, ranchers know when to expand herds, seed companies plan sales campaigns.
Information gathered for reports issued by the NASS are critical for crop and livestock producers, as well as related businesses, to make decisions anticipating future demand, income and costs, said Rhonda Brandt, NASS’s Wyoming state statistician.
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