If any of the 10 States is in the monthly milk production program, that State would publish an estimate of milk and beef cows also. Farmer Feeders Pennsylvania will be added to the current 11 States that individually publish feedlots, inventory, and annual marketings for feedlots with capacity of less than 1,000 head in the February COF release. These twelve States cover approximately 85 percent of inventory. The next scheduled release is August 25, 1999. This release will be similar to the first, but will contain the current year calf crop.
Plans are to continue the two releases on a yearly basis.
Return to Proposed Changes Main Page Hogs, Quarterly Information for all States will be published by State in December and individually for the 17 largest States, other States combined and the U.S. in March, June, and September. Current Proposed No. This means that market hogs and pigs by weight groups will therefore also be removed from the publication starting in June 2000. Additional size breakouts will be added for number of operations by size group and percent of inventory by size group for the December report. This would be done at the U.S. level only.