The Agriculture Department’s National Agricultural Statistics Service announced today that it would reduce or eliminate a number of reports in order to remain within its budget. Following are the changes:

National Agricultural Statistics Service Reporting Changes for 2012

• Vegetables — Reduce to one in-season report
• Apple — Forecast in October only (Eliminate March preliminary summary and August report)
• Apricot — Forecast in July only (Eliminate June report)
• Cherry Production — Publish in June only (Eliminate forecast in June Crop Production)
• Grape — Forecast in August only (Eliminate July and October reports)
• Peach — Forecast in August only (Eliminate May, June and July reports)
• Pear — Forecast in August only (Eliminate June report)
• Pecan — Forecast in October only (Eliminate December report)
• Banana Revisions in May — Eliminate
• Guavas in May — Eliminate
• Olives in August — Eliminate
• Papaya Revisions in May — Eliminate
• Prune Forecast and Revisions in June — Eliminate
• Prunes and Plums Forecast in August — Eliminate