Source: Chris Clayton, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 1/4/19

USDA will have to delay its bevy of crop reports initially slated for release Jan. 11 as the partial government shutdown moves past its second week. USDA announced on its website Friday morning: "Due to the lapse in federal funding, work on National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and Office of the Chief Economist -- World Agricultural Outlook Board (OCE-WAOB) reports have been suspended since Dec. 22, 2018, and remain suspended.

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