January Cattle ASB Briefing

Agricultural Statistics Board / National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) briefing · January 31, 2026

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Lance Honig (chair of the agricultural statistics board at MAS) opened the briefing, said it is for USDA decisionmakers, introduced Brooke Appleton (USDA deputy under secretary for farm production and conservation, attending as secretary designate) and Justin Benavidez (USDA chief economist), and noted the briefing’s audience and purpose.

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The Agricultural Statistics Board’s January briefing presented NASS livestock estimates showing U.S. cattle inventories at their lowest January 1 level since 1951 and declines in calf and lamb crops, with data collected Dec. 31–Jan.16 and no public Q&A due to OMB release rules.

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