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CHICAGO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) said on Friday that it will release several key agriculture reports in November, including a monthly crop supply and demand report that was not issued in October due to the ongoing U.S. government shutdown. Sign up here. The report will provide the government's first estimate of U.S. corn and soybean production since September, when most of the Midwestern harvest was not yet underway. Posts by some farmers on social media sites have since suggested that USDA's yield projection was much too high. The USDA's monthly cattle on feed report will be released on schedule on November 21, NASS said, after the October report was not released. Reporting by Karl Plume in Chicago, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tab Chicago-based senior commodities correspondent covering agricultural markets, large agribusinesses and the food supply chain and specializing in global trade, farming technology and climate change issues impacting the industry.
