The USDA website is down, no Twitter or Facebook, so the only official word that the big reports due out this week comes by email to those who ask.

“USDA will not issue a WASDE report this week due to the lapse in federal funding,” said agency media contact Courtney Rowe by email in response to an email asking for official confirmation. With the website down, no notice is posted, and no email blasts are forthcoming with an official press statement.

Southeast AgNet reports that the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Division of Marketing and Development, sent out an e-mail Monday on behalf of the Florida Agricultural Statistics Service (FASS) that there “will be no citrus forecast released on Friday, October 11.” That’s a big one for the citrus industry and requires at least a full week of preparation by the statisticians and an overnight lockdown before it is released.

The reports will not be released Friday even if Congress compromises on a continuing resolution before then. No word on when – or if – they will be released once the impasse is resolved.