census of agriculture

The lengthy government shut down is over but it is causing delays in the release of statistics from the census of agriculture which is held once every five years.  Joe Parsons, Ag Statistics board chairman said they were scheduled to release the Census number on February 21st, but they will delay that release.  ...

Politico says the month-plus government shutdown has left USDA officials with quite the backlog of commodity reports.  And they also have a lot of other numbers waiting to be crunched for future reports.  Those numbers include the 2017 Census of Agriculture, which is a major survey taken every five years and includes every state and county.  It shapes a lot o...

A Thank You from Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue for those who participated in the 2017 census of agriculture.   "Conducting the census of agriculture is part of our commitment to you. Your response helps show the great value of U-S agriculture." ...

NASS announced this week data from the 2017 Census of Agriculture is scheduled to be released starting on February 21st in conjunction with the 2019 Agricultural Outlook Forum.  More than 70% of farmers responded to the USDA’s 2017 Census of Agriculture, down from the previous response rate of 74.5%.   The...

NASS is wrapping up data collection for the 2017 Census of Agriculture.  To stay on track for data release in February 2019, the deadline for submitting the paper questionnaire is June 15th.  Farmers and ranchers who have not responded by June 15th, still have until the end of July to complete the Census online through the secure website found on the cover of their Census form.   Phone foll... Rea

Even though the February deadline has passed, NASS is still collecting responses to the 2017 Census of Agriculture.  More than 50% of the surveys have been returned to USDA's NASS.   “Certainly that’s no small feat as that number continues to grow each day as more farmers and ranchers mail in their census form.”   NASS’s Euge...

NASS is reminding farmers across the Northwest that time is running out to participate in the 2017 Census of Agriculture.  To date, NASS has received more than 1.5 million complete questionnaires, 98,000 of which come from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Alaska.  Bo...

NASS is reminding all farmers it’s not too late to turn in your completed Ag Census form.   “Basically, we’d like farmers to get it in as quickly as possible preferably before the end of April.”   Greg Bussler with NASS said currently the national return rate is around 50% and climbing.  And while that’s good, he stres...

Farmers and Ranchers who did not meet the original February 5th deadline still have an opportunity to participate in the 2017 Census of Agriculture.  The USDA announced this week it was extending the survey to receive additional responses.  Ch...

Farmers and ranchers have less than a week to submit their information to the Department of Agriculture as part of the Census of Agriculture.  USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service says producers should respond online or by mail by Monday, February 5th.  Agriculture S...