Data

NASS reports have been declining in recent years.

Last week, the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service launched a new Export Sales Reporting and Maintenance System. This is a system through which U.S. exporters are required by law to report any sales transactions with buyers outside the U.S. fo...

Several challenges prevent farmers from collecting and sharing data on their production practices. However, new research from Farm Journal’s Trust In Food initiative and the Sustainability Consortium shows there is ample opportunity to empower farmer’s digital transition. Farm-le ...

Bob Cervera takes a look at how performance data helps drive profitability of angus cattle. If you have a story idea for the PNW Ag Network, call (509) 547-1618, or e-mail gvaagen@cherrycreekmedia.com

With so many unknowns in agriculture markets today, the future can seem uncertain. However, the one thing farmers can do is take advantage of what they can control on their individual operations. This can sometimes make all the difference in their bottom line ...

Several challenges prevent farmers from collecting and sharing data on their production practices with downstream supply chain organizations such as food companies and retailers. New research from Farm Journal's Trust In Food initiative and The Sustainability Consortium found 62% of farmers report they are not using data collection and sharing software during the 2019 season ...

NASS will host its annual USDA Data Users’ Meeting virtually later this month. The event is one of many that have opted to go virtual amid the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. Planned for Tuesday, April 21, the event is regularly held to share recent and pending program changes, and to solicit comments and input on various data and information programs important to agriculture. Usua ... Read Mor

A recent conference at USDA brought together soil scientists from around the country.  The main issue: building a network of soil data.   "And the soil moisture network impacts not just agriculture but communities," said Mary Podoll with NRCS.  "And so...

NASS is preparing for its annual June surveys on crops and livestock.  Farmer responses to these surveys will provide the foundation for estimates in the upcoming growing year.  NASS’s Eugene Young said there are three key parts to the June reports and the first is the June agricultural survey, which samples roughly 70,000 farmers nationwide.   “We wi...

Big data sounds like a scary and intimidating term, but on dairy farms it’s providing valuable information to the producer.  Joe Kelsay is a dairy farmer who gets data on all kinds of aspects of his cows’ life.   “In the milking parlor, there are milk meters at every station. There are transponder read...