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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is reaching out to beekeepers and farmers across the nation in December 2015 and January 2016 to gather information on...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is contacting farmers and ranchers now through February 2016 as part of the second National Resources Inventory – Conservation Effects...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) announced today that it will host the 25th Annual Morris Hansen Lecture on Tuesday, Nov. 17, in Washington, D.C. Among...

The Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics will now meet at the Brown Hotel, 335 West Broadway, Louisville, KY. See Federal Register notice filed Nov. 2, 2015 https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2015-27972.pdf

The annual meeting of the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics will take place in Louisville, Ky., on Nov. 4-5, 2015. The agenda includes a discussion of the 2017 Census of...

USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), in cooperation with other USDA data agencies, will hold the 2015 USDA Data Users' Meeting on Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at 1 p.m. CT...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is now surveying produce packers and other post-harvest businesses to help fruit and vegetables operations as they prepare to implement...

U.S. growers are forecast to produce 13.7 billion bushels of corn this year, according to the Crop Production report issued today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics...

U.S. farmers spent $397.6 billion on agricultural production in 2014, up 8.3 percent from 2013, the largest increase since 2008, according to the Farm Production Expenditures report, published today by...

As of July 1, there were 98.4 million head of cattle on U.S. farms, according to the Cattle report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is contacting farmers and ranchers from now through August as part of a national survey of conservation practices.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in cooperation with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is surveying U.S. crop producers to measure the impact...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimates 85.1 million acres of soybeans planted in the United States for 2015, up 2 percent from last year and...

As of June 1, there were 66.9 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 9 percent from June 2014, and up slightly from March 1, 2015, according to the...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today published the 2014 Agricultural Chemical Use survey data for corn and fall potatoes.

For a second year in a row, U.S. growers are raising the bar on soybean acreage. Growers across the United States intend to plant an estimated record-high 84.6 million acres...

As of March 1, there were 65.9 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 7 percent from March 2014, but down slightly from December 1, 2014, according to the...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will convene a panel of subject matter experts to discuss needs for federal statistics about women and beginning farmers and...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports that family owned farms remain the backbone of the agriculture industry.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the first report under its new Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program today. Called Grain Crushings and Co-Products Production,...

As of January 1, there were 89.8 million head of cattle and calves on U.S. farms, according to the Cattle report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National...

Advancements in technology, the rise of big data, and demand for more accurate, timely, official statistics under tightened budgets will be among the topics explored at the 24th Annual Morris...

As of December 1, there were 66.1 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 2 percent from December 2013, and up 1 percent from September 1, according to the...

The annual meeting of the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics will take place in St. Louis and Brentwood, MO, on Dec. 2-3, 2014. The agenda includes a discussion of the...

According to the November Crop Production report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), corn production is expected to reach 14.4 billion bushels this...

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) now offers the Ag Census Web Maps application, a dynamic online tool that gives users rapid access to Census...

According to the Grain Stocks report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), there were 1.24 billion bushels of old crop corn in all...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announces the launch of the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) survey program. NASS will collect and publish vital statistics for...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking nominations to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics. Members of this Committee advise the Secretary of Agriculture on the scope, timing and content...

As of September 1, there were 65.4 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, down 2 percent from September 2013, but up 6 percent from June 1, according to the...

U.S. soybean producers are expected to produce a record 3.82 billion bushels in 2014, up 16 percent from last year according to the Crop Production report issued today by the...

As of July 1, there were 95.0 million head of cattle on U.S. farms, according to the Cattle report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimated a record high 84.8 million acres of soybeans planted in the United States for 2014, up 11 percent from...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is now inviting suggestions for the 2017 Census of Agriculture. Conducted only once every five years by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the Census...