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February 24, 2016
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February 24, 2016
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February 12, 2016
USDA Begins Last Phase of Data Gathering For 2015 Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)

Interviewers representing the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will spend the next several months visiting farms and ranches across the nation as the agency conducts...

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February 1, 2016
USDA to Gather New Data on Organic Agriculture Production

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has begun conducting the 2015 Certified Organic Survey to gather up-to-date data on certified organic crops and livestock in the...

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January 29, 2016
U.S. Cattle Inventory Up 3 Percent from 2015

As of January 1, there were 92.0 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...

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December 23, 2015
U.S. Hogs and Pigs Inventory Up 1 Percent

As of December 1, there were 68.3 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 1 percent from December 2014, and up slightly from September 1, 2015, according to the...

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December 23, 2015
USDA Begins Surveys to Assess Honey Bee Colony Health, Impact on Agriculture

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...

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December 16, 2015
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December 14, 2015
USDA Nationwide Farm Management and Conservation Data Gathering Begins Second Phase

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...

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November 10, 2015
NASS Invites Public to 25th Annual Morris Hansen Lecture

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...

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November 3, 2015
CORRECTION: Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics to Meet on November 4-5

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

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October 19, 2015
Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics to Meet on November 4-5

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...

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October 12, 2015
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October 12, 2015
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October 7, 2015
USDA Agencies to Hold Public Meeting for Data Users

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...

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September 22, 2015
USDA NASS Begins Gathering Food Safety Data About Fruit and Vegetable Operations Nationwide

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...

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August 12, 2015
USDA Forecasts Third Largest Corn Crop on Record

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...

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August 4, 2015
U.S. Agriculture Production Cost Nearly $400 Billion in 2014

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...

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July 24, 2015
U.S. Cattle Inventory Up 2 Percent from 2014

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...

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July 23, 2015
USDA NASS Begins Project to Gather Conservation Data Nationwide

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.

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July 21, 2015
USDA Measures Feral Swine Impact on U.S. Farms

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...

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June 30, 2015
U.S. Soybean Growers Slated for Another Record Year

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...

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June 26, 2015
U.S. Hogs and Pigs Inventory Up 9 Percent

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...

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May 14, 2015
USDA Releases 2014 Chemical Use Data for Corn and Fall Potatoes

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.

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March 31, 2015
U.S. Farmers Expect to Plant Record-High Soybean Acreage Again

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...

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March 27, 2015
U.S. Hogs and Pigs Inventory Up 7 Percent

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...

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March 18, 2015
USDA to Hold Expert Panel on Statistics for Women and Beginner Farmers

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...

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March 17, 2015
Family Farms are the Focus of New Agriculture Census Data

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

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February 19, 2015
Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) program report

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,...

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January 30, 2015
U.S. Cattle Inventory Up 1 Percent from 2014

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...

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January 6, 2015
USDA Invites Public to 24th Annual Morris Hansen Lecture

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...

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December 23, 2014
U.S. Hogs and Pigs Inventory Up 2 Percent

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...

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November 17, 2014
Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics to Meet on December 2-3

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...

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November 10, 2014
USDA Reports Corn, Soybeans on Track for Record-high Yield, Production

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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November 5, 2014
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November 5, 2014
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October 27, 2014
New Web Tool Allows Users to Visualize, Analyze Agriculture Data

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...

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