From the USDA:
Beginning in late July, the Northeastern Regional Field Office of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the annual Potato Processing Survey.
The results of this survey will be used to establish final USDA statistics about 2016 potato crop processing for official processing states. NASS gathers the data for the survey online, by mail, phone and in-person interviews.
“NASS safeguards the privacy of all responses and publishes only state- and national-level data, ensuring that no individual operation or producer can be identified,” stated King Whetstone, Regional Director, NASS -- Northeastern Regional Field Office.
NASS will compile and analyze the survey information and publish the results in the Sept. 14 annual Potatoes publication. The publication will be available on the USDA-NASS website at https://www.nass.usda.gov/.
For more information on NASS surveys and reports, call the NASS Northeastern Regional Field Office at (800) 498-1518.
What is on the horizon for U.S. farmers in 2017 as they finalize plans for planting this spring?
The March Agricultural Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will survey about 84,000 of the nation’s farmers to determine their plans for the upcoming growing season.
“Each year, the agriculture industry eagerly awaits USDA’s Prospective Plantings report, which provides the first survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers’ planting intentions for the year,” said NASS’ Northeastern Regional Director King Whetstone.
“The March Agricultural Survey provides the factual data that underpins these projections, making it one of the most important surveys we conduct each year,” he said.
NASS will mail the survey questionnaire in February, asking producers to provide information about the types of crops they intend to plant in 2017, how many acres they intend to plant, and the amounts of grain and oilseed they store on their farms.
The statistics service encourages producers to respond online or by mail. Those producers who do not respond by the deadline may be contacted for a telephone or personal interview.
The statistics service will compile and analyze the survey information and publish the results in the annual Prospective Plantings report and quarterly Grain Stocks report, both to be released on March 31.
As with all statistics service surveys, information provided by respondents is confidential, as required by federal law. The statistics survey safeguards the privacy of all responses and publishes only aggregate data, ensuring that no individual operation or producer can be identified.
These and all reports are available online at www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/.
For more information call the NASS Northeastern Regional Field Office at (800) 498-1518.
From the USDA:
What is on the horizon for U.S. farmers in 2015 as they finalize
plans for planting this spring?
The March Agricultural Survey conducted by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey about 82,000 farmers to determine their plans for the upcoming growing season.
“Each year, the agriculture industry eagerly awaits USDA’s Prospective Plantings report, which provides the first survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers’ planting intentions for the year,”
said NASS’s Northeastern Regional Director, King Whetstone.
“The March Agricultural Survey provides the factual data that is the basis of these projections, making it one of the most important surveys we conduct each year,” he states.
NASS will mail the survey questionnaire in late February, asking producers to provide information about the types of crops they intend to plant in 2015, how many acres they intend to plant, and the amounts of grain and oilseed they store on their farms.
NASS encourages producers to respond online or by mail. Those producers who do not respond by the deadline may be contacted for a telephone or personal interview.
NASS will compile and analyze the survey information and publish the results in the annual Prospective Plantings report and quarterly Grain Stocks report, both to be released March 31.
As with all NASS surveys, information provided by respondents is confidential, as required by federal law. NASS safeguards the privacy of all responses and publishes only aggregate data, ensuring that no individual operation or producer can be identified.
These and all NASS reports are available online at www.nass.usda.gov.
For more information call the NASS Northeastern Regional Field Office at (800) 498-1518.
From the USDA:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and World Agricultural Outlook
Board (WAOB) have canceled or postponed publication of selected USDA
statistical reports impacted by the lapse in federal funding.
NASS's Crop Production and Cotton Ginnings reports and the WAOB's
World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) scheduled for
Oct. 11 are canceled. The next scheduled release for these reports
is Nov. 8.
Additionally, NASS's Crop Progress reports scheduled for Oct. 7
and 15 are canceled. NASS's Cattle on Feed and Peanut Prices reports
scheduled for Oct. 18 are postponed.
While the lapse in federal funding has ended, NASS has not been able
to engage in the necessary data collection and analysis over the past
few weeks. NASS is assessing its data collection plans and evaluating
the timing of upcoming reports.
