USDA launches resource survey

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is beginning to collect data from more than 100,000 farmers and ranchers for its annual Agricultural Resource Management Survey.
Share on twitter
Share on facebook
Share on linkedin
Share on whatsapp
Share on email

The survey looks at all aspects of U.S. agricultural production, including farm financial well-being, chemical usage and various farm characteristics. In 2016, the survey will take a closer look at corn production, and both organic and conventional milk production in the United States.
Agricultural Resource Management Survey is a joint effort of the National Agricultural Statistics Service and USDA’s Economic Research Service. The information the agencies obtain through the survey influences national and state policy-making decisions. In addition, Agricultural Resource Management Survey data are used to calculate the farm sector portion of the Gross Domestic Product. The survey also collects detailed information on production practices, costs and returns for 13 principal commodities on a rotating basis. The last time the Agricultural Resource Management Survey focused on corn and dairy was in 2010.
“The 2014 Farm Bill introduced important changes in agricultural policy, by expanding the range of crop-insurance options while eliminating several commodity-support programs,” said Barbara Rater, director of National Agricultural Statistics Service Census and Survey Division. “Data from the 2016 (Agricultural Resource Management Survey) will be used to assess the crop-insurance choices made by farmers, helping policymakers better understand the impact of crop-insurance offerings on farm-production decisions and financial outcomes.»
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is already working with producers on the first phase of the survey. The survey is conducted in three phases from May 2016 through April 2017. The current, first, phase screens participants to make sure they accurately represent the entire U.S. farm sector. During the second phase, National Agricultural Statistics Service will collect information on production practices and chemical use for specific commodities. In the final phase, National Agricultural Statistics Service will survey producers on cost of production, farm income and production expenditures.
“We strongly encourage every producer contacted for (the Agricultural Resource Management Survey) to participate, as their response represents not just their own farm, but many other similar operations across the country,” Rater said.
 
Source: Agriview
 

Mirá También

Así lo expresó Domingo Possetto, secretario de la seccional Rafaela, quien además, afirmó que a los productores «habitualmente los ignoran los gobiernos». Además, reconoció la labor de los empresarios de las firmas locales y aseguró que están «esperanzados» con la negociación entre SanCor y Adecoagro.

Te puede interesar

Notas
Relacionadas