A farmer in northwest Missouri runs a combine through a field of soybeans in November 2022. The USDA sent out postcards last month asking farmers and ranchers to fill out its Census of Agriculture ...

Early this month, Maryland farmers will have the opportunity to help shape agriculture policy by responding to the 2007 Census of Agriculture when the form arrives by mail. Conducted by the U.S.

The time has come for Central Valley farmers to complete the federal government’s Census of Agriculture — a count that could reveal important insights into the impact of California’s drought on the ...

Even so, the census found that the 273,000 smallest (1-9 acres) farms make up 0.1% of all farmland while the 85,127 largest (2,000 or more acres) farms make up 58% of farmland. Many key findings of ...

Taken every five years, the Agricultural Census is a complete count of America’s farms and ranches. The Census provides extremely valuable information used at the local, state, and national levels to ...

Farmers across the nation are facing real challenges, including increasingly uncertain weather patterns due to climate change and the financial pressures of global competition. Sometimes, our ...

This week a window opens on agriculture that is revealed just once every five years. The United States Census of Agriculture may be the world’s most detailed picture of a nation’s farm sector, ...

The USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture is officially underway across the United States and Puerto Rico. It is important for every farmer, rancher and producer to make sure they respond by the deadline ...

Every five years, the USDA conducts its Census of Agriculture, the most complete count of all the farms and ranches in the U.S. and the people that operate them. Mark Schleusener is the Illinois State ...