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USDA Seeks Feedback on Crops, Stocks, Livestock and Values
USAgNet - 05/16/2019
During the next several weeks, U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct two major mid-year surveys, the June Agricultural Survey and the June Area Survey. The agency will contact nearly 3,500 producers
across Illinois to determine crop acreage and stocks levels as of June 1.
"Two of the most important and well-known surveys NASS conducts are the June Agricultural Survey and June Area Survey, due to the widespread and significant impact of their results," explained Mark Schleusener, the NASS State Statistician for Illinois.
"When growers respond to these surveys, they provide essential information that helps determine the expected acreage and supply of major commodities in the United States for the 2019 crop year. Results of this survey are used by farmers and ranchers,
USDA, businesses, exporters, researchers, economists, policymakers, and others who use the survey information in making a wide range of decisions that benefit you as a producer."
Data for the June Agricultural Survey are gathered by NASS via the Internet, mail, phone, or in-person interview. For the June Area Survey, trained NASDA enumerators representing NASS visit selected tracts of land and interview the operators of any farm
or ranch within that tract. Growers are asked to provide information on planted and harvested acreage -- including acreage for biotech crops -- and grain stocks. Additionally, the survey collects data on livestock inventory, cash rents, land values, and value of
sales.
"NASS safeguards the privacy of all respondents and publishes only state- and national-level data, ensuring that no individual operation or producer can be identified," stated Schleusener. "We recognize this is a hectic time for farmers and ranchers, but the
information they provide helps U.S. agriculture remain viable and capable. I urge them to respond to these surveys and thank them for their cooperation."
NASS will analyze the survey information and publish the results in a series of USDA reports, including the annual Acreage and quarterly Grain Stocks reports, both to be released June 28. Survey data also contribute to NASS's annual Farms and Land in
Farms and Land Values reports, various livestock reports, including Cattle, Sheep and Goats, and Hogs and Pigs, and USDA's monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.
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