USDA Mails Surveys to Prepare for 2012 Ag Census

Surveys have been mailed out across the nation to identify all active farms within the United States. The surveys, issued by the National Agricultural Statistics Service, ask landowners whether they are currently farming and other basic information. The information will be used to determine who receives a 2012 Census of Agriculture report form. The census is completed every five years and gives a complete count of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Learn more.