Producers who are new to farming or did not receive a Census of Agriculture in 2012 still have time to sign up to receive the 2017 Census of Agriculture report form by visiting and clicking on the ‘Make Sure You Are Counted’ button through June. This telling information and thousands of other agriculture statistics are a direct result of responses to the Census of Agriculture. However, agriculture sales, income, and expenses increased between 20. This was a four percent decrease in the number of U.S. The 2012 Census of Agriculture revealed that over three million farmers operated more than two million farms, spanning over 914 million acres. The Census of Agriculture highlights land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures, and other topics. Census results are relied upon by those who serve farmers and rural communities, including federal, state and local governments, agribusinesses, trade associations, extension educators, researchers, and farmers and ranchers themselves. The Census of Agriculture remains the only source of uniform, comprehensive, and impartial agriculture data for every county in the nation, according to NASS administrator Hubert Hamer. farms, ranches, and those who operate them. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), the census, to be mailed at the end of this year, is a complete count of all U.S. America’s farmers and ranchers will soon have the opportunity to strongly represent agriculture in their communities and industry by taking part in the 2017 Census of Agriculture.

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