Due to lapse in federal funding, USDA reschedules "Census of Agriculture" release dates and gives producers more time to complete surveys.
February 1, 2019
The Agricultural Statistics Board of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service’s (NASS) has begun rescheduling reports that were affected by the lapse in federal funding. During the lapse, NASS was not able to collect data or issue reports.
In order to expedite the rescheduled reports and give producers more time to complete their surveys, NASS has extended some data collection deadlines. NASS requests that anyone who received a survey please respond as quickly as possible:
"Cattle Survey" -- Feb. 9 response deadline to release the biannual "Cattle Report" on Feb. 28.
"Sheep & Goats Survey" – Feb. 9 response deadline to release the annual "Sheep & Goats" report on Feb. 28.
"Milk Production Survey" – Feb. 9 response deadline to release the "Milk Production" report on Feb. 20.
"Row Crop County Agricultural Production Survey" (CAPS) – Feb. 19 response deadline.
"Census of Aquaculture" – March 22 response deadline.
"Irrigation & Water Management Survey – March 8 response deadline to release the "Irrigation & Water Management" report on Nov. 13.
If you have received any of these surveys and have not responded but no longer have the survey form, call (800) 727-9540 from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (ET) to receive a survey code and respond online at agcounts.usda.gov. NASS representatives may call to collect information as well. NASS surveys provide critical data to run numerous different USDA programs that benefit farmers and ranchers.
The 2017 "Census of Agriculture," originally scheduled for release Feb. 21, will be released at noon (ET) April 11, providing that funding remains available for fiscal 2019.
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