NASS sets June 30 deadline for ag census sign-up

Agriculture producers who did not receive the 2017 Census of Agriculture and do not receive other U.S. Department of Agriculture surveys or censuses have until June 30 to sign up to receive the 2022 Census of Agriculture. USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Washington, D.C., will mail 2022 ag census survey codes for responding securely online to every known U.S. producer this November. Hard copy questionnaires will follow in December.

The ag census, conducted for over 180 years, remains the only source of comprehensive and impartial agricultural data for every state and county in the nation. It includes every operation, large or small, urban or rural, from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products are produced and sold, or would normally be produced and sold, in the ag census year.

“The Census of Agriculture is a collective voice that tells the story and value of American agriculture,” says Barbara Rater, NASS Census and Survey Division director. “The data influence action and inform policy and program decisions that directly impact producers, their operations, and everyone they touch — and that’s all of us. This is why a complete count, with every producer getting and taking the opportunity to be represented in these data, is so important.”

NASS builds its distribution list for every Census of Agriculture between and during ag census years through the official sign-up webpage and multiple National Agricultural Classification Surveys.

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