A farmer in northwest Missouri runs a combine through a field of soybeans in November 2022. The USDA sent out postcards last month asking farmers and ranchers to fill out its Census of Agriculture ...

Taken every five years, the Agricultural Census is a complete count of America’s farms and ranches. The Census provides extremely valuable information used at the local, state, and national levels to ...

Monday was the last day for farmers and ranchers to respond to the USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture. The federal government launched the survey in 1840, when most American citizens tended farms or ...

Arkansas producers should have received their 2022 Census of Agriculture forms in the mail in late December 2022, said Henry English, director of the Small Farm Program at the University of Arkansas ...

The time has come for Central Valley farmers to complete the federal government’s Census of Agriculture — a count that could reveal important insights into the impact of California’s drought on the ...

Since 1970, the Agricultural Census has helped collate information on land use, cropping patterns, irrigation status, tenancy particulars and terms of leasing. This information has played a crucial ...

SPOKANE — In seven of Washington’s 39 counties, cows outnumber people. That’s not just a fancy way to say “not many people live in Garfield County,” though the southeastern wheat-farming county of ...

The 2017 Census of Agriculture was released last week to much-deserved fanfare. The Census of Ag is a herculean effort undertaken by USDA every five years by a staff of dedicated professionals intent ...

Every five years, the USDA conducts its Census of Agriculture, the most complete count of all the farms and ranches in the U.S. and the people that operate them. Mark Schleusener is the Illinois State ...