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USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
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Statistics ServiceStatistics ServiceStatistics ServiceStatistics Service
Bruce Eklund, State Statistician
New Jersey Field Office
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
NASS Reports
Over 400 National reports published annually
Over 9,000 State-level reports annually
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
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New Jersey Number of Farms,
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New Jersey Land in Farms,
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USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
What Does NASS Do?
George Washington himself conducted first Ag. Survey
Purposed National Board of Agriculture
1839 Comm. of Patents - $1,000 seeds, Research, Ag Stats
1840 Census of Agriculture
Abe Lincoln created ‘the people’s department’
Division of Statistics
First crop report 1863
Crop Reporting Board (now called the Agricultural Statistics
Board) 1905
Land Values
Cash Rents
• Cropland , Irrigated, non irrigated, pastureland
• Quick Stats• State estimates the first week of August
• County estimates the second week of September
• Biannually
2015: US $144/acre NJ $67/acre
Other 2012 Census of Agriculture ProductsOther 2012 Census of Agriculture ProductsOther 2012 Census of Agriculture ProductsOther 2012 Census of Agriculture Products
• Desktop Data Query Tool
• Agricultural Atlas
• Ag Census Web Maps
• Ag Census Highlights
Other 2012 Census of Agriculture Products Other 2012 Census of Agriculture Products Other 2012 Census of Agriculture Products Other 2012 Census of Agriculture Products ---- continuedcontinuedcontinuedcontinued
• American Indian Reservations
• Watersheds
• Typology
• Special Organics Tabulation
• Years on Present Farm of Principal Operator
2012 Census of 2012 Census of 2012 Census of 2012 Census of Agriculture Follow Agriculture Follow Agriculture Follow Agriculture Follow on Surveyson Surveyson Surveyson Surveys
• 2013 Census of Aquaculture
• 2013 Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey
• 2014 Census of Horticulture Specialties
• 2014 Organic Production Survey
• 2014 Tenure, Ownership and Transition of Agriculture Land
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
Data Collection
•Producers
•Objective measurement
•Remote sensing
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
Producers
Voluntarily Reporting for most reportsMail, Telephone, Personal Interviews, Internet
Mandatory ReportingCold Storage plants with Dairy Products
Census of Agriculture
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
Remote sensing
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
New Jersey
Cropland Layer
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
High Profile Uses of NASS Data
U.S. principle economic indicators
Farm Bill counter-cyclical payments
Disaster payment determination
Group Risk policy payments and premiums
Livestock compensation program
EPA risk analysis in re-registration of chemicals
Levels the playing field for commodity markets
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
Other Uses of NASS Data
Farm business plans
Local lenders
Grants
Policy issues
Local, State, Federal, International
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
Access reports at www.nass.usda.gov
Smattering of uses
• Level the playing field
• Importance of Agriculture
• Local information – no moderation in appetite
• Conservation on natural resources
• Pesticide use
• Policy impact on farms and rural America
• Trends
• Administer farm programs
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
Quick Stats - Download historic data for most commodities
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
www.agcensus.usda.gov
Missing data
• Item imputation
• Missing Records
• Must Cases
How do we know what we do not know?
USDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field OfficeUSDA / National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Jersey Field Office
Agriculture counts and NASS counts for U.S. Agriculture
Locations
HQ in Washington, DC
National Operations Center in Olivette, MO
12 Regional Field OfficesHarrisburg, PA Des Moines, IA
Little Rock, AK Louisville, KY
Sacramento, CA East Lansing, MI
Denver, CO Lincoln, NE
Athens, GA Olivette, MO
•33 other Field Offices