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Source: USDA, 5/20/21
During the next several weeks, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct two
major mid-year surveys, the June Agricultural Survey and the June Area Survey.
The agency will contact nearly 1,500 producers across North Carolina to
determine crop acreage and stock levels as of June 1, 2021.“The June Agricultural Survey and the June Area Survey are two of the most important and well-known surveys NASS conducts,” explained Dee Webb, Director of the NASS NC Office. “When growers respond to these surveys, they provide essential information that help determine the expected acreage and supply of major commodities in the United States for the 2021 crop year. The results are used by farmers and ranchers, USDA, businesses, exporters, researchers, economists, policymakers, and others to inform a wide range of decisions.”
Growers can respond to the June Agricultural Survey online at agcounts.usda.gov, by phone, or
mail. They will be asked to provide information on planted and harvested
acreage, including acreage for biotech crops and grain stocks. For the June
Area Survey, agency representatives will interview farm and ranch operators in
randomly selected segments over the phone. Growers will be asked to provide
information on crop acreage, grain stocks, livestock inventory, land values,
and value of sales. “NASS safeguards the privacy of all respondents, by keeping all individual information confidential and publishing the data in aggregate form only to ensure that no operation or producer can be identified,” said Webb. “We recognize that this is a hectic time for farmers, but the information they provide helps U.S. agriculture remain viable and capable. I urge them to respond to these surveys and thank them for their cooperation.”
NASS will analyze the survey information and publish the results in a series of
USDA reports, including the annual Acreage and
quarterly Grain Stocks reports to be released June 30, 2021. Survey data also contribute to NASS’s monthly and annual Crop Production reports,
the annual Small Grains
Summary, annual Farms
and Land in Farms and Land
Values reports, various livestock reports, including Cattle, Sheep and Goats, and Hogs and Pigs, and USDA’s monthly World Agricultural
Supply and Demand Estimates.
These and all NASS reports are available at nass.usda.gov/Publications/. For
more information, call the NASS NC Field Office at (919) 707-3333.
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