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The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) conducts hundreds of surveys every year and prepares
reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture.
Production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and
received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances,
chemical use, and changes in the demographics of U.S. producers
are only a few examples.
NASS is committed to providing timely, accurate, and useful
statistics in service to U.S. agriculture. To uphold our
continuing commitment, NASS will:
- Report the facts on American agriculture, facts
needed by people working in and depending upon U.S. agriculture.
- Provide objective and unbiased statistics on
a preannounced schedule that is fair and impartial to all
market participants.
- Conduct the Census of Agriculture every five
years, providing the only source of consistent, comparable, and detailed
agricultural data for every county in America.
- Serve the needs of our data users and customers
at a local level through our network of State field offices
and our cooperative relationship with universities and State
Departments of Agriculture.
- Safeguard the privacy of farmers, ranchers, and other data
providers, with a guarantee that confidentiality and data security
continue to be our top priorities.
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