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Agriculture Census of the United States - 2007 |
What this map layer shows:
Information about America's farmers and their produce, by county.
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Background Information |
Sample Map
The 2007 Census
of Agriculture is the Nation's 27th such census and the
third one conducted by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS). The census provides
comprehensive, uniform data about America's farms and farmers. American
agriculture is counted, measured, priced, analyzed, and reported to provide
the facts needed by farmers and ranchers, agribusiness, policymakers,
farm organizations, and State and local agencies. The Census of Agriculture
is used as benchmark data for projecting coming trends and interpreting
the economic implications of those trends. Because of the importance
of this information, Congress requires NASS to take the Census of Agriculture
every 5 years. This map layer was compiled by the National Atlas
of the United States® from
data provided by NASS.
The Agriculture Census of the United States - 2007 map layer portrays
the data for all fifty States, collected at the county level. The 25 categories
of data in this map layer contain statistics on land use, operator characteristics,
acreage, machinery and equipment, crops, livestock and poultry, and farming
economics. Additional 2007 Census of Agriculture data, as well as access
to data for earlier years, is available from the 2007
Census of Agriculture page. Further information on agriculture in the United States is available
from the USDA Agriculture page.
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