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NASS Regional Director to Retire

Published December 19, 2018

The director of the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Northern Plains Region will retire January 8. Dean Groskurth has worked for USDA for more than 33 years. That includes time as the head of special commodities and as NASS’s national cattle…

Crop Production Survey Reminder

Published August 17, 2018

In the first two weeks of September, USDA will be surveying small grain farmers in 32 states for its County Production Survey. North Dakota State Statistician Darin Jantzi encourages all farmers who receive a survey to fill it out. "Obviously, everyone…

Next Week’s Report Focuses on Survey-Based Data

Published August 2, 2018

USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service has scouts in the field and talking with farmers, gathering data for next week’s crop report. NASS Crops Branch Chief Lance Honig says the August report is the first survey-based report of the season. "Certainly since…

Last Chance to Complete Census of Agriculture

Published July 5, 2018

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is finalizing data collection for the 2017 Census of Agriculture. With that, the North Dakota Department of Agriculture is urging farmers and ranchers to participate. Ag Commissioner Doug Goehring says “it is especially important in…

Census of Agriculture Deadline Approaching

Published June 5, 2018

USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is wrapping up data collection for the 2017 Census of Agriculture. To stay on track for data release in February 2019, the deadline for submitting the paper questionnaire is June 15. The Census can be…

A Boost for Spring Wheat, Oats in SD

Published May 7, 2018

South Dakota farmers are getting the spring wheat crop in the ground. Farmers have 51 percent of the spring wheat crop planted, with six percent of the crop emerged, which is well behind last year. USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service…

Potatoes, Sugarbeet Planting Improves in MN

Published May 7, 2018

Warm and dry weather conditions across Minnesota encourages fieldwork. Farmers are applying anhydrous and dry fertilizer, tilling the field and planting small grains, potatoes and sugarbeets. USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says half of Minnesota’s sugarbeet crop is planted. Twenty-eight…

Sugarbeets, Spring Wheat Planting Progress in ND

Published May 7, 2018

North Dakota farmers are making planting progress. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Ag Statistics Service says 20 percent of the spring wheat crop is planted, which is behind last year’s 41 percent complete and the average. Seven percent of durum…

Still Time to Fill Out Census of Ag

Published April 29, 2018

There is still time to participate in the 2017 Census of Agriculture. USDA's National Ag Statistics Service has received more than 1.5 million completed questionnaires. However, the national return rate is currently lower than it was at this point in…

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NASS Regional Director to Retire

Crop Production Survey Reminder

Next Week’s Report Focuses on Survey-Based Data

Last Chance to Complete Census of Agriculture

Census of Agriculture Deadline Approaching

A Boost for Spring Wheat, Oats in SD

Potatoes, Sugarbeet Planting Improves in MN

Sugarbeets, Spring Wheat Planting Progress in ND

Still Time to Fill Out Census of Ag

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