National Agricultural Statistics Service

USDA Tests New Way to Complete Surveys

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The National Agricultural Statistics Service will begin sending text messages and email invitations to selected farmers for its December Agricultural Survey. Producers will use multifactor authentication to access the secure online survey. NASS Administrator Joseph Parsons says the goal is…

USDA Begins Final Phase of 2025 Farm Finance Survey

Published December 17, 2025

Beginning later this month, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will collect farm financial data as part of the final phase of the 2025 Agricultural Resource Management Survey. The survey gathers information on farm economics to help guide local and federal…

NASS to End State-Specific Reports

Published May 26, 2025

Starting Friday, the USDA National Agricultural Statistic Service will stop publishing state and region-specific reports. The state-level data will still be available, but only in the national releases and through the NASS Quick Stats database.

NASS Appoints New Administrator

Published June 21, 2024

Joseph Parsons has been selected as the new administrator of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Parsons has been the acting administrator since Hubert Hamer retired at the end of March. Previously, Parsons was an associate administrator.

Drought Took the Top End Off Corn and Soybean Yields

Published January 12, 2022

According to Wednesday's USDA report, North Dakota’s statewide corn yield this past growing season came in at 105 bushels per acre. That’s down from 139 bushels per acre in 2020. Minnesota averaged 178 bushels per acre, down from 191 bushels…

USDA to Review Acreage Estimates Sooner for Some Crops

Published September 1, 2021

The National Agricultural Statistics is taking extra steps to review acreage estimates for corn, soybeans, sugarbeets and four other crops. Surveys, satellite-based data and the latest information from the Farm Service Agency and Risk Management Agency are being considered. If…

No More Re-Surveys Expected for 2019 Crop

Published June 11, 2020

May is the last time the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service will re-survey North Dakota farmers on the 2019 crop. According to North Dakota State Statistician Darin Jantzi, the USDA could make a revision to the 2019 estimates. If so,…

USDA Hints at Less Than Ideal Corn Crop

Published April 1, 2020

The lower corn stocks number from the USDA could be the first hint at a less than ideal corn crop still being harvested. "I did two separate meetings with the head of the Illinois National Agricultural Statistics Service and also…

USDA to Resurvey MN, ND and SD Farmers

Published January 13, 2020

According to a special note from the USDA, the National Agricultural Statistics Service will be recontacting producers who indicated they weren’t done with harvest in the last survey. When that survey took place in 2019, there was significant unharvested acres…

U.S. Dairy Milk Production Shows Slight Increase for November

Published December 19, 2019

November milk production in the U.S totaled 17.4 billion pounds in November; up a half percent from a year ago. USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service also revised the October milk production number up 1.4 percent from a year ago to…

Articles tagged under: National Agricultural Statistics Service

USDA Tests New Way to Complete Surveys

USDA Begins Final Phase of 2025 Farm Finance Survey

NASS to End State-Specific Reports

NASS Appoints New Administrator

Drought Took the Top End Off Corn and Soybean Yields

USDA to Review Acreage Estimates Sooner for Some Crops

No More Re-Surveys Expected for 2019 Crop

USDA Hints at Less Than Ideal Corn Crop

USDA to Resurvey MN, ND and SD Farmers

U.S. Dairy Milk Production Shows Slight Increase for November

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