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document.write('<p class="rss-title"><a class="rss-title" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/" target="_blank">USDA - National Agricultural Statistics Service</a><br /><span class="rss-item">National Agricultural Statistics Service provides timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U. S. agriculture.</span></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2020/03-31-2020b.php" target="_blank"> U.S. Farmers Expect to Plant More Corn and Soybean Acreage</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 31 Mar 2020 18:00:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant an estimated 97.0 million acres of corn in 2020, up 8% from last year, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2020/03-31-2020.php" target="_blank"> USDA to Hold Online Meeting for Stakeholders to Gather Input about Statistical Programs</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 31 Mar 2020 16:30:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will host its annual USDA Data Users’ Meeting on Tuesday, April 21st as a virtual meeting. The event is regularly held to share recent and pending program changes, and to solicit comments and input on various data and information programs important to agriculture. Usually held in person, this online Data Users’ Meeting remains free of charge and open to the public and will take place from 1:00-3:30 p.m. (ET). Links to the webinar will be shared with participants after registration.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2020/03-26-2020.php" target="_blank"> United States Hog Inventory Up 4 Percent</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:45:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('As of March 1, there were 77.6 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 4 percent from March 2019, but down 1 percent from December 1, 2019, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2020/03-20-2020.php" target="_blank"> USDA NASS remains operational and reports on schedule amid COVID-19, asks farmers and ranchers to complete surveys online</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 20 Mar 2020 20:45:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) statistical reports remain on schedule amid the COVID-19 pandemic, including the March 26 Hogs and Pigs and March 31 Prospective Plantings reports. NASS also continues to collect data for all upcoming reports, asking farmers and ranchers to complete their surveys online, if they don’t already respond that way. To protect the health and safety of producers, partners, and employees, NASS has suspended in-person data collection at least until April 3, 2020.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2019/12-23-2019a.php" target="_blank"> United States Hog Inventory Up 3 Percent</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Mon, 23 Dec 2019 20:45:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('As of December 1, there were 77.3 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 3 percent from December 2018, but down slightly from September 1, 2019, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2019/12-23-2019.php" target="_blank"> It’s Time to Respond to Census of Horticultural Specialties and Organic Survey</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:00:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('The 2019 Census of Horticultural Specialties and the 2019 Organic Survey are both underway now and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is asking those who receive questionnaires to respond quickly and online if possible. Responding online is user friendly, accessible on most electronic devices, and saves valuable time by calculating totals and automatically skipping questions not applicable to an operation.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2019/12-19-2019.php" target="_blank"> USDA Releases the 2018 Census of Aquaculture Results</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Thu, 19 Dec 2019 20:00:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('Total sales of aquaculture products in 2018 was $1.5 billion, an increase of 10.5% from 2013, according to the 2018 Census of Aquaculture released today by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. In 2018, there were 2,932 aquaculture farms with sales in the United States, down 5% from 2013. Five states – Mississippi, Washington, Louisiana, Virginia, and California – accounted for 51% of aquaculture sales and 37% of aquaculture farms in 2018.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2019/12-03-2019.php" target="_blank"> USDA to Conduct the 2019 Census of Horticultural Specialties</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:00:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct the 2019 Census of Horticultural Specialties this winter to provide a comprehensive picture of the U.S. horticulture industry. Survey codes will be mailed this month to more than 40,000 horticulture producers to respond online. Collected just once every five years, the Census of Horticultural Specialties is the only source of detailed production and sales data for U.S. floriculture, nursery, and specialty crop industries, including greenhouse food crops.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2019/11-19-2019.php" target="_blank"> USDA 2019 Organic Survey to get underway</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 19 Nov 2019 17:30:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will mail letters with survey codes this December to more than 22,000 U.S. producers involved in certified or transitioning to certified organic farming for the 2019 Organic Survey. Each producer who self-reported organic farming in the 2017 Census of Agriculture will receive a unique survey code to respond conveniently online and to be represented in this very important, once-every-five-year data.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2019/11-13-2019.php" target="_blank"> 2018 Irrigation and Water Management data now available</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:30:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('There were 231,474 farms with 55.9 million irrigated acres, which included 83.4 million acre-feet of water applied in the United States, according to the 2018 Irrigation and Water Management Survey results, published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). In 2013, the irrigation survey results showed that there were 229,237 farms with 55.3 million irrigated acres, which included 88.5 million acre-feet of water. The results show that though the number of farms irrigating and the amount of land irrigated increased slightly between 2013 and 2018, the total amount of water used for irrigation declined.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2019/10-01-2019.php" target="_blank"> NASS announces release of 2017 Census of Agriculture Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Profiles</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:00:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today released 2017 Census of Agriculture data tabulated by race, ethnicity, and gender. Located on the NASS website, these national, state, and county-level data profiles highlight number of farms, land in farms, land use, value of sales, and producer characteristics, such as years of experience, average age, and more. Redesigned and containing more information than in previous years, the producer profiles provide insights on women; Hispanic, Latino or Spanish; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian; Black or African American; Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander; and white producers. Data are available for geographies with 30 farms or more operated by a specified group.');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2019/09-27-2019.php" target="_blank"> United States Hog Inventory Up 3 Percent</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Fri, 27 Sept 2019 20:00:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('As of September 1, there were 77.7 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, up 3 percent from September 2018, and up 3 percent from June 1, 2019, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2019/09-18-2019.php" target="_blank"> NASS releases 2017 Census of Agriculture Zip Code Tabulations</a><br />');
document.write('<span class="rss-date">Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:00:00 GMT</span><br />');
document.write('The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today released 2017 Census of Agriculture data tabulated by zip code. The zip code tabulations are available through Quick Stats, NASS’ online data query tool.');
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