USDA 2022 Ag Census

from The Progressive Rancher - February 2022

Oregon’s Trich Requirements

United States Department of Agriculture | National Agricultural Statistics Service

Presented by: Curt Stock, Nevada State Statistician | USDA NASS - Pacific Region | nass.usda.gov/AgCensus

Who is the National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS)?

• U.S. Department of Agriculture agency that provides timely, accurate, and useful data in service to agriculture.  Data is collected from farmers and ranchers.  Individual reports are confidential.  Reports are combined and published at the

National, Region, State, and County level. What Does NASS Do?

• Tell your story. • Administer USDA’s Statistical Estimating Program  Farms  Crops  Livestock  Economic  Environmental • Produce over 400 National Reports per year • Conduct the 5 year Census of Agriculture

Farm Defined

Any place from which at least $1,000 of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the year.

January Cattle Report

• Conducted in all states. • Provides inventory data that describes the nation’s cattle herd. • Estimates # of breeding animals for beef, milk production, as well as heifers held for herd replacement. • Estimates of cattle & calves raised for meat production and # of calves born