The USDA will be conducting a new census of agriculture later this year and an economics professor says the census will help policy makers better identify areas that are stressed in this economy.
Todd Kuethe with the University of Illinois says the Ag Census, conducted every five years, is a resource for the development of U.S. farm policy for the next farm bill.
The ag census collects a diverse amount of information from U.S. farms.
Kuethe says information collected in the census takes a year to process. Forms will be mailed to registered farmers at the end of this year.
Farmers can register online to receive a census form in the mail. Forms can also be picked up at local USDA service centers later this year.
Source: brownfieldagnews.com