Ag Census Approaching

| 12/27/2012

Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring is urging North Dakota farmers and ranchers to participate in the 2012 Census of Agriculture. The National Agricultural Statistics Service is mailing out census forms in late December to collect information for the 2012 calendar year. Completed forms are due by Feb. 4, 2013. Producers can fill out the census online via a secure website at www.agcensus.usda.gov, or return the form by mail.

Conducted every five years, the Census of Agriculture is a complete count of all U.S. farms, ranches and those who operate them. It examines land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures and other topics.

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