USDA/NASS Archives - Specialty Crop Industry

USDA to Measure Florida, Georgia Fruit Chemical Usage

Jim Rogers — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:30:00 +0000

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is planning to interview almost 800 fruit growers from Florida, Georgia and South Carolina this fall. The survey will center on chemical use in fruits. NASS officials will collect information on bearing acreage, pest management practices, including acres treated and application rates, and pesticide application, including acres treated and ...

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USDA Survey to Help Forecast 2023 Pecan Crop

Jim Rogers — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Pecan producers in Georgia, Alabama and other producing states will receive a survey in the mail in late September from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Information generated from the survey will help forecast pecan production for the upcoming season. “The pecan industry is an important part of U.S. agriculture, especially in Georgia, and it is ...

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And the Survey Says: Vegetable Producers Sound Off on Pesticide, Fertilizer Use

Jim Rogers — Fri, 28 Jul 2023 10:00:00 +0000

The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)-Agricultural Chemical Use Survey collected date about pesticide and fertilizer use from vegetable producers in 2022. NASS administered the survey among growers in 17 states, and three vegetables were highlighted. These include snap beans, squash and sweet corn. Nitrogen was the most widely used nutrient for all the three featured crops, ...

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USDA NASS Updates Vegetable Production for 2022

Jim Rogers — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 13:30:00 +0000

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducted a 2022 vegetable grower inquiry. It found that the nation’s production for 26 estimated vegetable and melon crops totaled 658 million cwt, down 2% from 2021. The three largest crops were tomatoes, onions and sweet corn, which combined for 53% of all vegetables produced. The value of utilized ...

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Still Time to Respond to 2022 Census of Agriculture

Jim Rogers — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 15:30:00 +0000

WASHINGTON – Specialty crop producers still have time to be counted in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Although the deadline for submitting the ag census has passed, NASS will continue to accept completed census questionnaires through the spring. It will ensure all farmers and ranchers take advantage ...

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USDA NASS Conducting Hemp Survey

Jim Rogers — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:30:00 +0000

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service is conducting a hemp survey. It sent out the Hemp Production and Disposition Inquiry to almost 1,600 growers across the Southeast, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. This followed NASS’s 2021 Hemp Acreage and Production survey. Like the 2021 questionnaire, this year’s survey will collect information on the total planted ...

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USDA NASS Highlights Organic Production with Recent Survey

Jim Rogers — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:00:00 +0000

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the results of the 2021 Organic Survey, which show total sales of $11.2 billion in organic products, an increase of $1.28 billion, or 13%, from 2019. There were also 17,445 certified organic farms, a 5% increase from 2019. “The continual rise in interest for updated organics data ...

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2022 Census of Agriculture Underway

Jim Rogers — Fri, 23 Dec 2022 11:00:00 +0000

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) mailed the 2022 Census of Agriculture paper questionnaires to all known agriculture producers across the nation and Puerto Rico in mid-December. Last month, producers in the states received their survey codes with an invitation to respond online. Any producer who did not respond online now has the option to complete the ag census ...

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Hired Farm Workers, Wages Increased in April

Jim Rogers — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 11:00:00 +0000

The number of hired farm workers and wage rates increased during this past April, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service. There were 630,000 workers hired directly by farm operators on farms and ranches throughout the country during the week of April 10-16, 2022. It increased by 3% from the April 2021 reference week. By comparison, ...

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Southeast Farm Labor Update

Jim Rogers — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 10:30:00 +0000

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service, there were 30,000 farm labor workers hired directly by farmers in the Southeast, including Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, during the week of April 10-16. Florida producers hired 28,000 during the same timeframe. Southeast farm operators paid hired farm labor workers an average gross wage rate of $13.76 per ...

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