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The creation of USDA's Crop Reporting Board in 1905 (now called the Agricultural Statistics Board) was another landmark in the development of a nationwide statistical service for agriculture. A USDA reorganization in 1961 led to the creation of the Statistical Reporting Service, known today as National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). [1]
The ERS and National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) jointly fund and manage the Agricultural Resource Management Survey, a multi-phase, nationally representative survey of U.S. farms that is the USDA's "primary source of information on the financial condition, production practices, and resource use of America's farm businesses and the ...
There is a wide variety of market information systems or services. OECD countries have traditionally emphasised the importance of information provision for the agricultural sector, a notable example being the service provided by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Such systems are widely used in order to increase the ...
Some useful resources for learning about e-agriculture in practice are the World Bank's e-sourcebook ICT in agriculture – connecting smallholder farmers to knowledge, networks and institutions (2011), [2] ICT uses for inclusive value chains (2013), [3] ICT uses for inclusive value chains (2013) [4] and Success stories on information and ...
Number of rides at the Indiana State Fair midway: More than 50. The age of the fair compared to other states: Indiana has the sixth oldest state fair. Cost to construct the new swine barn: $50 million
Currently, the Census of Agriculture is conducted for years ending in 2 and 7. The 1997 Census of Agriculture has historical significance because it was the first conducted by NASS after the 1997 Appropriations Act shifted responsibility of the Census of Agriculture from the U.S. Census Bureau , which is part of the U.S. Department of Commerce ...
National Agricultural Statistics Service: U.S. Department of Agriculture: 1961 $179.5 $193.7 National Center for Health Statistics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: 1960 $161.8 $175.4 Energy Information Administration: U.S. Department of Energy: 1977 $116.4 $126.8 Bureau of Economic Analysis
Indiana is the eighth largest agricultural exporter in the nation, exporting just over $4.6 billion in 2017. Indiana is the tenth largest farming state in the nation. Top 5 commodities (by value of sales) Corn: $3.28 billion Soybeans: $3.08 billion Meat animals: $1.62 billion Poultry and eggs: $1.18 billion Dairy: $750 million