E-mail: nass-ny@nass.usda.gov
(518) 457-5570

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Brent Farley
Monday, December 07, 2009

www.nass.usda.gov/ny

	
                                   CENSUS OF HORTICULTURE SURVEY MAILED

	 The National Agricultural Statistics Service will begin mailing questionnaires for this year=s 
Census of Horticulture Specialties survey on December 7, according to Stephen Ropel, Director of the 
New York Field Office of USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS).  Producers are asked 
to return the surveys by mid-January.
       The Census of Horticulture will be mailed to all commercial producers of floriculture, nursery, and 
other special crops in New York.  This survey provides the only detailed information about the production 
and sales of these items and the important contribution they make to the agricultural economy of New 
York State.
       To maintain accurate information for the industry, the continued cooperation of commercial 
producers is necessary.  A commercial producer is defined as one who earns $10,000 or more in gross 
annual sales.  Producers not returning a completed questionnaire will be contacted by telephone or in 
person to complete the survey.
       Census participants are guaranteed by law (Title 7, U.S. Code) that their individual information will 
be kept confidential.  NASS uses the information only for statistical purposes and publishes data only in 
tabulated totals.
      Any producer with questions about the survey may call Brent Farley or Bill Blackson at 1-800-821-
1276.


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