Field offices collect, verify, and analyze data which are used to prepare recommendations for each state. Statisticians in headquarters review these data and issue the official state and national estimates to the public on scheduled dates. About 300 national and 9,000 state reports are issued annually.

Farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses are the grassroots source of information, collected through voluntary surveys conducted by each state office throughout the year. Thanks and special appreciation go to the many Nebraska farmers and other survey respondents who take the time to provide the data to make these reports possible and accurate.

Cooperative agreements with State governments also support preparation and publication of county-level estimates not provided by federal programs. In addition, many field offices conduct surveys for other government agencies.

Nebraska Agricultural Statistics Service is also known as the Division of Agricultural Statistics within the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. State support in Nebraska makes many special State publications possible including:

Nebraska Agri-Facts - a twice monthly newsletter, reporting the latest Nebraska Agricultural statistics.

Nebraska Crop-Weather Report - a weekly report, April - November and monthly in December - March, covering crop conditions, progress, growth and development; temperature and precipitation; and livestock conditions.

News Releases - issued after every major USDA-NASS report of interest to Nebraska Agriculture.

NOTICE to News Media, Agricultural Associations, Others:
The Agricultural Statistics presented are for public use. Please feel free to copy, re-publish, regionalize, link to related websites, and otherwise disseminate as you see fit. Please give appropriate credits.