USDA - National Agricultural Statistics Service http://www.nass.usda.gov/ National Agricultural Statistics Service provides timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U. S. agriculture. en-us 60 http://www.nass.usda.gov/rss/logo.gif NASS Logo http://www.nass.usda.gov nass@nass.usda.gov New USDA Data Offers In-Depth Look at Organic Farming http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2010/02_03_2010.asp The nation's organic farms and ranches have higher average sales and higher average production expenses than U.S. farms overall, according to results of the 2008 Organic Production Survey released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2009 Crop Year is One for the Record Books, USDA Reports http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2010/01_12_2010.asp U.S. farmers produced the largest corn and soybean crops on record in 2009, according to the Crop Production 2009 Summary released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). USDA Conducts 2009 Census of Horticulture http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2009/12_15_2009.asp The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) began gathering data for the 2009 Census of Horticultural Specialties to measure the state of the horticulture industry. NASS Releases New Census of Agriculture Profiles http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/10_30_2009.asp The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today released county-level demographic profiles of U.S. farm and ranch operators. These profiles summarize data from the 2007 Census of Agriculture. USDA Forecasts Generous Corn and Soybean Crops http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Newsroom/2009/10_09_2009.asp Aided by the warm, dry weather, U.S. corn production is forecast at a near-record level, according to the Crop Production report, released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). USDA Conducting Fruit Chemical Use Survey http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2009/10_01_2009.asp U.S. farmers successfully battled soggy July weather and remain on target for producing the largest soybean crop in history, according to the Crop Production report, released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) USDA Forecasts Plentiful Soybean Crop http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2009/08_12_2009.asp U.S. farmers successfully battled soggy July weather and remain on target for producing the largest soybean crop in history, according to the Crop Production report, released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Increase in Farm Production Expenditures Slows in 2008, USDA Reports http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2009/08_06_2009.asp U.S. farm production expenditures totaled $307 billion in 2008, according to the Farm Production Expenditures 2008 Summary released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Total farm expenditures for 2008 rose 8.3 percent from the revised 2007 total of $284 billion – a slower increase than the prior year. USDA Releases New Geospatial Data Products http://www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/2009/07_23_2009.asp The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) today released new satellite images depicting agricultural land cover for the 2008 crop year. The images, referred to as the Cropland Data Layer (CDL), identify geospatial crop locations in three U.S. regions: the Mid-Atlantic and, for the first time, the Southwest and Southeast.