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Survey FAQs and Contact Us
FAQs
Below is a list of topics and their associated responses. If you still have questions regarding a NASS Survey, please complete the form at the bottom of this page, and we will respond to your inquiry.
If you are responding by mail, note the name and/or address change on the front of the form in the address area. If you are responding online, make the name and/or address change in the appropriate screen, after you log in with your unique survey code.
Yes. Everyone who receives an ag census form is required by law to fill it out – even if you do not believe you qualify as a farmer. Simply answer what you can and return the form. If you’re not a producer, it will take you just a few moments and we will update our records. Responding online at www.agcounts.usda.gov is fast and secure. The online questionnaire automatically skips questions and sections that do not pertain to you.
You may be surprised to learn that a farm is defined as any place, urban or rural, that produced and sold, or normally would have sold, $1,000 or more of agricultural products during the census year. So many people who do not think they are farmers actually are, according to this official definition. If you have horses, backyard chickens, urban or rooftop gardens, etc., you may qualify for the ag census.
Thank you for participating in the ag census. If you have already responded online at agcounts.usda.gov, via the code mailed in November or the code on your paper questionnaire, you do not need to fill out the paper questionnaire too. You have completed your requirement to respond and do not need to mail back the paper version.
To ensure the most complete count of farms and ranches in the United States, USDA maintains a list of individuals who we know or believe produce agriculture. In addition to maintaining our own lists, we obtain names from other public and private sources associated with agriculture. Some of the lists do not indicate whether the addressee is an agricultural producer but do indicate that the addressee might be. You may have received the ag census if your name appeared on one or more of those lists.
We understand that sometimes a list we receive may not be up to date. If you’re a producer, your information is important. We appreciate you taking the time to help us make sure our mailing list is accurate. If you are determined to not be a producer after completing your form, you will be removed from the list.
Did you receive a survey code in the mail? An invitation to respond online with your survey code was mailed Nov. 22. The paper questionnaire mails December 13.
If you did not receive a survey code in the mail, did you receive the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)? Producers who receive the ARMS questionnaire only need to respond to the ARMS survey. It counts as your submission for the 2022 Census of Agriculture. You do not need to complete both.
The survey code to respond online is the unique code located on the front page of the questionnaire.
USDA NASS is committed to protecting your private information and due to strict confidentiality policy, we are not able to provide your survey code over email. If you have misplaced your questionnaire, please call 888-424-7828 to obtain your code over the telephone.
Complete the form for the one operation that best matches the label.
If you received more than one form, please complete one for each separate operation you conduct. If you have only one operation, please complete one form, write “DUPLICATE” on the other forms and return them all in the same envelope.
Title 7, U.S. Code, and CIPSEA, Public Law 107-347, guarantees to all respondents that their individual information will remain confidential. NASS uses the information only for statistical purposes and publishes data only in tabulated totals. The report cannot be used for purposes of taxation, investigation, or regulation. The privacy of individual Census records is also protected from disclosure through the Freedom of Information Act.
Census of Agriculture data is available on the NASS website as PDF files, QuickStats QuickStats - a searchable database, through your local NASS field office, at many depository libraries, universities and other state government offices. NASS offers key videos and highlight publications including Farm Demographics and Farm Economics. The 2022 Census of Agriculture is scheduled for publication in 2024.
CRP payments (and some other government payments) are essentially considered farm income, even if the land isn’t being used to produce agriculture. There are questions in the ag census specifically about CRP. Answer what you can on the questionnaire. It will take only a few minutes. The paper form will tell you which sections and pages to jump to, but consider responding online at agcounts.usda.gov. The online form automatically skips questions and sections that do not pertain to you, saving you some time.
Use the “Contact Us” form located on the bottom of the page with details or call 888-424-7828 to contact our Customer Support, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CST.