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Montana Agriculture Keeps Growing

February 19, 2015 Eric Sommer, Montana State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Census of Agriculture is the most complete account of U.S. farms and ranches and the people who operate them. Every Thursday USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service will highlight new Census data and the power of the information to shape the future of American agriculture. When you think...

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Counting Colorado's Cattle Country

February 12, 2015 Bill Meyer, Mountain Region Director, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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100 Years of USDA Market News: The Trusted Source - Then, Now and Always

February 11, 2015 Anne Alonzo, Agricultural Marketing Service Administrator

Have you ever wondered how American farmers and businesses track the price of their commodities? Today, farmers, ranchers, and the entire agricultural supply chain turn to USDA Market News – administered by my agency, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) – for timely, reliable, unbiased data...

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California Boasts Unique and Powerful Agricultural Industry

February 05, 2015 Vic Tolomeo, Pacific Region Director, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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Old Dominion Agriculture by Numbers

January 29, 2015 Herman Ellison, Virginia State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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Big Data Implications for the Production of Official Statistics

January 28, 2015 Mark Harris, Chair of the Agricultural Statistics Board and Director of the Methodology Division, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Unless you live completely off the grid, you likely have heard of, and contribute to, “big data,” the often-used catch phrase describing massive (and ever-increasing) volumes of information stored digitally on computers, servers and clouds. From advertisers using data mined from customer...

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Farming at the Crossroads of America

January 22, 2015 Greg Matli, Indiana State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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Livestock Mandatory Reporting - Bringing Transparency to the Marketplace

January 20, 2015 Craig A. Morris, Deputy Administrator of the AMS Livestock, Poultry and Seed Program

The Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting (LMR) Program was established to expand pricing information available in the livestock industry. Part of USDA Market News data, the information is distributed by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and allows analysts to dive in head first and fulfill all...

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Land of 10 Thousand Lakes and 20 Million Turkeys

January 15, 2015 Dan Lofthus, Minnesota State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service

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U.S. Farms, Large and Small

January 13, 2015 Robert Hoppe, Economic Research Service

This post is part of the Science Tuesday feature series on the USDA blog. Check back each week as we showcase stories and news from USDA’s rich science and research portfolio. Describing the structure of the U.S. farm sector is challenging, because farms vary widely in size and other characteristics...

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