Posted on 5:05 am, Wednesday, February 15, 2012. Tags: census of agriculture, national agricultural statistics service, renee picanso, usda
MEDIA RELEASE Surveys are now arriving in mailboxes around the nation to help identify all active farms in the United States. The National Agricultural Classification Survey (NACS), which asks landowners whether or not they are farming and for basic farm information, is one of the most important early steps used to determine who should receive […]
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Posted in Agriculture
Posted on 2:30 am, Sunday, August 29, 2010. Tags: census of agriculture, ffa, nass
MEDIA RELEASE The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and the National FFA Organization have partnered to develop new educational tools to help promote agricultural and statistical literacy among kindergarten through 12th-grade students. “By including these materials in the classroom curriculum, teachers can help students better understand statistics and their importance to […]
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