![]() Unfortunately, participation has been declining slightly over time. There are no privacy concerns with this process – the information is FOIA protected and cannot be used for tax, investigative or regulatory purposes and it is only ever presented in anonymized, aggregate form.Īgricultural data has been collected as part of the regular US Census since 1840, but since 1997 the agricultural part has been done by the USDA. ![]() The census also captures information about farm income and expenditures. Important sustainable production practices are tracked such as tillage system, use of cover crops, rotations etc. The census also tracks the characteristics of the operators – their age, gender, and role in the farming operation. The census gathers information about land ownership, rental and land use which is very important because only a landowner can really make the sort of long-term commitments needed for something like a carbon sequestration contract. ![]()
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