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USDA to measure financial health of agriculture industry

Published on Friday, March 5, 2010 4:03 PM MST

The U.S. department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). This survey will provide farmers and ranchers with an opportunity to provide accurate, real-world data that will help shape the policies, programs and issues that affect them.

“ARMS asks a small, but representative, sample of farmers about their operation in order to understand the current financial state of U.S. agriculture,” said Steve Anderson, director of the NASS Montana Field Office. “Participation in ARMS is so important because government and agricultural leaders use the information needed to make sound decisions that impact the future of farmers, their families, their businesses and their communities.”

This year the survey focuses in on operations producing wheat. The survey will be conducted February through March. In an effort to obtain the most accurate data, NASS will reach out to nearly 35,000 producers nationwide, including 550 in Montana.

The economic data gathered in ARMS will be published in the annual Farm Production Expenditures report on Aug. 5. NASS reports are available online at www.nass.usda.gov.

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