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Census of Agriculture
Subject Category
E Economics, Business and Industry
Definition
A count taken every 5 years of the number of farms, land in farms, crop acreage and production, livestock numbers and production, farm expenses, farm facilities and equipment, farm tenure, value of farm products sold, farm size, type of farm, farm operator characteristics (age, race, sex), etc. Data are obtained for States and counties. USDA now administers the Census of Agriculture, which was previously done by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Definition Source
Agriculture Fact Book, USDA
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http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5477.rdf
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http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5477
Broader Term
agricultural statistics
census data
Related Term
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Spanish
Censo de Agricultura
Term Number
5477