USDA surveys

USDA’s National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) will spend the first two weeks of June surveying thousands of farmers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina to get a clear indication of the production and supply of major commodities for 2013.

Growers across the South will be contacted through mail, phone or personal interviews during the coming weeks to obtain data regarding their operations. Growers will also be given the opportunity to report via the Internet for selected surveys.

These surveys will provide accurate and reliable data about 2013 planted acreages of major crops, grain stocks and livestock in the southern United States. This data will be used by Congress to design better regulations and farm programs.

All information provided by respondents will be confidential, according to NASS standards. Reports are available at www.nass.usda.gov. For more information call the NASS Southern Regional Field Office at 1-800-253-4419.