1 / 30

2013 CASAP Conference

2013 CASAP Conference. California Association of Standards and Agricultural Professionals January 19, 2013 Kelly Krug California Agricultural Statistics Deputy Director. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE.

hedley-ellison
Download Presentation

2013 CASAP Conference

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 2013 CASAP Conference California Association of Standards and Agricultural Professionals January 19, 2013 Kelly Krug California Agricultural Statistics Deputy Director

  2. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE

  3. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE A complete count, taken every five years, of America’s farms and ranches and the people who operate them.

  4. THERE’S HISTORY HERE The first Census of Agriculture was conducted in 1840 in 26 states and the District of Columbia.

  5. 170 YEARS LATER NASS now conducts the Census of Agriculture in: • all 50 states • Puerto Rico • Guam • U.S. Virgin Islands • Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands • American Samoa That’s data for more than 3,000 U.S. counties and 30,000 zip codes.

  6. “FARM” DEFINED Any place from which $1,000 of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the Census year.

  7. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE • The most complete agricultural data available. • The only source of uniform, comprehensive and objective information for every county in the nation. • Information on land use and ownership, operator characteristics, production practices, income and expenditures, and more.

  8. The average size of a California farm is 313 acres. 81,033 Farms In California in the 2007 Census The Golden State has nearly 25.4 million acres of farmland.

  9. DATES TO REMEMBER July 1, 2012: Sign-up period ends December 29, 2012 – January 3, 2013: Census mailout February 4, 2013: Census deadline Early 2014: Census data available

  10. YOUR VOICE By participating in the Census, you help show the nation the value and importance of U.S. agriculture. This is your opportunity to tell how American agriculture provides food, fuel and fiber to the world. By responding to the Census, you have the power to influence decisions that will shape American agriculture for years to come, including: transportation and marketing locations farm services, programs and policies production practices and new technologies

  11. YOUR FUTURE By responding to the Census, you have a positive impact on the future of your operation and your community. The Census provides valuable information that will be used to plan the future, including: community planning farm succession planning store/company locations availability of operational loans and other funding federal budget support for agriculture

  12. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY Your response to the Census makes a difference! To ensure that the best tools and reports are available, we need accurate information from ALL farmers and ranchers no matter how large or small your operation. Respond early and avoid follow-up contacts. Your response is required and protected by federal law.

  13. Weekly Crop Progress & Condition • Uses - Information collected is used by producers, agribusinesses, and traders to assess current growing conditions in order to reduce or eliminate inherent risks of doing business. - Other users include federal, state, and local government agencies, educational institutions, and agricultural economists for planning, decision-making, and research.

  14. Differences Between Systems Commissioner Data USDA Cash Receipts FOB price for fruit Packinghouse Door price Hay used on farm Hay on farm excluded Gov’t Payments Gov’t Payments excluded Pasture & almond hulls Excludes products not sold

  15. Two Systems Report Value of California Agricultural Production • Agricultural Commissioners Reports • 2. USDA Cash Receipts System • California Agricultural Statistics (USDA/CDFA/NASDA) • assists with preparation of both sets of data

  16. Weekly Crop Progress & Condition • Purpose - To provide frequent and timely harvest updates of farmer activities such as planting, harvesting, progress, and condition • Coverage - Almost every county in the state should have at least one reporter. • Examples - We want to know about field tillage, spraying, planting, cultivating, harvest, pruning, crop emergence, maturation, moisture, weather effects, insects, and diseases.

  17. Weekly Crop Progress & Condition • Just of few examples of who uses the report • Who links to the report on their websites: • Western Farm Press • USAToday • AgFax • EthanolMarket.com • California Wheat Commission • University of California Cooperative Extension • Libraries that hold the report: • University of California & Air Quality Management District’s Technical Library • Examples of companies that link to the report: • Syngenta • Sunfield Seeds • Heartland Ag-Business Group • Reports our comments make it into: • California Grain & Feed Report from AMS & other newsletters

  18. Organic farms sold more than $3.16 billion in goods in 2008. $1.15 billion in organic sales camefrom California alone.

  19. There are nearly 1.1 million acres of grapes in the United States. Of those, almost 83% are found in California – that’s 868,330 acres.

  20. California ranks #1 in the U.S. for the number of Asian farmers with 5,992 producers. In 2007,Asian farmers in California sold $1.96 billion in agricultural products.

  21. YOUR VOICE

  22. YOUR FUTURE

  23. YOUR RESPONSIBILITY

  24. FOR MORE INFORMATION Visit www.agcensus.usda.govCall 800.727.9540

  25. BE COUNTED Go to www.agcensus.usda.govand fill out your Census today!

More Related