Questionnaires are being mailed out to the 40,000 farmers and ranchers in Oregon as part of the United States' most ambitious and important agricultural survey.
The 2007 Census of Agriculture literally reaches out to every farmer and rancher in the United States, and is conducted every five years. Results and reports based on the data will be complete in early 2009, because of the huge amount of information and details that need to be gathered and analyzed.
Katy Coba, director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, is encouraging the state's producers to cooperate with the census being conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
"There are many reasons for our producers to provide the information requested by the Census, but the most compelling is that information about our agriculture is key for policymakers to make good and informed decisions that affect the industry," said Coba.
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