Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact
producers nationwide to determine their plans for the upcoming growing season.
“Each year, the agriculture industry eagerly awaits USDA’s Prospective Plantings report,
which provides the first survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers’ planting intentions for the year,”
said NASS’ Illinois State Statistician Mark Schleusener. “The March Agricultural Survey
provides the factual data that underpins these projections, making it one of the most important
surveys we conduct each year.”
NASS will mail the survey questionnaire in February, asking producers to provide
information about the types of crops they intend to plant in 2020, how many acres they intend to
plant, and the amounts of grain and oilseeds they store on their farms. NASS encourages
producers to respond online or by mail. Those producers who do not respond by the deadline
may be contacted for a telephone or personal interview.
NASS safeguards the privacy of all respondents and publishes only aggregate data,
ensuring that no individual operation or producer can be identified.
Survey results will be published in the Prospective Plantings and Quarterly Grain Stocks
report to be released on March 31, 2020. These and all NASS reports are available online at
www.nass.usda.gov/Publications. For more information call the NASS Heartland Regional Field
Office at 800-551-1014.
