National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Department of Agriculture, United States Federal Government (USDA)
ACCESS INFORMATION
DATA ACCESS
http://www.nass.usda.gov/ACCESS TYPE
Open access
DATA FORMAT
- txt
- csv
OVERVIEW
RESOURCE DESCRIPTION
The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) collects statistics describing the economic health and demographics of US agriculture through regular surveys. Information from NASS detailing farm locations and demographics is used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during an event to inform recovery operations for disasters that may affect the agricultural industry. Information provided by NASS includes production and supplies of food and fiber, prices paid and received by farmers, farm labor and wages, farm finances, chemical use, and changes in the demographics of US producers. These data can be browsed by subject (e.g., crops and plants, livestock and animals, environmental), by state, or by county. Agriculture-specific land use data and cropland data layers can also be viewed online in a map viewer.
BROAD DATA CATEGORIES
- Agriculture and natural resources
- Economy
SPECIFIC DATA ELEMENTS
- Hurricane
- Earthquake
- Flood
- Nuclear detonation
RESOLUTION
GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE
US