{"id":5023,"date":"2024-02-26T16:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/?page_id=5023"},"modified":"2024-11-04T12:20:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T20:20:14","slug":"2022-usda-agriculture-census-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/wam\/2024\/02\/26\/2022-usda-agriculture-census-released\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 USDA Agriculture Census Released"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Volume 13 Issue 2
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USDA recently released the 2022 Agriculture Census<\/a>. This effort happens every five years and is the most in-depth analysis of agriculture in the United States. The publication<\/a> covers everything from the number of farms to farm gate sales to the number of acres with tile drainage installed. Since the USDA surveys farmers with very similar questions every five years, we can look at trends over time. This short article is part of a 2-part series on changes in agriculture in Whatcom County that includes some summary highlights of Whatcom County, western Washington, and Washington State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: USDA NASS adjusted the method by which they acquired information for the 2002 Ag Census, so the data has either an abrupt up or down value for that year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figure 1. Number of farms in Washington State, western Washington, and Whatcom County and the number of farms with direct-to-consumer sales in these three areas, 1997-2002.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

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