Ocean State farmers, landowners can participate in 2025 USDA conservation survey
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, seeks in-depth information about local conservation practices, so officials are reaching out to those already working in the field.
They want to hear from the Ocean State’s farmers, livestock producers, and woodland owners.
Nearly 23,000 operators nationwide will be selected for the 2025 Conservation Effects Assessment Project survey.
Local National Agricultural Statistics Service representatives will visit farmers and woodland owners this month and in September to determine if their operations and properties meet eligibility criteria to participate in this year’s survey.
A more in-depth follow-up survey of eligible farmers and landowners will be conducted starting in November 2025.
Typical questions will discuss farm production practices; chemical, fertilizer and manure applications; tillage; irrigation use; and installed conservation practices.
Data obtained from the survey will support the third set of national and regional cropland assessments delivered by USDA’s Conservation Effects Assessment Project.
The multi-agency effort — led by the Natural Resources Conservation Service — aims to quantify the effects of conservation practices throughout the nation’s working lands.
Information is kept confidential, as required by federal law. Data is published only in aggregate form, ensuring no individual respondent or operation can be identified.
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Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP)
USDA’s Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) is a multi-agency effort led by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to quantify the effects of conservation practices across the nation’s working lands.
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Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) cropland assessments quantify the effects of voluntary conservation efforts across the nation’s cropland at both regional and national scales.
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