Preferred term
Census of Agriculture
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A count taken every 5 years of the number of farms, land in farms, crop acreage and production, livestock numbers and production, farm expenses, farm facilities and equipment, farm tenure, value of farm products sold, farm size, type of farm, farm operator characteristics (age, race, sex), etc. Data are obtained for States and counties. USDA now administers the Census of Agriculture, which was previously done by the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
Field 001 in MARC Authority Format
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URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/5477
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Created 1/19/06, last modified 1/15/15