Growers Asked To Participate In Planting Survey

On March 31^st, USDA will release the results of its survey of producers planting intentions.  Surveys are being mailed to about 80,000 producers as we speak and by the middle of the week they should be showing up in mailboxes.   The USDA's Lance Honig said if you get one of these perspective plating surveys please answer it within a week or so.  He added each one of you 80,000 scientifically selected farmers represents many similar farmers.

“So every response is really critical,” Honig stressed.  “The more responses we can get; the complete that information is, and the more accurate the repost is gonna be.”

You can respond by mail, of course, or online.

“We've made some tremendous enhancements to the online reporting instrument and so it's much more user friendly that it used to be so if you haven't tried it lately that's a great option to try. You can even do it on your phone.”

If USDA does not hear back from you within a week then you may get a call to collect your information for this key perspective plantings report.