There is still time to respond to USDA’s Conservation Practice Adoption Motivations Survey
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will continue collecting responses to the Conservation Practice Adoption Motivations Survey over the coming weeks. Survey recipients may respond securely online at www.agcounts.usda.gov, by phone or mail. A representative for NASS may call producers to set up an interview to assist in the completion of the questionnaire.
In late May, NASS mailed the survey to 551 Wisconsin farmers and ranchers. A joint project between NASS and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), this new survey is aimed at better understanding conservation practice adoption and the role of technical and financial assistance. The data will be used to guide the implementation of NRCS programs in the future.
“Gathering information about farmers’ and ranchers’ motivation for and adoption of conservation
practices allows USDA to understand the use and awareness of its programs,” said Greg Bussler, NASS’s
Wisconsin State Statistician. “By continuing to collect survey responses, NASS can ensure we have the
most accurate and representative data.”
There are two versions of the survey this year – one requesting information on crop conservation
practices and one for confined livestock conservation practices. Data from both versions of the survey
will be available later this fall on NASS’s website at nass.usda.gov.
All information reported by individuals will be kept confidential, as required by federal law. For
assistance with the survey, producers can call the NASS Upper Midwest Regional Field Office at (800)
772-0825.
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