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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Documenting Organic Growth
  • Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:47:35 -0600



Documenting Organic Growth
Missouri Ag Connection - 03/03/2009
http://www.missouriagconnection.com/story-state.php?Id=177&amp;yr=2009


For the first time ever, USDA is conducting a Census of all known producers
of organic crops, livestock and livestock products, as a follow-up to the
2007 Census of Agriculture. Why? In order to document for policymakers,
consumers and producers, "it is imperative that data be compiled to show the
importance that organic production plays in the overall food supply and how
it is meeting the growing demand", said Gene Danekas, Director of USDA-NASS
Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service. "NASS will be asking producers to
respond to a survey during the May-June 2009 timeframe, with results being
available in December 2009." This is organic producers opportunity to make
known the facts about their industry.

Information will be requested that includes the amount of acreage, production
and value of sales of all types of organically produced products during 2008.
Production expenditures and production practices associated with the growth
of these commodities will help document to policymakers and the industry the
relative viability and risk associated with organic production. USDA will
look closely at these data to enhance programs and insurance products that
may ease the burdens and encourage expansion of organic production. Of
course, marketing strategies and practices utilized by this important
industry will be studied and the results used to potentially provide
additional marketing opportunities.

As usual, the USDA-National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) takes the
lead in compiling this data, guaranteeing all respondents the complete
confidentiality of their data, as protected by U.S. law. All producers are
encouraged to promptly and accurately compete and return the short survey
when it arrives in their mail. The results will help producers, as well as
consumers, as each strives to satisfy the needs of a growing industry with
expanding demand. The Census of Agriculture is "your voice, your future and
your responsibility."

For more information regarding this important activity, contact Gene Danekas,
USDA-NASS at 573-876-0950.




  • [Livingontheland] Documenting Organic Growth, Tradingpost, 08/15/2009

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