Looking Ahead To The 2020 Crop Season, What To Expect From NASS Numbers
By Hubert Hamer,
Administrator, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service in Research and Science
With the 2020 growing season about to begin for major field crops such as corn and soybeans, we’d like to walk through the surveys and data used during a complete season of field crop estimation. As a way to help you prepare for the 2020 data releases, we’ll explain in a series of articles the sources of data NASS incorporates into estimates as well as the timing and intention of the data as a way to let you know what to expect and how the data can be useful in your work.