Ag Census Data Takes Map Form in New USDA Web Application

The USDA's National Ag Statistics Service this week released a new web application that gives users access to interactive agriculture maps and data based on information collected in the Census of Agriculture. The new portal allows users to navigate to an area of interest, print the map, display and extract a county's data, download maps and accompanying data for use with common software programs, and integrate the web map services with other mapping applications.  NASS developed the application in collaboration with USDA's Economic Research Service. The web application includes county-level maps and statistics in five categories: crops and plants; economics; farms; livestock and animals; and operators. Information about harvested acreage, agricultural sales, enrollment in crop insurance programs, natural resources use, statistics on cattle, demographics about farmers and ranchers, and much more can be visualized and analyzed using the Ag Census Web Maps application, USDA says...more