Colorado Farmers Take Census of AG

50 thousand Colorado farmers are being asked to let themselves be counted in the Census of Agriculture.

Bill Meyer at the regional office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service says every 5 years this census it taken by every farmer and rancher in the state.

"And it's such a valuable tool."

Meyer says there is a big push for producers to answer the census online this year. He says this online experience is much more user-friendly than the first online experience 5 years ago.

"The results of it will be coming out January 2019. "

That data can then be used by researchers at CSU for example to determine if more study needs to be done on a certain commodity. Census data is also used to determine levels of federal funding in Colorado's rural communities.

The online census form is at www.Agcensus.usda.gov.