Lack of farmer surveys could impact forecasts from USDA reports

An economist says the lack of farmer participation in USDA surveys may have unintended consequences for the ag industry. Bernt Nelson with the American Farm Bureau tells Brownfield the decline over the last 10 years is alarming. “A fall in response rates can do a lot of things to jeopardize not just the data itself, […]

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