The United States Department of Agriculture and the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released county profiles from the 2002 Census of Agriculture on the Internet.

With the release of the profiles on the net, much of the information covered by the 2002 Census of Agriculture is now more readily available. The county profiles give a deeper, more in-depth analysis of the ‘story of agriculture,’ by providing more information on both state and county levels. They reveal farm trends, production value and additional meaningful insights about farm communities.

To find the information online, simply go to the www.nass.usda.gov/census/ website, and then click on “Profiles: State and County” under the “Specialty Products” section. Once onto the Web page, an abundance of statistics are readily available and broken down into charts and graphs. From the number of farms, to economic and operator characteristics, the Web site provides detailed information and comparisons to the 1997 Census of Agriculture.

NASS collects and provides a vast array of production, economic, demographic and environmental facts about U. S. agriculture through regularly scheduled weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports. For more census information, visit NASS online at www.usda.gov/nass by clicking on “Census of Agriculture” for aggregate facts and figures or call 1-800-727-9540. Census publications and a CD-ROM for queries (to be released later this month) are available for sale through the National Technical Information Service at 1-800-999-6779.