2022 Census of Agriculture

2022 Census of Agriculture, List of Content Changes

• Land Use Practices, Precision Ag – Question added.

• Irrigation

  • 5-year question removed.

  • Acres with irrigation systems or equipment question added.

  • Intention question added.

  • Irrigation questions slightly reworded and order changed.

• Personal Characteristics

  • “Is the person completing the form?” removed.

  • Principal operator questions, removed.

    • Is this person a principal operator or senior partner?

    • Is this person the spouse of a principal operator or senior partner?

  • Involvement marketing decisions, added.

• Field Crops

  • Hemp by utilization added.

  • Sugarcane for seed removed. Sugarcane for sugar removed. Sugarcane for sugar or seed added.

• Field Crops; Nursery; Vegetables

  • Sweet corn for seed was removed from Field Crops.

  • Vegetable seeds grown in the open will not be valid in the Nursery Section.

  • Vegetable seeds grown in the open will be reported under a specific vegetable in the Vegetable Section.

• Nursery

  • Hemp items added.

  • Sod harvested was changed to Sod harvested or intended for sale in future years.

• Vegetables, added crops are gourds and parsnips. Squash categories were combined.

• Fruit, Nuts, and Berries, added crops are longan, lychees, paw paws, rambutan, gooseberries, and mulberries. Raspberries were combined. Temple oranges were deleted as a separate item and will now be included with tangerines. Added Berries section to the Hawaii form.

• Sheep and Goats, Hair sheep or wool-hair crosses item added.

• Practices, Types of internet access were updated.

• Food Marketing Practices, Marketing channels were split into four categories.

  • In 2017, there were two: Consumers and Retail Markets, Institutions, or Food Hubs for Local or Regionally Branded Products.

  • In 2022, there are four: Consumers, Retail Markets, Institutions, and Intermediate Markets.

• Renewable Energy, two categories were removed.

  • Biodiesel production system and Ethanol production system.