On Tuesday, March 26, 2024, AFT’s Farmland Information Center and National Agricultural Land Network hosted a webinar on Highlights from the 2022 Census of Agriculture with presenters from the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). This presentation highlighted data on farms and ranches and the land they cover, their economic outlook, and producer demographics. NASS staff also discussed census data collection and significant changes to data items that may affect comparability over time. The webinar was geared toward farmland protection practitioners to help professionals understand and tap into a key source of uniform, comprehensive, and impartial agricultural data for every state and county.

Also included is a document compiling questions and answers asked during the webinar, as well as links to the USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture website and to the 2022 Census of Agriculture Highlights reports that were shared during the webinar.