American farmers drive USDA survey reply rates to record low
Updated
Updated · Bloomberg · May 1
American farmers drive USDA survey reply rates to record low
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 1
Summary
In March, just over a third of 73,800 farm operations answered the annual prospective planting survey on spring acres for crops including corn, soybeans, tobacco and chickpeas.
That was down from about 60% in 2018, with participation falling every year since, according to government records.
The decline is the latest sign of eroding trust in US government data and could weaken a closely watched gauge of farmers' planting intentions.