As the 2023 growing season comes to an end, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service would like to know how the season went for producers.

NASS will contact producers and grain facility operators nationwide to gather final year-end crop production numbers and the amount of grain and oilseeds stored on their farms. Kansas State Statistician Doug Bounds says these surveys are the largest and most important year-end surveys conducted by the service, as they form the basis for the USDA estimates of production and harvest acres of all major ag commodities in the U.S. Bounds says data from the survey will benefit farmers and processors by providing timely and accurate information to help them make year-end business decisions and begin planning for the next growing and marketing season. The data is also used for calculating county-level yields, which can be used in determining disaster assistance program calculations. All responses are confidential.