As the 2025 crop production season begins, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact producers nationwide to determine their plans for the upcoming growing season. At the same
time, NASS will survey grain facility operators to determine grain and oilseed stocks.
“Each year, the agriculture industry anticipates USDA’s Prospective Plantings report, which provides the first survey-based estimates of U.S. farmers’ planting intentions for the year,” said Wilbert Hundl, Jr., Director, Southern Plains Region. “The March Agricultural Survey provides the factual data that underpins these projections, making it one of the most important surveys we conduct each year.”
NASS will mail the survey to more than 7,000 producers across Oklahoma and Texas on February 18, 2025, asking producers to provide information about the types of crops they intend to plant in 2025, how many acres they intend to plant, and the amounts of grain and oilseed they store on their farms. Producers can respond online at www.agcounts.usda.gov or by mail.
Those who do not respond by February 27, 2025, may be contacted for an interview. In accordance with federal law, NASS keeps responses confidential and publishes data in aggregate form only, ensuring that no individual operation or producer can be identified.
The deadline for response is March 18, 2025. Results will be published in the Prospective Plantings and quarterly Grain Stocks reports on March 31, 2025. These and all NASS reports are available online at www.nass.usda.gov/Publications.
For more information about the 2025 March Agricultural Production Survey, please call the NASS Southern Plains Regional Field Office at (512) 501-3200 or email us at nassrfospr@usda.gov.
