Data from 2022 ag census critical for future of farming

The Census of Agriculture returns this year, with questionnaires rolling out in December to measure how farms have changed in the county since 2017.

  • Anthony Prillaman, the director of the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Southern Region, said the data from the 2022 ag census will help make “really critical decisions.”
    Anthony Prillaman, the director of the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s Southern Region, said the data from the 2022 ag census will help make “really critical decisions.”
  • Census data from previous years
    Census data from previous years

    One hundred and ninety eight million dollars.

    No, that’s not the next Powerball jackpot. That was the total market value of agricultural products sold in Oglethorpe County in 2017, according to data fr…