The 2001 Agricultural Resource Management Study will enable
Georgia farmers to help provide vital statistics about the
economic condition of production agriculture in February and
March.

Farm organizations and legislators will use the information to
make key decisions affecting farmers’ future.

Dave Abbe, state statistician with the Georgia Agricultural
Statistics Service, said the data will be collected from
mid-February through the end of March.

Helpful to Congress

Providing an objective picture of the financial well-being of
Georgia farmers, the data will be the last financial picture
presented to Congress as they work on the next farm bill, Abbe
said.

Each farmer chosen to take part in the surveys will represent 50
to 100 fellow farmers. All data collected will be strictly
confidential, as required by federal law. Only the statistical
totals will be published.

“Farm Production Expenditures” will be released July 18. For a
copy of the finished report or other farm stats, visit the GASS
Web site (www.usda.gov/nass/ga) or the national site
(www.usda.gov/nass). Or call 1-800-253-4419.