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Nick Polanin – March 3, 2025 – Plant and Pest Advisory
Trenton, NJ – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service(NASS) will
continue to collect the 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties through April 18,2025. Conducted just
once every five years, the Census of Horticultural Specialties is the only source of detailed production
and sales data for U.S. floriculture, nursery, and specialty crop industries, including greenhouse
food crops.
Growers are encouraged to complete their survey either online at agcounts.usda.gov or by mail as
soon as possible. The online questionnaire is user-friendly, accessible on most electronic devices,
and saves producers time by calculating totals and automatically skipping questions that do not apply
to their operations.
NASS enumerators will also continue gathering data and ask respondents to complete and return
their survey form as soon as possible. If those who have received the form are no longer involved in
horticultural operations, or need assistance completing the questionnaire, they can call toll-free,
888-424-7828 so their record can be updated.
Producers who receive the 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties are required to respond by federal
law (Title 7 USC 2204(g) Public Law 105-113), as it is part of the Census of Agriculture program.
That same law also requires NASS to keep all individual information confidential.
“This is a great opportunity to show the importance of New Jersey food grown under cover,” stated
Bruce Eklund, USDA/NASS NJ State Statistician. “Our end-of-the-year vegetable survey, for example,
only shows crops grown in the open.” Growers should have received the survey via mail and or a
specific survey code to complete the survey online. If you can’t locate the survey or your code, please
contact Bruce at 503.308.0404 or by email at bruce.eklund@usda.gov.
The 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties data is scheduled to be available on December 16,
2025, at nass.usda.gov/Ag Census and in the Quick Stats database at quickstats.nass.usda.gov. For
more about the 2024 Census of Horticultural Specialties,please visit
nass.usda.gov/go/hort.
NASS is the federal statistical agency responsible for producing official data about U.S.agriculture
and is committed to providing timely, accurate and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture.
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