Improving Crop Estimates by Integrating Multiple Data Sources

by Panel on Methods for Integrating Multiple Data Sources to Improve Crop Estimates, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, et al.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is the primary statistical data collection agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). NASS conducts hundreds of surveys each year and prepares reports covering virtually every aspect of U.S. agriculture. Among the small-area estimates produced by NASS are county-level estimates for crops (planted acres, harvested acres, production, and yield by commodity) and for cash rental rates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030946529X
• ISBN13: 9780309465298
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 148 Pages