Blue Sky
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Awful lot of personal questions. Think I threw the last one away. Or husband submitted.
USDA Census. Comments?
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Baymule
Herd Master
They just have to wait. They want cost, profit, loss before I even get it all together to file taxes. I will answer it, but not right NOW!
Mini Horses
Herd Master
Came yesterday -- haven't even opened the envelope yet 
greybeard
Herd Master
Don't
get
me
started........
get
me
started........
Baymule
Herd Master
I had a lady find me on the 16 acres we had in Livingston, taking an agricultural survey. It was muddy, black gumbo, I was about midway in the property, saw her and walked toward her thinking who the He!! is walking around on my land! She wanted to know what animals I had, how many, did I have any other animals and info on neighboring parcels of land. She was from the state.
babsbag
Herd Master
Mine came in the mail yesterday as well. I share as little as possible.
greybeard
Herd Master
Yep, that's what they'll do sometimes if you don't send the survey in..AFTER a dozen phone calls to tell you it's REQUIRED BY LAW and ask you to answer the questions by phone....
Mine's still unopened, on the dashboard of my truck from where I picked it up at the mailbox a couple weeks ago.
(is it my imagination or does this thing come around twice more often than the 'people' census?)
Note the date on this thread:
https://www.backyardherds.com/threa...ain-usda-census-time-to-count-the-herd.15722/
babsbag
Herd Master
I am pretty sure I see it every year...maybe not but it seems like it.
greybeard
Herd Master
Maybe it just seems like every ear. According to USDA/TxDept of Ag..
But, the have 'follow up mailings' usually in June of the next year.
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Census_of_Agriculture/index.php
Sourland
True BYH Addict
The less anyone knows about my back yare, the happier I am. I worked in a field closely monitored by the USDA. They are only as good as their inspectors, and many of them are inept. Opinion based on 25 years of interaction with USDA veterinarians.
