Agricultural Resource Management Survey: Difference between revisions

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|OrganizationName= Agricultural Resource Management Survey

|OrganizationType= Research Program

|Mission= To collect comprehensive data on U.S. agricultural production practices, economics, and resource use. It informs policy, research, and decision-making for farmers, government, and industry stakeholders.

|Website= https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Ag_Resource_Management/

'''Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)''' is an annual survey program administered by the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) in collaboration with the Economic Research Service (ERS), collecting detailed data from approximately 30,000 U.S. farm operations to analyze farm economics, production practices, and environmental impacts.

 

 

 

 

The Agricultural Resource Management Survey aims to provide a robust statistical foundation for understanding the financial health, production practices, and resource management of U.S. farms, targeting around 30,000 operators yearly across all farm sizes and types. Its data supports USDA policy decisions, farmer assistance programs, academic research, and industry planning by offering insights into costs, revenues, chemical use, and conservation practices, making it the only national source for such comprehensive farm-level information.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Ag_Resource_Management/ |title=ARMS Overview |publisher=National Agricultural Statistics Service |access-date=March 08, 2025}}</ref>

 

 

The ARMS is managed by the [[National Agricultural Statistics Service]] (NASS), with analytical support from the [[Economic Research Service]] (ERS), both under the [[United States Department of Agriculture]], ensuring data collection aligns with USDA’s mission to support agriculture.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas |title=USDA Mission Areas |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |access-date=March 08, 2025}}</ref>

 

 

The ARMS was not established by specific legislation but operates under NASS’s authority from the [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2021-title7/pdf/USCODE-2021-title7-chap55-sec2204.pdf Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946] and earlier statistical mandates, evolving from prior surveys with its current format launched in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/arms-farm-financial-and-crop-production-practices/arms-background/ |title=ARMS Background |publisher=Economic Research Service |access-date=March 08, 2025}}</ref>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARMS has been funded since 1996 through annual USDA appropriations to NASS and ERS, with costs shared to support its three-phase survey process, leveraging NASS’s statistical infrastructure and ERS’s economic expertise.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/arms-farm-financial-and-crop-production-practices/arms-background/ |title=ARMS Background |publisher=Economic Research Service |access-date=March 08, 2025}}</ref>

 

 

The ARMS collects data via three phases—screening (Phase I), production practices (Phase II), and financials (Phase III)—to assess farm economics, chemical use, and conservation practices, publishing results like commodity cost estimates and environmental impact reports for public and policy use.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Ag_Resource_Management/arms_phases.php |title=ARMS Phases |publisher=National Agricultural Statistics Service |access-date=March 08, 2025}}</ref>

 

 

 

 

The Agricultural Resource Management Survey traces its roots to USDA’s early farm surveys in the 1920s, evolving through efforts like the 1970s Farm Production Expenditure Survey. Its modern three-phase format launched in 1996 as a NASS-ERS collaboration to replace fragmented surveys, becoming the primary source of farm-level data by integrating economic and environmental metrics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/arms-farm-financial-and-crop-production-practices/arms-background/ |title=ARMS Background |publisher=Economic Research Service |access-date=March 08, 2025}}</ref>

 

 

 

 

* http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/arms-farm-financial-and-crop-production-practices.aspx#.U4xsHnZfZVA.

 

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