USDA announces plans to refine farm data collection

Tim Kenyon
Sep 10, 2026
22 hrs ago

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins spoke at the Farm Progress Show Sept. 1 in Boone, Iowa.
IFT photo by Tim Kenyon

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BOONE, Iowa — USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new project Sept. 1 at the annual Farm Progress Show to upgrade farm information reporting.

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