STILL TIME TO RESPOND TO THE 2022 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE – USDA TO FOLLOW UP WITH MOUNTAIN REGION PRODUCERS WHO HAVE NOT YET RESPONDED

LAKEWOOD, Colo. – February 15, 2023 – Farmers and ranchers in the Mountain Region states of Arizona, Colorado,
Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming still have time to be counted in the 2022 Census of Agriculture, according to
the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Although the deadline for
submitting the Ag Census has just passed, NASS will continue to accept completed census questionnaires through the spring
to ensure all farmers and ranchers take advantage of the opportunity to be represented in the widely used data.