Farm Management Survey (FMS)

Land management practice of farm, frequency

Land management practice refers to all the practices and land features of an agricultural operation. For the Census of Agriculture this includes crop rotation, in-field winter grazing or feeding, rotational grazing, plowing down green crops, winter cover crops, nutrient management planning, windbreaks or shelterbelts (natural or planted) and buffer zones around water bodies.

Farm refers to an agricultural operation that produces at least one of the following products intended for sale: crops (hay, field crops, tree fruits or nuts, berries or grapes, vegetables, seed); livestock (cattle, pigs, sheep, horses, game animals, other livestock); poultry (hens, chickens, turkeys, chicks, game birds, other poultry); animal products (milk or cream, eggs, wool, furs, meat); or other agricultural products (Christmas trees, greenhouse or nursery products, mushrooms, sod, honey, maple products).

The data for this variable are reported using the following measurements:

• Number of times per year