Data to Serve 21st Century Agriculture: Expanding ARMS

1
ARMS Conference Participant Survey
Data to Serve 21st Century Agriculture
Expanding ARMS St. Louis, Mo.Dec. 4-5
2
Did you know about ARMS before being invited to
this workshop?

• 38 Total Responses
• Yes - 31 Responses, 82 Percent
• No - 7 Responses, 18

3
What current ARMS information/products do you
find most useful?

• Costs and Returns Estimates
• Costs of Production
• Chemical Use
• Farm Typology/Structure
• Household/Wealth Data

Although a few respondents indicated that ARMS
data was not useful to them, most respondents
indicated several useful ARMS data products.
One response noted, I probably make use of all
the ARMS data in one form or another.
4
List ways you think ARMS data can help you do
your job.

• Make Comparisons by State, Community or Farm
  Level
• Target Education Programs
• Farm Finance and Management Research/Extension
• Analyze Effects of Farm Programs/Policy Changes
• Provide More Detailed State-level Data
• Legislative or Financial Institution Decision
  Making
• Issues Which Are Not Currently Addressed by ERS

One response noted, It would be helpful to have
direct access to survey information and to be
able to create special runs.
5
What other data on agriculture and the food
system do you use in your work?

• Census of Agriculture
• NASS/ERS Products
• Farm Business Association
• BEA-REIS
• INPLAN
• AELOS
• Environmental Working Group
• Remote Sensing Products
• University Developed Products

6
List what you learned about U.S. Agriculture
today.

• Reinforced the Variety (Even Within States) of
  Agriculture
• Difficult to Develop Public Policy for States
  from Generalized National Data.
• Federal Reserve Banks use of ARMS Data.
• Federal Agencies are Looking to Work Together
  with Users.
• How the ARMS Data is Collected.