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The National Agricultural Statistics Service is reaching out to farmers to gather in-depth information about the conservation practices they use.
Nearly 23,000 operators nationwide will receive the 2025 Conservation Effects Assessment Project survey. The data will support the third set of national and regional cropland assessments delivered by USDA’s Conservation Effects Assessment Project. This is a multi-agency effort led by NRCS to quantify the effects of these practices across the nation’s working lands.
“Responding to the survey gives farmers the opportunity to provide the most accurate picture of conservation practices on their cropland,” says NASS Administrator Joseph Parsons. “Information from CEAP – which is made stronger by robust survey response – will help inform programs that benefit producers by protecting the natural resources on which their livelihoods depend.”
Local NASS representatives will visit farmers and agricultural landowners in August and September of 2025. They will determine if their operations and properties meet the criteria to be eligible candidates for the survey. They will contact eligible farmers and landowners between November 2025 and March 2026 to participate in the survey. Typical questions will cover farm production practices, including chemical, fertilizer, and manure applications, tillage, irrigation use, and installed conservation practices. NASS will provide survey data to NRCS, the agency tasked with publishing findings.
CEAP Cropland Assessments quantify the environmental outcomes associated with the implementation and installation of conservation practices on agricultural lands. Findings will guide conservation program development and support agricultural producers and partners in making informed management decisions backed by data and science.
Specifically, CEAP results may help:
- Evaluate the resources farmers may need in the future to protect soil, water, and habitat.
- Shed light on techniques farmers use to conserve healthy environments.
- Improve and strengthen technical and financial programs that help landowners plan and install conservation practices on agricultural land.
- Support the conservation programs that can help producers’ profits while also protecting natural resources.
Information provided to NASS and analyzed by NRCS is confidential, as required by federal law.
