Census of Agriculture
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The Census of Agriculture is a comprehensive nationwide survey conducted every five years in the United States to collect detailed data on the country’s farms, ranches, and agricultural producers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Census of Agriculture canonical | 2 |
| USDA Census of Agriculture | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1148598 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Census of Agriculture Context triple: [National Agricultural Statistics Service, productOrService, Census of Agriculture]
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A.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is a U.S. federal agency that collects, analyzes, and publishes data on agriculture to inform policy, industry decisions, and the public.
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B.
Bulletin of agricultural statistics
Bulletin of agricultural statistics was a periodical publication providing statistical data and analysis on global agricultural production, trade, and related economic indicators.
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C.
United States federal farm programs
United States federal farm programs are government initiatives that provide financial support, risk management, and regulatory frameworks to stabilize agricultural markets, support farm incomes, and ensure a reliable food supply.
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D.
Farm Aid
Farm Aid is an annual benefit concert and nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting family farmers and promoting a sustainable food system in the United States.
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E.
Farm Service Agency
The Farm Service Agency is a U.S. government agency that administers agricultural policies and programs to support farmers, ranchers, and rural communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Census of Agriculture Target entity description: The Census of Agriculture is a comprehensive nationwide survey conducted every five years in the United States to collect detailed data on the country’s farms, ranches, and agricultural producers.
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A.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is a U.S. federal agency that collects, analyzes, and publishes data on agriculture to inform policy, industry decisions, and the public.
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B.
Bulletin of agricultural statistics
Bulletin of agricultural statistics was a periodical publication providing statistical data and analysis on global agricultural production, trade, and related economic indicators.
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C.
United States federal farm programs
United States federal farm programs are government initiatives that provide financial support, risk management, and regulatory frameworks to stabilize agricultural markets, support farm incomes, and ensure a reliable food supply.
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D.
Farm Aid
Farm Aid is an annual benefit concert and nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting family farmers and promoting a sustainable food system in the United States.
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E.
Farm Service Agency
The Farm Service Agency is a U.S. government agency that administers agricultural policies and programs to support farmers, ranchers, and rural communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural census
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national survey ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Census of Agriculture
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
USDA Census of Agriculture
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| administeredBy |
National Agricultural Statistics Service
ⓘ
surface form:
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
United States Department of Agriculture ⓘ |
| administrativeChange | responsibility transferred from U.S. Census Bureau to USDA in the 1990s ⓘ |
| collectsDataOn |
conservation practices
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crop production ⓘ direct-to-consumer sales ⓘ farm expenses ⓘ farm income ⓘ farm labor ⓘ farm operator demographics ⓘ farm ownership ⓘ farm size ⓘ farm tenure ⓘ irrigation ⓘ land in farms ⓘ livestock inventories ⓘ number of farms ⓘ organic production ⓘ production practices ⓘ value of agricultural sales ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dataCollectionScope |
agricultural producers
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aquaculture operations ⓘ farms ⓘ horticultural operations ⓘ ranches ⓘ |
| dataConfidentiality |
individual responses are confidential
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published data are aggregated ⓘ |
| dataPublicationFormat |
downloadable tables
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online databases ⓘ printed reports ⓘ |
| dataUsers |
agribusinesses
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educators ⓘ farm organizations ⓘ federal government ⓘ local governments ⓘ policymakers ⓘ researchers ⓘ rural planners ⓘ state governments ⓘ |
| frequency | every five years ⓘ |
| geographicCoverage |
District of Columbia
ⓘ
United States territories ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. territories
all 50 U.S. states ⓘ |
| historicalContinuity | provides long-term time series on U.S. agriculture ⓘ |
| historicalNote | originated in the 19th century as part of the U.S. Census of Population and Housing ⓘ |
| legalAuthority |
United States Code Title 7
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surface form:
Title 7 of the United States Code
U.S. law ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose |
measure U.S. agriculture
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provide data for agribusiness decision making ⓘ provide data for agricultural policy making ⓘ provide data for farm program administration ⓘ provide data for rural development planning ⓘ |
| targetPopulation | all farms that produced and sold or normally would have sold $1,000 or more of agricultural products during the census year ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Census of Agriculture Description of subject: The Census of Agriculture is a comprehensive nationwide survey conducted every five years in the United States to collect detailed data on the country’s farms, ranches, and agricultural producers.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
USDA Census of Agriculture