Deadline nears for New Mexico farmers to return 2022 census forms

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – The deadline is getting closer for New Mexico farmers to submit their 2022 Census of Agriculture questionnaires. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will end its data collection on May 31."The information provided by each of us is used to tell an accurate story about the impacts of agriculture in our local communities, state, and nation," said New Mexico Agriculture SEcretary Jeff Witte. "Without accurat