BOONE, Iowa, Sept 1 : The U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching a pilot project that will rely more heavily on technology as part of a broader effort to improve its closely watched U.S. crop acreage and yield estimates, Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday, as the agency faces mounting criticism from farme
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is launching a pilot project that will rely more heavily on technology, as part of a broader effort to improve its estimates of planted area and productivity of American crops, said Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday (1), at a time when the agency faces criticism [...]