Hemp Producer Survey Begins This Month
That National Agricultural Statistics Service will begin inquiries of hemp production in the state beginning this month.
A Hemp Production and Disposition Inquiry will be sent to 157 Missouri producers on January 19th. The survey will collect information on the total planted and harvested area, yield, and value of hemp in the United States for 2022.
NASS estimated the total value of hemp production in the United States at $824 million in 2021. Planted area for industrial hemp grown in the open for all utilizations in the United
States totaled 54,152 acres. Area harvested for all utilizations totaled 33,480 acres. Missouri farmers planted 1,400 acres of industrial hemp in the open and harvested 1,150 of those acres in 2021.
All information reported by individuals will be kept confidential as required by federal law.
Survey recipients are asked to respond securely online at agcounts.usda.gov, by mail or fax. Those who do not respond by Jan. 30 may be contacted to arrange an interview to complete
the survey.
