This bulletin presents final estimates on field crops production, acreage, use, and yield. These reports contain data from years 1866 to 2012 and are published every several years. Data included in this publication provide a historic record and a benchmark for current estimates.

This report, released annually from 1991 to 2013, includes statistics about on-farm fertilizer and pesticide usage, and pest management practices on selected field crops and potatoes. Prevention, avoidance, monitoring, and suppression practices are also investigated in the survey. Beginning in May 2010, NASS agricultural chemical use data are published to the Quick Stats 2.0 database only (full-text publications have been discontinued), and can be found under the NASS Chemical Usage Program.

This handbook identifies the usual planting and harvesting dates on a state by state basis for United States field crops covered in the National Agricultural Statistics Service's National program of crop estimates. It updates the information contained in the previous edition of this handbook which was issued in 1997.

The Field Offices of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service compiled the basic information and prepared the estimates of usual dates based on historical crop progress estimates and the knowledge of industry specialists.

This publication presents final estimates of prices received by farmers for field crops, including for varieties of wheat, rye, rice, corn for grain, sorghum for grain, oats, all barley, hay, and alfalfa hay. Data is presented by State and for the whole of the United States. Data from years 1866 to 1982 are included in this publication series.

This publication was produced between 1940 and 1971 and included data on the production, farm use, sales and value of field and seed crops by U.S. States. The farm use, sales and value data within each release are for the marketing season or crop year in which publication occurred.

This bulletin includes statistics on seeds produced primarily for planting (grasses, clover, vegetables) and for oil production. The statistics in this bulletin have been compiled from records of the Hay, Feed, and Seed Division, and the Division of Crop and Livestock Estimates of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. This bulletin covers seed production, prices, acreage, imports, and exports and contains data from years 1909 to 1923.