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Nonresponse in Phase III of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey in Louisiana

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  • Gerling, Michael W.
  • Tran, HoaiNam N.
  • Earp, Morgan S.
  • Crawford, Sammye

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The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) surveys farmers and ranchers in the fifty states and Puerto Rico in order to estimate crops and livestock, assess production practices, and identify economic trends. One of NASS’ annual surveys is the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS). ARMS collects data on chemical use and production practices with a specific focus on the financial well-being of agricultural operations. ARMS is composed of three phases with Phase III being the only phase with response rates typically lower than 80 percent. This low response rate causes a higher risk of biased results. To improve Phase III response rates, NASS’ Louisiana Field Office and NASS’ Research and Development Division, conducted two studies. The first study assessed the effect of providing USDA’s Economic Research Service’s economic brief, “Economic Well-Being of Farm Households” to a random sample of operations. The second study assessed reasons for questionnaires being coded as refusals or inaccessibles.

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  • Gerling, Michael W. & Tran, HoaiNam N. & Earp, Morgan S. & Crawford, Sammye, 2008. "Nonresponse in Phase III of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey in Louisiana," NASS Research Reports 234376, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:unasrr:234376
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.234376
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    1. Gerling, Michael W., 2005. "Using Handheld Global Positioning System Receivers for Phase II of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey," NASS Research Reports 235026, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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    3. Beckler, Daniel G. & Ott, Kathleen & Horvath, Peter, 2005. "Indirect Monetary Incentives for the 2004 ARMS Phase III Core," NASS Research Reports 234265, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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    1. Gerling, Michael W. & Tran, HoaiNam N. & Crawford, Sammye & Miller, Darcy & O'Connor, Terry P., 2010. "Does Using a Personalized Pre-Survey Letter Improve the Response Rate for the June Agricultural Survey in Louisiana?," NASS Research Reports 234923, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
    2. Tran, HoaiNam N. & Gerling, Michael W. & Mitchell, Melissa & Hopper, Rich & O'Connor, Terry, 2012. "Examining Nonresponse Occurring in the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s 2009 Agricultural Resource Management Survey Phase III," NASS Research Reports 234305, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
    3. Gerling, Michael W. & Tran, HoaiNam N. & Earp, Morgan S. & O'Connor, Terry P., 2008. "Categorizing Nonresponse Occurring in the 2007 June Area Survey (California, Kansas, New York, Virginia, and Washington)," NASS Research Reports 235028, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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