DF: A count taken every 5 years of the number offarms, land in farms, crop acreage and production,livestock numbers and production, farm expenses,farm facilities and equipment, farm tenure, valueof farm products sold, farm size, type of farm,farm operator characteristics (age, race, sex),etc. Data are obtained for States and counties. USDA now administers the Census of Agriculture,which was previously done by the U.S. Bureau ofthe Census.