# USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
*agency . companies*

## Specifications
- **operator domains**: ["nass.usda.gov"]
- **country**: United States
- **website**: https://www.nass.usda.gov
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-20
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **attributes**: {"kind":"agency","operator_domains":"[\"nass.usda.gov\"]","country":"United States","website":"https://www.nass.usda.gov"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service provides official statistics for U.S. agriculture, including production, supplies, prices, labor, finances, producer demographics, planted area, yield, stocks, and prices.[^nass-about-page] In Earth observation, NASS is a public-sector data consumer and analysis producer rather than a satellite operator.[^nass-cdl-faq] Its Cropland Data Layer is an annual crop-specific land-cover raster for the contiguous United States, available through CropScape and Google Earth Engine.[^nass-cdl-faq] The 2024 CDL uses Sentinel-2 MSI Level-2A and Landsat 8/9 OLI imagery, random-forest classification in Google Earth Engine, full CONUS coverage from 2008, and 10 m resolution in 2024.[^nass-cdl-2024-meta] NASS also maintains vegetation, soil-moisture, cropland research, and crop-sequence products for agricultural monitoring workflows.[^nass-cdl-faq]

## Sources
- [nass-about-page] | About NASS - Agency Overview | https://www.nass.usda.gov/About_NASS/index.php | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [nass-cdl-faq] | NASS Cropland Data Layer FAQ | https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Cropland/sarsfaqs2.php | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [nass-cdl-2024-meta] | 2024 CDL Metadata | https://data.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Cropland/metadata/metadata_CDL24_FGDC-STD-001-1998.htm | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [nass-founding-page] | NASS Founding Period Timeline | https://www.nass.usda.gov/About_NASS/Timeline/The_Founding_Period/index.php | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20

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