Berglund Named to USDA Advisory Committee

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Berglund named to USDA Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics (ACAS)
Berglund	Fargo, ND – Dr. Patricia Berglund has been named to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics (ACAS) for the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Berglund will serve a two-year commitment. The committee meets in Washington, DC, on February 22-23. During the February meeting, the Committee will discuss the 2007 Census of Agriculture, the accomplishments of the National Agricultural Statistics Service's (NASS) in 2004, and the progress of NASS year-end surveys and reports.
The committee is comprised of twenty-seven representatives from state agriculture departments, commodity groups, consultants, economic research, farmers & ranchers, and universities. Each year the committee meets to advise the Secretary of Agriculture and NASS on the scope, content, and timing of surveys and the five-year census of agriculture. Berglund became Director of Northern Crops Institute (NCI), Fargo, ND, in 1996 and holds the rank of Associate Professor at North Dakota State University (NDSU). She earned her Ph.D. from NDSU in Cereal Science.

February 1, 2005

Berglund named to USDA Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics (ACAS)

Berglund

Fargo, ND – Dr. Patricia Berglund has been named to the Advisory Committee on Agriculture Statistics (ACAS) for the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. Berglund will serve a two-year commitment. The committee meets in Washington, DC, on February 22-23.

During the February meeting, the Committee will discuss the 2007 Census of Agriculture, the accomplishments of the National Agricultural Statistics Service's (NASS) in 2004, and the progress of NASS year-end surveys and reports.

The committee is comprised of twenty-seven representatives from state agriculture departments, commodity groups, consultants, economic research, farmers & ranchers, and universities. Each year the committee meets to advise the Secretary of Agriculture and NASS on the scope, content, and timing of surveys and the five-year census of agriculture.

Berglund became Director of Northern Crops Institute (NCI), Fargo, ND, in 1996 and holds the rank of Associate Professor at North Dakota State University (NDSU). She earned her Ph.D. from NDSU in Cereal Science.