EMBARGOED UNTIL: SEPTEMBER 22, 1995 (FRIDAY) Public Information Office CB95-170 301-457-3030 301-457-4067 (TDD) Agriculture and Financial Statistics Division 800-523-3215 CENSUS BUREAU PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT EMBARGOED UNTIL: SEPTEMBER 22, 1995 (FRIDAY) - Ginseng began to be successfully cultivated in the United States in the late 1880's and by 1992 had grown to a crop harvested on over 800 farms yielding over 1.7 million pounds. This is just one feature from a series of agricultural briefs based on the 1992 Census of Agriculture being released by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. These agricultural briefs, which will be written by staff from the bureau's Agriculture and Financial Statistics Division, will address subjects such as: farmer characteristics, aquaculture, farm-related injuries, high dollar value crops, and more. They offer new insights about a broad range of agricultural issues and provide examples of how the census of agriculture can be used. The first two agricultural briefs, "The 4th of July Picnic" and "American Ginseng--Rooted in Wisconsin" are available in print and via the Census Bureau's web site http://www.census.gov/econ/www/agrimenu.html-X-Editor's note: EMBARGOED UNTIL: SEPTEMBER 22, 1995 (FRIDAY) - media representatives may obtain a copy of the agricultural briefs from the bureau's Public Information Office by telephone: 301-457-3030; fax: 301-457-3670; or e-mail: pio@census.gov. Fax-on-Demand Document #2019. Non-media orders should be directed to the Agriculture and Financial Statistics Division, Editorial and Information Office, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC 20200; by telephone: 1-800-523-3215; or e-mail: agfs@census.gov.
