PRI_2018_CA_v01_M_v01_A_ESS DDI_PRI_2018_CA_v01_M_v01_A_ESS_FAO Department of Agriculture (Departamento de Agricultura) Statistics Division Nesstar Publisher Census of Agriculture 2018 PRI_2018_CA_v01_M_v01_A_ESS United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) Government of Puerto Rico (Gobierno de Puerto Rico), Department of Agriculture (Departamento de Agricultura) University of Puerto Rico, College of Agricultural Science Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service Nesstar Publisher Department of Agriculture (Departamento de Agricultura) Agricultural Census [ag/census] Structure of Agriculture Land use Crops Livestock and Poultry Labor in the Agricultural Sector Machinery and Equipment Aquaculture The census of agriculture is the leading source of statistics about Puerto Rico's agricultural production and the only source of consistent, comparable data at the island level. Census statistics are used to measure agricultural production and to identify trends in an ever-changing agricultural sector. The census includes data on the structure of agricultural land, crops and livestock, farm characteristics, as well as production expenses, value of agricultural products, and aquaculture. Puerto Rico The Census of Agriculture 2018 covered the entire territory. Agricultural holdings The statistical unit is a farm, defined as a place from which USD 500 or more of agricultural products were produced and sold, or normally would have been sold, during the 12-month period between 1 January and 31 December 2018. The data collected in the census relates to places with agricultural operations qualifying as farms according to the census definition. Census/enumeration data [cen] The report forms returned were automatically checked in by scanning devices that identified each case referring to the barcode in the address label of the form. Data was retrieved from the returned forms using optical scanning. Missing data were supplied on the basis of similar farms and were assigned farm classification codes, which were necessary for tabulating the data. Data from each report were subjected to a detailed item-by-item computer edit.