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DeploymentProcess & self-service2025-06-30
USDA's 2025 farm technology survey: 50% of US farms bought agricultural inputs online and 29% used the internet to market their products
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Event date / reported
2025-06-30 · reported 2025-08-01
Evidence stage
DeploymentAn employer has put it into production. Can move the baseline — weighted by scale and how similar the setting is.
Tasks this bears on
Running the farm's paperwork and sales
Keeping records, applying for subsidies and certifications, and selling the harvest.
Being augmented✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
The US agriculture department's statistics service, from its 2025 survey of farm technology use. Nationally 85% of farms reported internet access; 50% of farms used the internet to purchase agricultural inputs and 29% to market agricultural activities. These are uses of the internet for the business side of farming — buying and selling — not AI, and not record-keeping or subsidy applications. The report compares 2025 with 2023, but the two years came from different surveys, so this record uses only the 2025 levels.
What this means
The business side of a US farm — buying inputs and selling produce — has moved online for a large share of farms. The farmer still decides what to buy and where to sell; the channel is digital.
What it does not yet show
It measures internet use for buying and selling, not automation of records or subsidy claims, and no trend should be read from it.
What you can check
Open USDA NASS "Technology Use (Farm Computer Usage and Ownership)" (August 2025) and find "50 percent of farms used the internet to purchase agricultural inputs".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. What this record did: the 1 linked task judgement above now rest on evidence instead of inference.
Source
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service — Technology Use (Farm Computer Usage and Ownership), August 2025 · verified 2026-09-27 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-09-27 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.