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The production of distillers’ grains
has continued to grow in recent years
concurrent with increased ethanol
production. GIPSA will broadly refer to
‘‘distillers’ grains’’ as being any of the
plethora of co-products generated by
dry-mill ethanol plants, including
distillers’ wet grains (DWG), distillers’
dried grains (DDG), distillers’ wet grains
with solubles (DWGS), distillers’ dried
grains with solubles (DDGS), and
condensed distillers’ solubles (CDS),
unless otherwise specified. According to
USDA’s Economic Research Service, the
United States produced an estimated
44.6 million metric tons of DDGS in the
2014/15 crop year, compared to 12.4
million metric tons of DDGS in 2006/07,
when GIPSA’s previous ANPR was first
published. Increasing supply, two years
of higher prices for competing feeds
(soybean meal and corn), and successful
foreign market development efforts by
USDA and trade associations have led to
a surge in DDGS exports from the
United States. Exports now constitute
nearly 25 percent of domestic DDGS
production, totaling 11.0 million metric
tons in the 2014/15 crop year, compared
to exports of only 14.5 percent of
production, totaling 1.8 million metric
tons in 2006/07.
In order for U.S. standards and
grading procedures to remain relevant,
GIPSA is issuing this Request for
Information to invite interested parties
to submit comments, ideas, and
recommendations on GIPSA’s role in
the marketing of grain, oilseeds, and
related agricultural products, including
distillers’ grains. All interested persons
are specifically encouraged to comment
on the following issues related to this
notice:
1. Are there any market-identified
quality attributes that GIPSA does not
currently describe (or provide testing)
that would facilitate the marketing of
grain, oilseeds, and related products?
2. What role should GIPSA take, if
any, in standardizing the testing of
inputs and outputs of ethanol coproduct processing? Has anything
changed in the marketing of ethanol and
ethanol co-products since GIPSA’s last
ANPR in 2007 related to
standardization, product description, or
quality assessment?
3. Are there any other services that
GIPSA could offer to facilitate the
marketing of grain, oilseeds, or related
products?
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Larry Mitchell,
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and
Stockyards Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
January 13, 2016.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments are
requested regarding: (1) Whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by February 18, 2016
will be considered. Written comments
should be addressed to: Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), New
Executive Office Building, 725—17th
Street NW., Washington, DC, 20503.
Commenters are encouraged to submit
their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax
(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail
Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may
be obtained by calling (202) 720–8681.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
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National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Local Food Marketing Practices
Survey
OMB Control Number: 0535–NEW
Summary of Collection: Data will be
collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C.
2204(a). Section 10016(a)(1)(A) of the
2014 Farm Bill (Public Law 113–79)
directs the Department of Agriculture
(USDA) to collect data on ‘‘the
production and marketing of locally or
regionally produced agricultural food
products,’’ while Section 10016(b)(2)
requires USDA to ‘‘conduct surveys and
analysis and publish reports relating to
the production, handling, distribution,
retail sales, and trend studies. . . of or
on locally or regionally produced
agricultural food products.’’ The survey
will gather data on production, risk
management, and marketing practices.
Contingent upon the availability of
funding, the Local Foods Survey will be
a Census follow-on-survey.
Need and Use of the Information: A
growing interest in support of local
agricultural economies through the
purchase of foods from sources that are
geographically close to the consuming
areas, via channels that are direct from
farm to consumer or at most one step
removed. The institution of the USDA
Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food
Initiative was designed to eliminate
organizational barriers to improve
coordination and availability of
resources for the promotion of local
food systems. The primary purpose of
the survey is to produce benchmark
statistics on the number of operations
that produce local foods, the value of
local foods sales (in total and by specific
marketing channel), and marketing
practices and expenses. Farms in all 50
states will be asked to provide these
data. Statistics from this survey will be
used by state agencies to better
understand, support, and promote their
local food markets, as well as by
researchers studying local foods.
Description of Respondents: Farmers
and Ranchers.
Number of Respondents: 28,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 21,000.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
January 13, 2016.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding: (1) Whether the collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (4) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are
to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by February
18, 2016 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to:
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office
Building, 725--17th Street NW., Washington, DC, 20503. Commenters are
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to:
OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-
8681.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Local Food Marketing Practices Survey
OMB Control Number: 0535-NEW
Summary of Collection: Data will be collected under the authority
of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). Section 10016(a)(1)(A) of the 2014 Farm Bill
(Public Law 113-79) directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to
collect data on ``the production and marketing of locally or regionally
produced agricultural food products,'' while Section 10016(b)(2)
requires USDA to ``conduct surveys and analysis and publish reports
relating to the production, handling, distribution, retail sales, and
trend studies. . . of or on locally or regionally produced agricultural
food products.'' The survey will gather data on production, risk
management, and marketing practices. Contingent upon the availability
of funding, the Local Foods Survey will be a Census follow-on-survey.
Need and Use of the Information: A growing interest in support of
local agricultural economies through the purchase of foods from sources
that are geographically close to the consuming areas, via channels that
are direct from farm to consumer or at most one step removed. The
institution of the USDA Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Initiative was
designed to eliminate organizational barriers to improve coordination
and availability of resources for the promotion of local food systems.
The primary purpose of the survey is to produce benchmark statistics on
the number of operations that produce local foods, the value of local
foods sales (in total and by specific marketing channel), and marketing
practices and expenses. Farms in all 50 states will be asked to provide
these data. Statistics from this survey will be used by state agencies
to better understand, support, and promote their local food markets, as
well as by researchers studying local foods.
Description of Respondents: Farmers and Ranchers.
Number of Respondents: 28,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 21,000.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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