Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 47160 [2020-16960]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 47160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16960]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 30, 2020.
    The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information 
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date 
of publication of this notice. Comments are requested regarding: 
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; the accuracy of the agency's 
estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and 
assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and 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 these information collections are best assured 
of having their full effect if received by September 3, 2020. Written 
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection 
should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on 
the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    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: Land Leasing Survey in Oklahoma.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0264.
    Summary of Collection: The primary objectives of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare and issue 
official State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, 
disposition and prices, economic statistics, and environmental 
statistics related to agriculture and to conduct the Census of 
Agriculture and its follow-on surveys. NASS will conduct a survey of 
agricultural operations in Oklahoma. Selected farmers will be asked to 
provide data on rent & acreage as well as form of the lease agreement 
for operations with the following lease agreements: (1) Cash rent for 
selected crops, (2) share rent, (3) pasture leases, winter grazing, and 
recreational leases. General authority for these data collection 
activities is granted under U.S.C. Title 7, Section 2204.
    Need and Use of the Information: Oklahoma State University, as well 
as many farmers and ranchers in Oklahoma, have been interested in land 
rental rates for agricultural operations in greater detail than what is 
provided in the Cash Rents and Leases Survey used to satisfy the 
requirement originally specified in the 2008 Farm Bill and conducted 
under Office of Management and Budget approval number 0535-0002.
    To assist producers with this data need, the Oklahoma State 
University, Department of Agricultural Economics (OSU-DAE), has been 
collecting and publishing statistical estimates biennially for more 
than 30 years--before USDA-NASS was tasked with the Cash Rents County 
Estimates. The OSU-DAE obtained statistics to assist producers in 
making sound rental agreements. Due to the diverse nature of the state, 
OSU-DAE felt it necessary to provide more descriptive land breakouts 
such as pasture estimates into native pasture and improved pasture due 
to large price differences and input costs associated with each type of 
pasture.
    A recent data request highlighted this limit: A data user 
(landlord) was trying to re-negotiate the rental rate with their lessee 
on a large amount of Bermuda grass pastureland. They were given the 
pasture rate from the USDA-NASS 2017 Cash Rents Survey for the county 
($10/ac), district ($12/ac), and the State ($13/ac). The data user was 
able to find the OSU-DAE pasture rates for 2016/2017 for Bermuda 
(Improved Pasture) in his Region ($24.55) and at the State level 
($22.79). The data user would have lost $12 to $14/per acre if used 
only the USDA-NASS Cash Rents Survey data alone.
    Description of Respondents: Farmers and ranchers in Oklahoma.
    Number of Respondents: 2,700.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once a year.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,022.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-16960 Filed 8-3-20; 8:45 am]
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