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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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: (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; and (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 these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by
May 30, 2023. 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
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Agricultural Resource
Management Phases 3 Economic
Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535–NEW.
Summary of Collection: The primary
functions of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare
and issue State and national estimates of
crop and livestock production,
disposition, and prices and to collect
information on related environmental
and economic factors. Detailed
economic and environmental data for
various crops and livestock help to
maintain a stable economic atmosphere
and reduce the risk for production,
marketing, and distribution operations.
The Agricultural Resource Management
Surveys (ARMS), are the primary source
of information for the U.S. Department
of Agriculture on a broad range of issues
related to agricultural resource use, cost
of production, and farm sector financial
conditions. NASS uses a variety of
survey instruments to collect the
information in conjunction with these
studies. General authority for these data
collection activities is granted under
U.S. Code title 7, section 2204.
This information collection request
will focus on the Agricultural Resource
Management Phase 3 Surveys. The
previous two phases of ARMS will be
submitted as a separate information
collection request. The requests are
being separated to better accommodate
changes requested by data users and
policy makers.
Need and Use of the Information:
ARMS is the only annual source of
whole farm information available for
objective evaluation of many critical
issues related to agriculture and the
rural economy, such as: Production
practices for certain livestock
commodities; as well as whole farm
finance data, marketing information,
and input usage. Without these data,
decision makers cannot analyze and
report on critical issues that affect farms
and farm households.
Description of Respondents: Farms;
Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 43,817.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually, monthly.
Total Burden Hours: 70,556.
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National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Agricultural Resource
Management Phases 1 & 2 and Chemical
Use Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0218.
Summary of Collection: The primary
functions of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare
and issue State and national estimates of
crop and livestock production,
disposition, and prices and to collect
information on related environmental
and economic factors. Detailed
economic and environmental data for
various crops and livestock help to
maintain a stable economic atmosphere
and reduce the risk for production,
marketing, and distribution operations.
The Agricultural Resource Management
Surveys (ARMS), are the primary source
of information for the U.S. Department
of Agriculture on a broad range of issues
related to agricultural resource use, cost
of production, and farm sector financial
conditions. NASS uses a variety of
survey instruments to collect the
information in conjunction with these
studies. General authority for these data
collection activities is granted under
U.S. Code title 7, section 2204.
This information collection request
will focus on the Agricultural Resource
Management Phases 1 and 2 as well as
Chemical Use Surveys. The ARMS
Phase 3 Cost and Returns Report will be
submitted as a separate information
collection request. The requests are
being separated to better accommodate
changes requested by data users and
policy makers.
Need and Use of the Information:
ARMS is the only annual source of
whole farm information available for
objective evaluation of many critical
issues related to agriculture and the
rural economy. This issues that will be
addressed in this request are: input
usage, production practices, and
chemical use. Without these data,
decision makers cannot analyze and
report on critical issues that affect farms
and farm households when pesticide
regulatory actions are being considered.
Description of Respondents: Farms;
Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 114,083.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
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Total Burden Hours: 51,222.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request Revision
and Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
National Agricultural Statistics
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) to request revision and
extension of a currently approved
information collection, the Agricultural
Prices Surveys. Revision to burden
hours will be needed due to the
addition and/or deletion of surveys,
changes in the size of the target
population, sampling design, and/or
questionnaire length.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by June 26, 2023 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number 0535–0003,
by any of the following methods:
• Email: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.
Include docket number above in the
subject line of the message.
• E-fax: (855) 838–6382.
• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD–
ROM submissions to: Richard Hopper,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Room 5336
South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250–
2024.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand
deliver to: Richard Hopper, NASS
Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building,
1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250–2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin L. Barnes, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, (202) 720–2707. Copies of
this information collection and related
instructions can be obtained without
charge from Richard Hopper, NASS—
OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 690–
2388 or at ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Title: Agricultural Prices.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0003.
Expiration Date of Approval:
November 30, 2023.
Type of Request: Intent to Seek
Approval to Revise and Extend an
Information Collection for 3 years.
Abstract: The primary objective of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) is to prepare and issue State and
national estimates of crop and livestock
production, prices, and disposition; as
well as economic statistics,
environmental statistics related to
agriculture and to conduct the Census of
Agriculture.
The Agricultural Prices surveys
provide data on the prices received by
farmers and prices paid by them for
production goods and services. NASS
estimates based on these surveys are
used as a Principle Economic Indicator
of the United States. These price
estimates are also used to compute
Parity Prices in accordance with
requirements of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938 as amended
(Title III, Subtitle A, Section 301(a)). In
addition, price data are used by the
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to
help determine payment rates, program
option levels, and disaster programs.
Changes from the currently approved
information collection include:
(1) Addition of the Tobacco Price
Inquiry. The Tobacco Price Inquiry is
included in the Field Crops Information
Collection Request (0535–0002).
(2) Removal of the biennial hay
production and sales survey. The data
collected on the biennial hay survey
was used to weight (by quantity) the
monthly hay (alfalfa and other hay)
prices to calculate the Marketing Year
Average (MYA) and United States hay
prices This has been replaced with
assuming the % of alfalfa and other hay
marketings by month by state hasn’t
changed from recent surveys.
(3) Addition of collecting hay prices
on the Cattle on Feed Survey. The Cattle
on Feed questionnaire (OMB No. 0535–
0213) has a total burden of 15 minutes
on the questionnaire (6 minutes for
cattle on feed questions, 9 minutes for
hay prices). This survey is conducted
monthly and hay price questions are
included to prevent separate contacts
for both cattle on feed and hay price
surveys. Similar methodology is used to
collect hay prices on the milk
production survey already included in
this request.
(4) Changes in the size of the target
population, sampling design, number of
mailings, and/or questionnaire length.
These combined changes will
decrease number of respondents by
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around 27,025 and burden by around
1,820 responses and 6,415 hours.
Authority: These data will be
collected under authority of 7 U.S.C.
2204(a). Individually identifiable data
collected under this authority are
governed by Section 1770 of the Food
Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7
U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to
afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by
respondents. This Notice is submitted in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–113)
and Office of Management and Budget
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320.
All NASS employees and NASS
contractors must also fully comply with
all provisions of the Confidential
Information Protection and Statistical
Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2018, Title
III of Public Law 115–435, codified in
44 U.S.C. Ch. 35. CIPSEA supports
NASS’s pledge of confidentiality to all
respondents and facilitates the agency’s
efforts to reduce burden by supporting
statistical activities of collaborative
agencies through designation of NASS
agents, subject to the limitations and
penalties described in CIPSEA.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this information collection is
based on more than 30 individual
surveys with expected responses of 5–
20 minutes and frequency of 1–12 times
per year. Estimated number of responses
per respondent is approximately 4.1
times per year.
Respondents: Farmers and farmrelated businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
40,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 26,000 hours.
Copies of this information collection
and related instructions can be obtained
without charge from Richard Hopper,
NASS Clearance Officer, at (202) 690–
2388.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, technological or
other forms of information technology
collection methods. All responses to
this notice will become a matter of
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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: (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; and (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 these information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by May 30, 2023. 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: Agricultural Resource Management Phases 3 Economic Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535-NEW.
Summary of Collection: The primary functions of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare and issue State
and national estimates of crop and livestock production, disposition,
and prices and to collect information on related environmental and
economic factors. Detailed economic and environmental data for various
crops and livestock help to maintain a stable economic atmosphere and
reduce the risk for production, marketing, and distribution operations.
The Agricultural Resource Management Surveys (ARMS), are the primary
source of information for the U.S. Department of Agriculture on a broad
range of issues related to agricultural resource use, cost of
production, and farm sector financial conditions. NASS uses a variety
of survey instruments to collect the information in conjunction with
these studies. General authority for these data collection activities
is granted under U.S. Code title 7, section 2204.
This information collection request will focus on the Agricultural
Resource Management Phase 3 Surveys. The previous two phases of ARMS
will be submitted as a separate information collection request. The
requests are being separated to better accommodate changes requested by
data users and policy makers.
Need and Use of the Information: ARMS is the only annual source of
whole farm information available for objective evaluation of many
critical issues related to agriculture and the rural economy, such as:
Production practices for certain livestock commodities; as well as
whole farm finance data, marketing information, and input usage.
Without these data, decision makers cannot analyze and report on
critical issues that affect farms and farm households.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 43,817.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually, monthly.
Total Burden Hours: 70,556.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Agricultural Resource Management Phases 1 & 2 and Chemical
Use Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0218.
Summary of Collection: The primary functions of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare and issue State
and national estimates of crop and livestock production, disposition,
and prices and to collect information on related environmental and
economic factors. Detailed economic and environmental data for various
crops and livestock help to maintain a stable economic atmosphere and
reduce the risk for production, marketing, and distribution operations.
The Agricultural Resource Management Surveys (ARMS), are the primary
source of information for the U.S. Department of Agriculture on a broad
range of issues related to agricultural resource use, cost of
production, and farm sector financial conditions. NASS uses a variety
of survey instruments to collect the information in conjunction with
these studies. General authority for these data collection activities
is granted under U.S. Code title 7, section 2204.
This information collection request will focus on the Agricultural
Resource Management Phases 1 and 2 as well as Chemical Use Surveys. The
ARMS Phase 3 Cost and Returns Report will be submitted as a separate
information collection request. The requests are being separated to
better accommodate changes requested by data users and policy makers.
Need and Use of the Information: ARMS is the only annual source of
whole farm information available for objective evaluation of many
critical issues related to agriculture and the rural economy. This
issues that will be addressed in this request are: input usage,
production practices, and chemical use. Without these data, decision
makers cannot analyze and report on critical issues that affect farms
and farm households when pesticide regulatory actions are being
considered.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 114,083.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
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Total Burden Hours: 51,222.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-08925 Filed 4-26-23; 8:45 am]
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