Notice2022-27773
Notice of Intent To Request To Conduct a New Information Collection
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December 22, 2022
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Agriculture DepartmentNational Agricultural Statistics Service
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In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to seek approval to conduct a new information collection to gather data regarding production practices, costs and returns, and contractor expenses. This data is currently being collected under OMB number 0535-0218.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78635-78637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27773]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request To Conduct a New Information
Collection
AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS) to seek approval to conduct a new information collection
to gather data regarding production practices, costs and returns, and
contractor expenses. This data is currently being collected under OMB
number 0535-0218.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 21, 2023 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 0535-
NEW, by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#533c3e313c35353a303621133d3220207d262037327d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4dbd9d6dbd2d2ddd7d1c6f4dad5c7c79ac1c7d0d59ad3dbc2">[email protected]</span></a>. Include docket number
above in the subject line of the message.
<bullet> eFax: (855) 838-6382.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> 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) 720-4333. Copies of this information
collection and related
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instructions can be obtained without charge from Richard Hopper, NASS--
OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 720-2206 or at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94fbf9f6fbf2f2fdf7f1e6d4faf5e7e7bae1e7f0f5baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98f7f5faf7fefef1fbfdead8f6f9ebebb6edebfcf9b6fff7ee">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Agricultural Resource Management phase 3 Economic Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535-NEW.
Type of Request: Intent to seek approval to create a new
information collection for a period of three years.
Abstract: The Agricultural Resource Management Survey(s) (ARMS) are
the primary source of information for the U.S. Department of
Agriculture on a broad range of issues related to: production
practices, costs and returns, and contractor expenses. Data are
collected on both a whole farm level and on selected commodities. This
Notice and information collection will focus on the ARMS phase 3
Economic Surveys, previously included in the Agricultural Resource
Management and Chemical Use Surveys Information Collection Request (OMB
Control Number 0535-0218).
The ARMS phase 3 Economic Surveys are the only annual source of
information available for objective evaluation of many critical issues
related to agriculture and the rural economy, such as: annual whole
farm finance data, including data sufficient to construct estimates of
income for farms by: type of operation, loan commodities, income for
operator households, credit, structure, and organization; marketing
information; and other economic data on input usage, production
practices, and crop substitution possibilities.
Data from ARMS are used to produce estimates of net farm income by
type of commercial producer as required in 7 U.S.C. 7998 as amended and
estimates of enterprise production costs as required in 7 U.S.C.
1441(a) as amended. Data from ARMS are also used as weights in the
development of the Prices Paid Index, a component of the Parity Index
referred to in the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended.
These indexes are used to calculate the annual federal grazing fee
rates as described in the Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978 and
Executive Order 12548 and as promulgated in regulations found at 36 CFR
222.51, as amended.
In addition, ARMS is used to produce estimates of sector-wide
production expenditures and other components of income that are used in
constructing the estimates of income and value-added which are
transmitted to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic
Analysis, by the USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) for use in
constructing economy-wide estimates of Gross Domestic Product. This
transmittal of data, prepared using the ARMS, is undertaken to satisfy
a 1956 agreement between the Office of Management and Budget, and the
Departments of Agriculture and Commerce that a single set of estimates
be published on farm income.
Number of respondents and total burden include additional sample
methodology and/or sample sizes for ARMS Phase 3 in order to collect
data from additional historically underserved producer groups in the
ARMS Phase 3 (the Costs and Returns Survey). Collecting more data from
these groups will support President Biden's and USDA's priority to
advance racial justice, equity, and opportunity by providing more
detailed data and research on the socioeconomic characteristics of
farmers and ranchers in the United States to ensure all USDA policies
and decisions are inclusive of all people the Department serves. This
effort will ensure USDA is able to provide data about the financial
well-being and other characteristics for historically underserved
groups.
In this approval request for the next three years; the ARMS 3
surveys will overlap with the 2024 Tenure, Ownership and Transition of
Agricultural Land (TOTAL, OMB Control Number 0535-0240) which will be
conducted in early 2025. Farm operators who are selected to complete
the ARMS phase 3 and the TOTAL survey will have the option of
completing the ARMS 3 questionnaire and not having to complete the
TOTAL survey. The ARMS phase 3 questionnaire contains the same
essential questions as the TOTAL.
The commodity specific questionnaire versions that are scheduled to
be conducted in the next three years are included in the following
table.
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Year survey is
Crop year Survey Target commodity Reference year conducted
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2023........................ ARMS Phase 3............ CRR..................... 2023 2024
Soybeans................ 2023 2024
Oats.................... 2023 2024
Peanuts................. 2023 2024
2023 2024
2024........................ ARMS Phase 3............ Tenure, Ownership and 2024 2025
Transition of
Agricultural Land
(TOTAL).
Broilers \1\............ 2024 2025
2024 2025
2024 2025
2024 2025
2025........................ ARMS Phase 3............ CRR..................... 2025 2026
TBD \2\................. 2025 2026
2025 2026
2025 2026
2025 2026
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\1\ Broilers could be moved to after 2024 depending on burden with the TOTAL.
\2\ To be determined.
Authority: These data will be collected under the 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, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to afford strict
confidentiality to non-aggregated data provided by respondents. This
Notice is submitted in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (at 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 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
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Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2018, Title III of Pub. L. 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 collection of
information is estimated to average approximately 110 minutes per
respondent.
Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, farm managers, farm contractors,
and farm households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Up to 47,100 respondents will be
sampled each year for the ARMS phase 3 Economic Surveys.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: Up to 76,000 hours
each year.
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 public record
and be summarized in the request for OMB approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, December 2, 2022.
Kevin L. Barnes,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2022-27773 Filed 12-21-22; 8:45 am]
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