Notice2023-05977
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
March 23, 2023
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 56 (Thursday, March 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17516-17517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05977]
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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 April 24, 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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
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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: Field Crops Objective Yield.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0088.
Summary of Collection: The primary objective of the National
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to collect, prepare and issue
State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, prices,
and disposition as well as economic statistics, farm numbers, land
values, on-farm pesticide usage, pest crop management practices, as
well as the Census of Agriculture. The Objective Yield Surveys
objectively predict yields for corn, cotton, potatoes, soybeans, wheat,
citrus, almonds, walnuts, and hazelnuts. Sample fields are randomly
selected for these crops, plots are laid out, and periodic counts and
measurements are taken and then used to forecast production during the
growing season. Production forecasts are published in USDA crop
reports.
The fruit and nut objective yield surveys are conducted under
cooperative agreements with several State Departments of Agriculture.
The individual States will be reimbursing NASS for the costs associated
with these additional surveys. The surveys will include: California
citrus, almonds and walnuts; Florida citrus; and Oregon hazelnuts.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information on
sample fields of, corn, cotton, potatoes, soybeans, and winter wheat.
The information will be used by USDA to anticipate loan receipts and
pricing of loan stocks for grains. Farmers and businesses use the
production estimates in marketing decisions to evaluate expected prices
and to determine when to sell. The fruit and nut data will be used by
the State Departments of Agriculture and commodity marketing boards to
make informed decisions concerning the stocks and marketing of these
commodities.
Description of Respondents: Farms and businesses or other for-
profit.
Number of Respondents: 13,550.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 4,410.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-05977 Filed 3-22-23; 8:45 am]
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