Notice2023-23952
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
October 31, 2023
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74403-74404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23952]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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: 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 November 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
<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
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.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News.
OMB Control Number: 0581-0033.
Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7
U.S.C. 1621-1627) (AMA), as amended, authorizes the Secretary of
Agriculture ``to collect and disseminate marketing information,
including adequate outlook information on a market-area basis, for the
purpose of anticipating and meeting consumer requirements, aiding in
the maintenance of farm income, and
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bringing about a balance between production, and utilization of
agricultural products.'' The collection of information in this request
is based on the AMA, title II, subtitle A, Sec. 203, principally,
paragraphs (b), (g), and (k) that direct the Secretary of Agriculture
to determine agricultural marketing costs and develop efficient
marketing methods to reduce the price spread between producer and
consumer; to collect and disseminate marketing information to bring
about a balance between production and utilization of agricultural
products; and to collect, tabulate, and disseminate agricultural
marketing statistics.
Under this authority, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News (LPGMN) Division works to
provide timely information of prices, supply, demands, trends,
movement, and other details affecting the trade of livestock, poultry,
meat, eggs, grain, and their related products, as well as locally
produced and marketed products. The information requested is used to
compile and disseminate market reports that provide current, unbiased
information to all stakeholders in the U.S. agricultural industry.
Need and Use of the Information: Information is used by the private
sector to make economic decisions to establish market values for
application in contracts or settlement value, and to address specific
concerns or issues related to trade agreements and disputes as well as
being used by educational institutions, specifically, agricultural
colleges and universities. Government agencies such as the Foreign
Agricultural Service, Economic Research Service and the National
Agricultural Statistics Service use market news data in the performance
of their missions. LPGMN reports provide interested segments of the
market chain and the general public with unbiased comprehensive
livestock, poultry, meat, eggs, wool, grain market data which helps
equalize the competitive position of all market participants. The
absence of these data would deny primary and secondary users
information that otherwise would be available to aid them in their
production and marketing decisions, analyses, research and knowledge of
current market conditions. The omission of these data could adversely
affect prices, supply, and demand.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 3,220.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Weekly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 17,970.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-23952 Filed 10-30-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-02-P
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