Notice2024-08704
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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April 24, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31127-31129]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08704]
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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 24, 2024. 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
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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 (NASS)
Title: Vegetable Surveys--Substantive Change.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0037.
Summary of Collection: The primary function of the National
Agricultural Statistics (NASS) is to prepare and issue current official
state and national estimates of crop and livestock production, prices
and disposition. The Vegetable Surveys Program obtains basic
agricultural statistics for fresh market and processing vegetables in
major producing States. The vegetable program has two types of
utilization: some crops are processing only, some are fresh market
only, and others are dual crops (both processing and fresh market). The
vegetable program surveys growers, who are contacted in November and
asked to report acres planted and harvested, quantity of vegetables
produced, and how much of their crop was sold through fresh markets or
for processing along with the correlating prices.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is requesting a
substantive change to the Vegetable Surveys information collection
request (OMB No. 0535-0037) for program changes. Every five years NASS
conducts a program review following the completion of the Census of
Agriculture. The program changes balance resources across all of the
programs included in the annual estimating program, which represents
over 400 individual reports across multiple Information Collection
Requests (ICRs). This substantive change is to accommodate the
vegetable program changes that affect this ICR. The methodology,
publication dates, burden and data collection plan do not change as
result of these program changes.
Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information to
estimate acreage intended to plant, acreage planted, acreage harvested,
yield/production, price, and utilization for the various crops. The
estimates provide vital statistics for growers, processors, and
marketers to use in making production and marketing decisions.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 11,140.
Frequency of Responses: Annually; Other (seasonally).
Total Burden Hours: 4,998.
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Title: Objective Yield Surveys--Substantive Change.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0088.
Summary of Collection: General authority for these data collection
activities is granted under U.S. Code title 7, section 2204 which
specifies that ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and
preserve all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain . .
. by the collection of statistics . . .''. The primary objective of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to provide data
users with timely and reliable agricultural production and economic
statistics, as well as environmental and specialty agricultural related
statistics. To accomplish this objective, NASS relies on the use of
diverse surveys that show changes within the farming industry over
time.
The primary functions of the National Agricultural Statistics
Services' (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. The
Field Crops Production Program consists of probability field crops
surveys and supplemental panel surveys. These surveys are extremely
valuable for commodities where acreage and yield are published at the
county level. NASS will use surveys to collect information through a
combination of the internet, mail, telephone, and personnel interviews.
The general authority for these data collection activities is granted
under U.S. Code title 7, section 2204.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is requesting a
substantive change to the Field Crops Production information collection
request (OMB No. 0535-0088) for program changes. Every five years NASS
conducts a program review following the completion of the Census of
Agriculture. The program changes in this change request balance
resources across all of the programs included in the annual estimating
program ensuring NASS' annual statistical program aligns with its
appropriation. This substantive change is to accommodate the field crop
program changes that affect this ICR. The changes in this request
decreases burden hours.
Need and Use of The Information: 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 estimates provide vital statistics for growers,
processors, and marketers to use in making production and marketing
decisions.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 12,550.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually, Monthly.
Total Burden Hours: 4,062.
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Title: Agricultural Surveys Program--Substantive Change.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0213.
Summary of Collection: General authority for these data collection
activities is granted under U.S. Code title 7, section 2204 which
specifies that ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall procure and
preserve all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain . .
. by the collection of statistics . . .''. The primary objective of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is to provide data
users with timely and reliable agricultural production and economic
statistics, as well as environmental and specialty agricultural related
statistics. To accomplish this objective, NASS relies on the use of
diverse surveys that show changes within the farming industry over
time.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is requesting a
substantive change to the Agricultural Surveys Program information
collection request (OMB No. 0535-0213) for program changes. Every five
years NASS conducts a program review following the completion of the
Census of Agriculture. The program changes in this change request
balance resources across all of the programs included in the annual
estimating program ensuring NASS' annual statistical program aligns
with its appropriation. This substantive change is to accommodate the
livestock program changes that affect this ICR. The changes in this
request decreases burden hours.
Need and Use of the Information: The surveys provide the basis for
estimates of the current season's crop and livestock production and
supplies of grain in storage. Crop and livestock statistics help
develop a stable economic atmosphere and reduce risk for production,
marketing, and distribution operations. These commodities affect the
well being of the nation's farmers, commodities markets, and national
and global agricultural policy. Users of agricultural statistics are
farm organizations, agribusiness,
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state and national farm policy makers, and foreign buyers of
agricultural products but the primary user of the statistical
information is the producer. Agricultural statistics are also used to
plan and administer other related federal and state programs in such
areas as school lunch program, conservation, foreign trade, education,
and recreation. Collecting the information less frequent would
eliminate needed data to keep the government and agricultural industry
abreast of changes at the state and national levels.
Description of Respondents: Farms and Ranches.
Number of Respondents: 491,600.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly; Semi-annually;
Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 178,479.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-08704 Filed 4-23-24; 8:45 am]
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