Notice2025-11042
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Reinstatement
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Published
June 16, 2025
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25202-25203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11042]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Reinstatement
The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and reinstatement 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 July 16, 2025. 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.
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National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
Title: Local Food Marketing Practices Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0259.
Summary of Collection: The information to be gathered in the Local
Food Marketing Practices Survey (LFMPS) is vital to the USDA's and the
public's understanding of the local foods sector, which in turn informs
policymaking and program implementation. Section 10016(a)(1)(A) of the
2014 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 113-79) directs USDA to collect data on ``the
production and marketing of locally or regionally produced agricultural
food products,'' while Section 10016(b)(2) requires the Department to
``conduct surveys and analysis and publish reports relating to the
production, handling, distribution, retail sales, and trend studies . .
. of or on locally or regionally produced agricultural food products.''
This survey fulfills those requirements. Federal funding to the local
foods sector has increased under the 2002 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 107-171),
the 2008 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 110-246), the 2014 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 113-
79), and the 2018 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 115-334). The LFMPS is a follow-on
to the Census of Agriculture that is conducted every five years and was
last completed for the 2020 calendar year (2017 Census of Agriculture).
There are no significant changes to the methodology or procedures from
what was conducted in 2021 for the 2020 calendar year (2017 Census of
Agriculture).
Need and Use of the Information: The Local Food Marketing Practices
Survey (LFMPS) is valuable because local farms have different business
models than conventional farms, and the LFMPS is able to discern
important data that are otherwise unavailable from pre-existing farmer
surveys. This includes details on different types of market channels
used, information about on-farm value-added processing, and outreach
and advertising directly to community members and shoppers. Food and
agriculture economists and other researchers in university, government,
and nonprofit sectors analyze and rely on the data in this survey to
understand local food marketing practices, make programmatic decisions,
and support farms and related food production, aggregation, and
distribution businesses.
Because the survey gathers data on production, risk management, and
marketing practices, it will be used by a number of USDA agencies and
federal policymakers to inform their policies and programs. Just some
of the USDA agencies that will benefit from this data are Farm Service
Agency (FSA), Risk Management Agency (RMA), Rural Development (RD),
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), and Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS). Farms in all 50 states will be asked to provide these data.
Statistics from this survey will be used by state agencies to better
understand, support, and promote their local food markets, as well as
by researchers studying local foods.
Description of Respondents: Farmers and Ranchers.
Number of Respondents: 65,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 73,841.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-11042 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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