Notice2025-22663
Notice of Intent To Request Revision and Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection
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December 12, 2025
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Agriculture DepartmentNational Agricultural Statistics Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to request revision and extension of a currently approved information collection, the Agricultural Resource Management Phase 3 Economic Surveys.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 237 (Friday, December 12, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57728-57729]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22663]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request Revision and Extension of a Currently
Approved 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 request revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection, the Agricultural Resource Management
Phase 3 Economic Surveys.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by February 10, 2026 to
be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 0535-
0275, by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e48b89868b82828d878196a48a859797ca91978085ca838b92"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="610e0c030e070708020413210f0012124f141205004f060e17">[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: NASS
OMB 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: NASS OMB Clearance
Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 1400
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jody R. McDaniel, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-2707. Copies of this information
collection and related instructions can be obtained without charge from
NASS OMB Clearance Officer, at (202) 720-2206 or at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e71737c717878777d7b6c5e707f6d6d306b6d7a7f30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c4aba9a6aba2a2ada7a1b684aaa5b7b7eab1b7a0a5eaa3abb2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Agricultural Resource Management Phase 3 Economic Surveys.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0275.
Expiration Date of Current Approval: June 30, 2026.
Type of Request: To revise and extend a currently approved
information collection for a period of three years.
Abstract: The Agricultural Resource Management Surveys (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 at both
the whole-farm level and for selected commodities.
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. These include annual
whole-farm financial data sufficient to estimate income by type of
operation, loan commodities, operator household income, credit, farm
structure and organization; as well as marketing information and other
economic data related to 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. ARMS data are also used to develop the Prices Paid
Index, a component of the Parity Index referenced in the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended. These indexes are used to calculate
the annual federal grazing fee rates under the Public Rangelands
Improvement Act of 1978 and Executive Order 12548, and as promulgated
in regulations at 36 CFR 222.51, as amended.
In addition, ARMS data support estimates of sector-wide production
expenditures and other income components used by the USDA Economic
Research Service (ERS) to construct national income and value-added
estimates. These are transmitted to the U.S. Department of Commerce,
Bureau of Economic Analysis, for use in calculating Gross Domestic
Product (GDP), in accordance with a 1956 agreement between the Office
of Management and Budget and the Departments of Agriculture and
Commerce to publish a single set of farm income estimates.
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 Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2018, Title III of Public Law
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: The public reporting burden for this collection
of information is estimated to average approximately 22 minutes per
respondent.
Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, farm managers, farm contractors,
and farm households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: Approximately 48,500 respondents
will be sampled annually.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: Approximately 71,000
hours per 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
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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 10, 2025.
Jody R. McDaniel,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2025-22663 Filed 12-11-25; 8:45 am]
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