Notice2026-05094
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
March 16, 2026
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12551-12552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05094]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
March 12, 2026.
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 15, 2026. 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.
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) to increase the sample size for
the Crop Acreage and Grain Stocks (Quarterly Agricultural Surveys),
reinstate the Agricultural Coverage Evaluation Survey (ACES), and
update the June Area Survey questionnaire to be fully compliant with
Statistical Policy directive No. 15: Standards for Maintaining,
Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (SPD-15).
The changes in this request increase 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, 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
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industry abreast of changes at the state and national levels.
Description of Respondents: Farms and Ranches.
Number of Respondents: 596,600.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly; Semi-annually;
Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 206,959.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-05094 Filed 3-13-26; 8:45 am]
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