The Department of Agriculture is seeking public comments on a proposed information collection related to estimating daily livestock slaughter under federal inspection. This request is part of the Paperwork Reduction Act process and comments are due by March 1, 2021. The information helps the Agricultural Marketing Service make market outlook projections and maintain statistical data. The data collected from businesses, individuals, and farms is important for making informed marketing decisions, especially because the government is a significant purchaser of meat.
Simple Explanation
The Department of Agriculture wants to find out how many animals are being processed for meat every day and they are asking people to share this information. They promise to listen to everyone’s ideas about how to make the process easy and fair, but they haven’t said exactly how or how much it will cost.