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  • 2025-02453 — Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 9301
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Department of Agriculture is seeking feedback on proposed changes to its information collection requirements, which are being submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) plans to update the Agricultural Surveys Program to enhance cost efficiency and maintain public data products. Notably, the June Area Survey methodology will change, and the annual July Cattle Survey will be reinstated. Comments on these proposed changes should be submitted by March 13, 2025, and will help ensure the continued accuracy and utility of agricultural data, which benefits farmers, markets, and policymakers.

    Simple Explanation

    The Department of Agriculture wants to make some changes to how they collect and use farm data, but they want to hear what people think about these changes first to make sure the numbers stay helpful for farmers and others. They need everyone’s opinions sent in by March 13, 2025, so they can make sure they’re doing a good job.

  • 2021-02643 — Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
    Type:Notice
    Citation:86 FR 8753
    Reading Time:about 4 minutes

    The Department of Agriculture plans to submit an information collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The request involves the Agricultural Surveys Program, which collects data to help make estimates about crop production, livestock inventories, and more. Due to COVID-19, many changes were made to the surveys for 2020, such as suspending face-to-face interviews. For 2021, some survey questions were modified to allow data collection via telephone, continuing social distancing efforts. The program is crucial for providing farmers, policymakers, and others with necessary agricultural statistics, and it has a large number of respondents, predominantly farms and ranches.

    Simple Explanation

    The Department of Agriculture wants to ask many farmers questions to learn about crops and animals, but because of COVID-19, they changed how they ask these questions, now using phone calls instead of meeting in person. They need a special permission to continue asking these questions in this new way.