Mar 3 -- The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) invites comments to OMB about the proposed substantive change to the Fruit, Nuts, and Specialty Crops surveys.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is seeking approval for this substantive change request to the Fruit, Nuts, and Specialty Crops surveys information collection request. NASS seeks approval to make substantive changes to the Maple Syrup Survey. The Maple Syrup Survey questionnaire changes and resulting data series that will not add any additional burden for the Fruit, Nuts, and Specialty Crops Survey information collection request. The changes to the questionnaire and data series are a consolidation of production and sales data that resulted from members of the Maple Industry approaching NASS with suggestions to improve the Maple data series and resulting questionnaire.
Data reported on fruit, nut, and specialty crops are used by NASS to estimate crop acreage, yield, production, utilization, price, and value in States with significant commercial production. These estimates are essential to farmers, processors, importers and exporters, shipping companies, cold storage facilities and handlers in making production and marketing decisions. Estimates from these inquiries are used by market order administrators in their determination of expected crop supplies under federal and State market orders.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 74,450.
NASS Fruit and Nut Surveys
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Fruits_and_Nuts/index.php
NASS submission to OMB:
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202302-0535-004 Click IC List for information collection instrument, View Supporting Statement for technical documentation. Submit comments through this webpage.
FRN:
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-04431
For AEA members wishing to submit comments, "A Primer on How to Respond to Calls for Comment on Federal Data Collections" is available at
https://www.aeaweb.org/content/file?id=5806
