[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81465-81466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33285]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

 December 22, 2011.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building, 
Washington, DC; [email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and 
to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, 
Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these information 
collections are best assured of having their full effect if received 
within 30 days of publication of this notification. Copies of the 
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8681.
    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

    Title: Field Crops Objective Yield.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0088.
    Summary of Collection: The primary function of the National 
Agricultural

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Statistics Service (NASS) is to prepare and issue current official 
State and national estimates of crop and livestock production. General 
authority for these data collection activities is granted under U.S. 
Code Title 7, Section 2204. This statue specifies the ``The Secretary 
of Agriculture shall procure and preserve all information concerning 
agriculture which he can obtain * * * by the collection of statistics * 
* * and shall distribute them among agriculturists''. Data is collected 
provides yield estimates for corn, cotton, potatoes, soybeans and 
wheat. The yield estimates are extremely important because they're used 
in conjunction with price data to estimate production and in making 
policy decisions in agricultural sectors.
    Need and Use of the Information: NASS will collect information on 
sample fields of, corn, cotton, potatoes, soybeans, and winter wheat. 
The information will be used by USDA to anticipate loan receipts and 
pricing of loan stocks for grains. Farmers and businesses use the 
production estimates in marketing decisions to evaluate expected prices 
and to determine when to sell.
    Description of Respondents: Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 8,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly during growing season.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,820.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-33285 Filed 12-27-11; 8:45 am]
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