[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 20466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08785]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

National Agricultural Statistics Service


Notice of Intent To Discontinue the Annual Publication of the 
Prices Paid Data

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to discontinue the annual publication of 
prices paid data in the April Prices report. NASS will continue to 
publish monthly Prices Paid Indexes.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the intention of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to discontinue the publication 
of annual prices paid data. These data include prices paid for fuels, 
feed, seeds, fertilizer, machinery, and chemicals. These prices were 
published each year in the April Agricultural Prices report. NASS will 
continue to collect data on prices paid by farmers and use those data 
to generate the monthly indexes published in the monthly Prices report. 
The Prices Paid surveys and publications are approved under OMB #0535-
0003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R. Renee Picanso, Associate 
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-4333, or through the NASS OMB 
Clearance Officer at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Discontinuation of the Prices Paid Data found in the April 
2015 Agricultural Prices publication.
    OMB Control Numbers: 0535-0003.
    Expiration Dates of Approval: May 31, 2016.
    Type of Request: To discontinue the publication of data from the 
Prices Paid Surveys.
    Abstract: The primary functions of the National Agricultural 
Statistics Service include the collection of data and the preparation 
and issuance of state and national estimates of crop and livestock 
production, disposition, prices, and environmental and economic 
factors. On March 11, 2015, NASS announced via agricultural news media, 
Prices report subscribers and its Web site that it would be modifying 
the Agricultural Prices program. www.nass.usda.gov/Newsroom/Notices/03_11_2015a.asp.
    For more information about the NASS Prices program, visit: 
www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Prices/index.asp
    Agricultural farm input price data for 2014 and prior years are 
available at www.nass.usda.gov.
    Timeline: NASS will discontinue this information publication as of 
April 16, 2015.
    Authority: These data were collected under authority of 7 U.S.C. 
2204(a) (General Duties of the Secretary of Agriculture). Individually 
identifiable data collected under this authority are governed by 
Section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which 
requires USDA to afford strict confidentiality to non-aggregated data 
provided by respondents.
    Estimate of Burden: There will be no change in public reporting 
burden for this collection of information.

    Signed at Washington, DC, April 1, 2015.
Joseph T. Reilly,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2015-08785 Filed 4-15-15; 8:45 am]
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