[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 131 (Monday, July 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41097-41098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14660]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information 
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date 
of publication of this notice. Comments are requested regarding: (1) 
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; (2) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.
    Comments regarding these information collections are best assured 
of having their full effect if received by August 10, 2022. Written 
comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection 
should be submitted, identified by docket number 0535-0264, within 30 
days of the publication of this notice by any of the following methods:
     Email: [email protected]. Include docket number 
above in the subject line of the message.
     E-fax: 855-838-6382.
     Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions to: 
Richard Hopper, NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Room 5336 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 
20250-2024.
     Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: Richard Hopper, 
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 South 
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-2024.
    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 (NASS)

    Title: Land Leasing Survey in Oklahoma.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0264.
    Summary of Collection: The primary objectives of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare and issue 
official State and national estimates of crop and livestock production, 
disposition and prices, economic statistics, and environmental 
statistics related to agriculture and to conduct the Census of 
Agriculture and its follow-on surveys. NASS will conduct a survey of 
agricultural operations in Oklahoma. Selected farmers will be asked to 
provide data on rent & acreage as well as form of the lease agreement 
for operations with the following lease agreements: (1) cash rent for 
selected crops, (2) share rent, (3) pasture leases, winter grazing, and 
recreational leases. General authority for these data collection 
activities is granted under U.S.C. Title 7, Section 2204.
    Need and Use of the Information: Oklahoma State University, as well 
as many farmers and ranchers in Oklahoma, have been interested in land 
rental rates for agricultural operations in greater detail than what is 
provided in the Cash Rents and Leases Survey used to satisfy the 
requirement originally specified in the 2008 Farm Bill and conducted 
under Office of Management and Budget approval number 0535-0002.
    To assist producers with this data need, the Oklahoma State 
University, Department of Agricultural Economics (OSU-DAE), has been 
collecting and publishing statistical estimates biennially for more 
than 30 years--before USDA-NASS was tasked with the Cash Rents County 
Estimates. The OSU-DAE obtained statistics to assist producers in 
making sound rental agreements. Due to the diverse nature of the state, 
OSU-DAE felt it necessary to provide more descriptive land breakouts

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such as pasture estimates into native pasture and improved pasture due 
to large price differences and input costs associated with each type of 
pasture.
    A data request highlighted this limit: A data user (landlord) was 
trying to re-negotiate the rental rate with their lessee on a large 
amount of Bermuda grass pastureland. They were given the pasture rate 
from the USDA-NASS 2017 Cash Rents Survey for the county ($10/ac), 
district ($12/ac), and the State ($13/ac). The data user was able to 
find the OSU-DAE pasture rates for 2016/2017 for Bermuda (Improved 
Pasture) in his Region ($24.55) and at the State level ($22.79). The 
data user would have lost $12 to $14/per acre if used only the USDA-
NASS Cash Rents Survey data alone.
    Description of Respondents: Farmers and ranchers in Oklahoma.
    Number of Respondents: 2,700.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: One a year.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,022.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-14660 Filed 7-8-22; 8:45 am]
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