[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74403-74404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23952]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 
are requested regarding: 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; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 November 30, 2023. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function
    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.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0033.
    Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1621-1627) (AMA), as amended, authorizes the Secretary of 
Agriculture ``to collect and disseminate marketing information, 
including adequate outlook information on a market-area basis, for the 
purpose of anticipating and meeting consumer requirements, aiding in 
the maintenance of farm income, and

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bringing about a balance between production, and utilization of 
agricultural products.'' The collection of information in this request 
is based on the AMA, title II, subtitle A, Sec.  203, principally, 
paragraphs (b), (g), and (k) that direct the Secretary of Agriculture 
to determine agricultural marketing costs and develop efficient 
marketing methods to reduce the price spread between producer and 
consumer; to collect and disseminate marketing information to bring 
about a balance between production and utilization of agricultural 
products; and to collect, tabulate, and disseminate agricultural 
marketing statistics.
    Under this authority, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) 
Livestock, Poultry, and Grain Market News (LPGMN) Division works to 
provide timely information of prices, supply, demands, trends, 
movement, and other details affecting the trade of livestock, poultry, 
meat, eggs, grain, and their related products, as well as locally 
produced and marketed products. The information requested is used to 
compile and disseminate market reports that provide current, unbiased 
information to all stakeholders in the U.S. agricultural industry.
    Need and Use of the Information: Information is used by the private 
sector to make economic decisions to establish market values for 
application in contracts or settlement value, and to address specific 
concerns or issues related to trade agreements and disputes as well as 
being used by educational institutions, specifically, agricultural 
colleges and universities. Government agencies such as the Foreign 
Agricultural Service, Economic Research Service and the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service use market news data in the performance 
of their missions. LPGMN reports provide interested segments of the 
market chain and the general public with unbiased comprehensive 
livestock, poultry, meat, eggs, wool, grain market data which helps 
equalize the competitive position of all market participants. The 
absence of these data would deny primary and secondary users 
information that otherwise would be available to aid them in their 
production and marketing decisions, analyses, research and knowledge of 
current market conditions. The omission of these data could adversely 
affect prices, supply, and demand.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 3,220.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Weekly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 17,970.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-23952 Filed 10-30-23; 8:45 am]
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