[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 76065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21069]


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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 October 17, 2024. 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.

National Agricultural Statistics Service

    Title: 2024 Tenure, Ownership, and Transition of Agricultural Land 
(TOTAL) Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0240.
    Summary of Collection: The 2024 Tenure, Ownership, and Transition 
of Agricultural Land (TOTAL) is an integral part of the 2022 Census of 
Agriculture and is conducted under the authority of the Census of 
Agriculture Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105-113). This law requires the 
Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a census of agriculture in 1998 and 
every fifth year following 1998. The primary functions of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare and issue State 
and national estimates of crop and livestock production, disposition, 
and prices and to collect information on related environmental and 
economic factors.
    Need and Use of the Information: TOTAL will be conducted as a 
follow-on survey to the 2022 Census of Agriculture and will use two 
questionnaires, one for farm operators and one for landlords who do not 
farm. The survey will obtain data to accurately define the economic 
status of U.S. farm operations and households. Detailed, farm level, 
economic data are essential for making informed decisions relating to 
the farming industry. The combined data series will yield a complete 
picture of farm expenses and land ownership of American farmland.
    Approximately every ten years (coinciding with the Census of 
Agriculture), a survey of farmland ownership and farm operators 
regarding farm revenues and expenses is conducted. We propose to field 
TOTAL to address this need. In intervening years, the Agricultural 
Resource Management Survey Phase 3 (ARMS 3) (OMB #0535-0275), an 
economic survey with content similar to the farm operator portion of 
the decennial survey, is conducted. Accordingly, in this proposal to 
field TOTAL, we also propose to suspend ARMS 3 for the 2024 crop year 
(would have been enumerated in 2025) to minimize respondent burden as 
well as to remove possible duplication of data.
    This is a reinstatement with change, of the TOTAL survey to be 
conducted as a follow-on survey to the 2022 Census of Agriculture. 
Changes from the previous TOTAL survey include collecting data from all 
50 States as opposed to excluding Alaska and Hawaii as in previous 
surveys. Alaska and Hawaii will be included in published landlord 
statistics for other States and not individually like what will be 
published for the 15 largest agricultural producing States based on 
value of sales (core States).
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 89,600.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 115,055.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-21069 Filed 9-16-24; 8:45 am]
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