[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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