USDA seeks OMB approval for farm resource and chemical use surveys
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This notice asks the public to comment on USDA’s request to continue collecting data for the Agricultural Resource Management Surveys and Chemical Use Surveys. The surveys gather annual information from farms and agribusinesses on input use, production practices, costs, farm finances, and chemical use, which USDA uses to track farm conditions and inform pesticide-related decisions. Farm operators and other for-profit respondents may be contacted each year, with an estimated 116,583 respondents and 51,364 total burden hours annually. Comments are due within 30 days of publication, with best effect if received by June 1, 2026.
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Key Changes
- USDA is asking OMB to renew approval for farm resource and chemical use data collection.
- The notice opens a public comment period on whether the surveys are necessary, accurate, useful, and low-burden.
- The annual survey load is estimated at 116,583 respondents and 51,364 burden hours.
Obligations
What this law requires
Potential respondents should submit written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection on the OMB review website within 30 days of publication of the notice; comments are best assured of full effect if received by June 1, 2026.
Commenters on USDA’s information-collection request should submit written comments through reginfo.gov for the Agricultural Resource Management Phases 1 & 2 and Chemical Use Surveys, ideally by June 1, 2026, and within 30 days of publication at the latest to ensure full effect.
Commenters may submit written comments and recommendations on the proposed information collection via www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain, selecting 'Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments' or using the search function.
Potential respondents to USDA information collections are not required to respond unless the collection displays a currently valid OMB control number.
USDA may not conduct or sponsor the information collection unless the collection displays a currently valid OMB control number and potential respondents are informed they are not required to respond absent a valid OMB control number.