USDA Wants to Keep Counting Farm Stuff, Seeks Paperwork Renewal
Published Date: 12/12/2025
Notice
Summary
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service plans to update and extend its Current Agricultural Industrial Reports for three more years. This affects farmers, ranchers, and businesses who provide data on crops and livestock. Comments are open until February 10, 2026, so get your thoughts in soon—this helps keep important farm info accurate without costing extra money.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
CAIR Revised and Extended Three Years
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) intends to revise and extend the Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (CAIR) information collection for a period of three years. This affects farmers, ranchers, and managers of processing facilities (including ethanol plants, cotton gins, and flour mills) who provide data on crops, livestock, and processing.
Estimated Time Burden and Scope
NASS estimates the public reporting burden at 10 to 40 minutes per response, with publicity materials adding about 15 minutes per respondent annually. NASS estimates 650 respondents, a total annual burden of 2,400 hours, and that email/text reminders will add about 190 hours annually; for respondents who decline, 2 minutes of burden per contact attempt is applied.
Statutory Confidentiality Protections
NASS will use information collected only for statistical purposes and will publish only aggregated data. Individually identifiable responses are protected under Section 1770 of the Food Security Act (7 U.S.C. 2276) and the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2018.
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