Ag Department Begs for Comments on Secretive OMB Review Request
Published Date: 11/24/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Agriculture wants your thoughts on a new info collection for the Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Program. This affects farmers growing specialty crops who might get payments under this program. You’ve got until December 24, 2025, to share your comments, helping make the process easier and clearer without extra hassle or cost.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Up to $200M for Specialty Crops
If you grow specialty crops, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) will issue up to $200,000,000 in CARES Act payments to help eligible specialty crop operations pay for on-farm food safety certification and related expenses through the Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops Program (FSCSC).
Application Forms and Paperwork Burden
To get FSCSC payments, applicants must submit form FSA-888 and must have AD-2047 (Customer Data Worksheet) and SF-3881 (ACH Vendor/Miscellaneous Payment Enrollment Form) on file with FSA. The notice estimates 2,500 respondents and a total of 2,650 burden hours for this information collection.
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