USDA Extends Farmer Economic Data Collection Surveys
Published Date: 12/12/2025
Notice
Summary
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service plans to update and extend its Agricultural Resource Management Phase 3 Economic Surveys for three more years. This affects farmers and agricultural businesses who provide important economic info. They’re asking for public comments by February 10, 2026, to help shape the changes—no big cost changes expected, just smoother data collection!
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Survey Data Support Fee and GDP Estimates
ARMS Phase 3 data are used to produce estimates that feed into annual federal grazing fee rates (under the Public Rangelands Improvement Act and related regulations) and to develop national income and value-added estimates transmitted for use in calculating Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
ARMS Phase 3 Extended Three Years
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service intends to revise and extend the Agricultural Resource Management Phase 3 Economic Surveys for a period of three years. The current approval expires on June 30, 2026, and NASS is accepting public comments by February 10, 2026 (docket number 0535-0275).
Estimated Time Burden for Respondents
NASS estimates the public reporting burden for this collection averages approximately 22 minutes per respondent. About 48,500 respondents will be sampled annually, producing an estimated total annual burden of approximately 71,000 hours per year.
Confidentiality Protections for Data
Individually identifiable data collected under this authority are governed by 7 U.S.C. 2276 and the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2018, Title III of Public Law 115-435, which require strict confidentiality for non-aggregated respondent data.
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