USDA Wants Input on Farm Price Surveys
Published Date: 6/10/2026
Notice
Summary
The Department of Agriculture is asking for your thoughts on a new info collection about farm prices. If you’re involved in agriculture or just curious, your feedback can help make the process easier and clearer. You’ve got until July 10, 2026, to share your ideas—no cost, just your voice!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Price Data Used for Federal Payments and Fees
NASS price estimates will be used by Federal agencies to compute Parity Prices, estimate value of production and cash receipts, set levels for farmer-owned reserves, provide guidelines for Risk Management Agency price options, determine Federal disaster prices to be paid, input into NIPA and GDP, support ERS net farm income projections, and determine grazing fees on Federal lands.
New Annual Hay Price Survey Burden
The USDA/NASS is adding an Annual Hay Prices collection to OMB Control No. 0535-0003. The new annual hay survey will be conducted annually, increases total respondent burden by 210 hours, and is part of a program that now lists 40,500 respondents and 25,415 total burden hours across weekly, monthly, quarterly, biennial, and annual surveys.
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