USDA Continues Surveys on Farm Practices and Chemicals
Published Date: 12/12/2025
Notice
Summary
The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service wants to update and keep collecting important farm info through the Agricultural Resources Management Survey and Chemical Use Surveys for three more years. Farmers and others involved in agriculture will be asked about their practices and chemical use. If you want to share your thoughts, make sure to comment by February 10, 2026—this helps keep the data accurate and useful without costing extra money.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
ARMS and Chemical Use Surveys Continued
If you are a farmer, rancher, farm manager, farm contractor, or farm household, NASS intends to revise and extend the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) Phases 1 and 2 and the Chemical Use Surveys for a period of three years. About 118,000 respondents will be sampled annually, fewer than 20 percent will be contacted more than once per year, and the agency estimates an average respondent burden of about 8 minutes per response.
Legal Confidentiality for Survey Responses
If you provide answers to these surveys, NASS says individually identifiable data will be kept strictly confidential 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. NASS requires employees and contractors to comply with these confidentiality protections.
Opportunity to Comment by Feb 10, 2026
Stakeholders who want to comment on the proposed revision and extension can submit comments identified by docket number 0535-0218. Comments must be received by February 10, 2026 to be assured of consideration.
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