Non-substantive Change Request - (0535-0003) Iowa Marketing Year Average Price Survey

August 2019

Non-substantive Change Request

(0535-0003) Iowa Marketing Year Average Price Survey

NASS is currently approved to conduct the Grain Prices Received by Farmers Survey. Iowa State Law (Iowa Administrative Code, Chapter 71 – Assessment Practices & Equalization – 701-71.12) states that the Iowa Department of Revenue use NASS district Marketing Year Average prices along with data from Iowa State University, the Farm Service Agency, and other sources in determining the productivity and net earning capacity of agricultural real estate. The net earning capacity of agricultural real estate will be used in land value calculations for property tax valuations.

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) entered into a cooperative agreement with NASS to produce district level grain prices received by farmers for corn, soybeans, and oats for crop year 2019. The IDALS requests a follow-up contact for operations that do not report seven or more months during the marketing year to complete a marketing year average form that is like the approved Grain Prices Received by Farmers Survey. This form is included and is titled “Marketing Year Average Prices Survey”. The only change from the approved form includes adding an additional column for branch, city, or county to assist reporters with multiple facilities:

The average burden minutes for the Marketing Year Average Prices Survey will be the same as the already approved Grain Prices Received by Farmers Survey, 10 minutes per response.

It is estimated that 200 respondents will be surveyed once each crop year. Allowing additional burden for the completion of the questionnaire, reading the cover letter, and allowances for reading the instructions for accessing the on-line questionnaire there will be a net increase of 70 burden hours.

The questionnaire is loaded into the ROCIS system.