Reply Letter to Dr. Dennis Fixler, BEA

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

May 28, 2020
Dr. Dennis J. Fixler
Chief Economist
U.S. Department of Commerce
Bureau of Economic Analysis
1441 L Street NW
Washington, DC 20230

Dear Dr. Fixler and Ms. Burrell,
Thank you for the letter of support and sharing the specific uses that BEA has of the
data. NASS evaluates our programs every five years following the Census of Agriculture
to see what changes can be made to improve and strengthen our data in order to better
serve the needs of our data users. Currently, we are only looking at two minor program
changes to the prices docket. We have moved the sweet corn prices to the vegetable
docket (0535-0037) and the collection of data for raw sugar has been moved to our
Field Crops docket (0535-0002).
All other changes to this group of surveys are just minor adjustments to the sample
sizes due to changes in the target population since the previous approval in October
2017.
We will keep you informed of any future modifications.

Again, many thanks!
Sincerely,
Digitally signed by JOSEPH

JOSEPH PARSONS PARSONS

Date: 2020.05.29 08:00:01 -04'00'

Joseph L. Parsons
Chairperson, Agricultural Statistics Board
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

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