Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Post-harvest Chemical Use Surveys

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form QID 113310 Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Post-harvest Chemical Use Surveys Form and Instruction	Modified
Assessing the Effect of Calibration on Nonresonse Bias in 2008.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-12-16
PIA - NASS UNIX MA Oct. 2011.doc Supplementary Document	2011-10-17
0218-arms-2011_PartB.docx Supporting Statement B	2011-12-20
0218-arms-2011_PartA.docx Supporting Statement A	2011-12-20
2006_veg_chem_backgrounder.doc Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
0218-ARMS II - 2011_Backgrounder_Final.doc Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
0218-ARMS III 2010_ARMS_Customizable_News_Release_FINAL.docx Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
0218-ARMS III -2010_ARMS_Appointment_Letter_FINAL.doc Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
2006 PHCUS Respondent Letter - Oats.doc Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
2006_veg_chem_respondent_letter.doc Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
2011_ARMS_I_Presurvey_Letter_Template.doc Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
Endorsement Letter - Potato Council.doc Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
postharvest_chem_background.doc Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
2006_veg_chem_ltr_to_assns.doc Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
2006_veg_chem_newsrelease.doc Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
3-draft_ltr_for_assn_to-send.doc Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
0218-ARMS II Chem Use 2011 postcard 4x6 prime.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
0218-ARMS II_Brochure.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
0218-ARMS II_Magazine Advertisement.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-28
NASDA-004_revised_mar2007.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-27
PIA-Surveys.doc Supplementary Document	2011-09-27
EDR General Instructions Page.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-27
0218 - Economic Research Service - Briefing Rooms.docx Supplementary Document	2011-09-27
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Post Harvest Wheat 2010.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-27
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Wheat 2009.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-27
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Corn, Cotton, and Fall Potatoes 2010.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-27
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Vegetable Crops - 2010.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-27
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Fruit Crops - 2009.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-27
0218 - Organic Dairy Farming - ERS - 2009.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-27
0218 - Marketing Organic Foods - ERS - 2009.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-27
0218 - Agricultural Income and Finance Outlook - ERS - 2010.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-27
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Field Crops Summary - 2008.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-27
0218 - Farm Production Expenditures - 2010 Summary.pdf Supplementary Document	2011-09-27

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
185364	Non-Responses Other-Non-response statement	Modified
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Post-harvest Chemical Use Surveys Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0535-0218	ICR Reference No: 201109-0535-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201006-0535-002
Agency/Subagency: USDA/NASS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Post-harvest Chemical Use Surveys
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 12/20/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/31/2011
Terms of Clearance: Terms of Clearance: This information collection is approved for 1 year only. NASS and OMB have agreed on the following actions and deliverables in advance of the next submission of the ARMS ICR to OMB: 1. NASS will hold a meeting with the OIRA desk officer no later than the end of February, 2012 to discuss the information collection request agency preparation and OIRA review process. This will not be a discussion on the purpose of ARMS, but a project management and review discussion. The PRA and implementation regulations will be reviewed by the OIRA desk officer. Submission schedules, staff assignments and responsibilities for docket preparation will be reviewed. 2. OIRA expects that information collection instruments will not be printed in advance of PRA clearance in the future, and that the agency’s scheduling will allow at least 120+ days for public comment and OIRA review, as described in the PRA (60 day public notice + 30 day public notice + 30 day review period prior to OIRA’s being required to respond to the request). 3. The supporting statements for the next ARMS ICR will reference specific actions taken to address NAS 2007 report recommendations. A comprehensive response to the NAS 2007 report will be presented to the OIRA desk officer in draft form no later than the end of February, 2012 and in final form within the next ARMS ICR’s supplemental materials. This response will include a schedule of actions with estimated date of completion, staff assignment, priority ranking, and completion status. 4. Supporting statement A will be revised to reference, with limited exception, only the current ARMS information collection procedures. Supporting statement questions B.1 and B.2 will be revised to describe the sampling frame and raking process such that population controls source and raking weights will be clearly identified. Recalibration of weights to adjust for nonresponse bias and transmission of those weights to data users will be discussed. 5. Instruments will be revised. Each instrument should have the information required by the PRA to be communicated to the potential participant. This includes purpose, use, authority for collection, privacy statute citation, voluntary/mandatory nature, estimated average burden, and contact for public to inquire about the information collection. This language in the current documents is incomplete and internally inconsistent. 6. Testing procedures, analysis and recommendations for the mail vs. in person instruments and the use of propensity scoring for targeted follow up will be discussed with the OIRA desk officer at least 30 days prior to submission of the next ARMS ICR to ROCIS. 7. NASS (and ERS, as appropriate) will brief OIRA at least 30 days prior to the submission of the next ARMS ICR to report completion of the stipulations above.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2012	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2011
Responses	135,583	0	101,367
Time Burden (Hours)	79,731	0	61,568
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) is the primary source of information for the U.S. Department of Agriculture on a broad range of issues related to agricultural resource use, costs of production, and farm sector financial conditions. ARMS is the only annual source of whole farm information available for objective evaluation of many critical issues related to agriculture and the rural economy. Through the use of the Chemical Use questionnaires NASS is able to collect data and create the only comprehensive data base regarding on farm chemical usage. This is essential for the Food Quality Protection Act of 1938.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 43 USC 1905 Name of Law: Grazing Fees
   US Code: 18 USC 1905 Name of Law: Disclosure of Confidential Information
   US Code: 7 USC 2204 Name of Law: General Duties of Secretary
   US Code: 7 USC 7998 Name of Law: Estimates of Farm Income
   US Code: 7 USC 136i-2 Name of Law: Collection if pesticide use informatioin
   US Code: 7 USC 2276 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
   US Code: 7 USC 1441 Name of Law: Price Support Levels
   US Code: 7 USC 35 Name of Law: Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
   US Code: 7 USC 3601.1 Name of Law: General Statement of Public Information
   PL: Pub.L. 107 - 347 503(a) Name of Law: CIPSEA
   PL: Pub.L. 104 - 170 101 Name of Law: Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
   US Code: 36 USC 222.51 Name of Law: Grazing Fees
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 162	08/22/2011
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 67129	10/31/2011
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Post-harvest Chemical Use Surveys	QID 070236, QID 070238, QID 072035, QID 082-003, QID , QID, QID , QID, QID, QID, QID 082001 Version 4, QID 082001, QID 082001 Version 2, QID 082001, QID 072013, QID 044005 - CORE - Version 5, QID 113311, QID 072041, QID 113313, QID 082-002, QID 072041, QID 002009, QID 002009, QID , QID 035219, QID 070211, QID 082-006, QID 044001 - CRR Version 1, QID 072016, QID 072015, QID - Cow/Calf Version 4, QID Rice - Version 2, QID - Soybeans - Version 3, QID 113309, QID 072037, QID 113312, QID 113310, QID 072032, QID 035219	Contractor Expense Survey - 2011 Broilers and Starter Pullets ,   Contractor Expense Survey - 2011 Hogs and Pigs ,   Contractor Expense Survey - 2011 Layers ,   Contractor Expense Survey - 2011 Processed Vegetables ,   Contractor Expense Survey - 2011 Turkeys ,   2010 Integrated Screening Survey ,   Integrated Screenig Survey (Master) ,   2011 Agricultural Resource Management Survey - Phase 1 ,   2011 Agricultural Resource Management Survey - Phase 1 (Master) ,   ARMS II - Winter Wheat Production Practices Report - 2011 ,   ARMS II - Soybean Production Practices Report - 2011 ,   ARMS II - Fall Potatoes Production Practices Report - 2010 ,   ARMS II - Corn Production Practices and Costs Report - 2010 ,   ARMS II - Organic Durum Wheat Production Practices and Costs Report - 2009 ,   ARMS II - Durum Wheat Production Practices and Costs Report - 2009 ,   ARMS II - Winter Wheat Production Practices and Costs Report - 2009 ,   ARMS II - Cotton Production Practices and Costs Report - 2007 ,   ARMS II - Spring Wheat Production Practices Report - 2006 ,   ARMS II - Durum Wheat Production Practices Report - 2006 ,   ARMS II - Rice Production Practices and Costs Report ,   ARMS II - Oats Production Practices and Costs Report ,   ARMS II - Peanut Production Practices and Costs Report - 2004 ,   ARMS III - Organic Corn Costs and Returns Report - 2010 ,   ARMS III - Corn Costs and Returns Report - 2010 ,   Cattle and Calves Costs and Returns Report - 2008 ,   ARMS III - Rice Costs and Returns Report - 2006 ,   ARMS III - Soybean Costs and Returns Report - 2006 ,   ARMS III - Peanut Costs and Returns Report - 2004 ,   Postharvest Chemical Use Survey - Corn - 2011 ,   Postharvest Chemical Use Survey - Peanut - 2005 ,   Fruit Chemical Use Survey - US - 2011 ,   Fruit Chemical Use Survey - CA - 2011 ,   Vegetable Chemical Use Survey - US - 2010 ,   Vegetable Chemical Use Survey - CA - 2010 ,   ARMS III - Agricultural Resource Management Survey - 2011 ,   ARMS III - Costs and Returns Report - 2011 ,   ARMS III - Broiler Costs and Returns Report - 2011 ,   ARMS III - Sorghum Costs and Returns Report - 2011 ,   ARMS III - Barley Costs and Returns Report - 2011
Non-Responses

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	135,583	101,367	0	34,216	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	79,731	61,568	0	18,163	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The new average annual burden is expected to be 79,731 hours. The increase of 18,163 hours from the current burden of 61,568 hours is due to adjustments in sample sizes and the reinstatement of some of the annual surveys that had been postponed due to previous budget cuts. The increase in sample sizes for ongoing surveys, is primarily due to the rotation of target crops being surveyed each year.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $19,550,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 10/31/2011

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