Non-substantive Change Request for Objective Yield Survey

December 20, 2019

Non-substantive Change Request to Field Crop Objective Yield Surveys 0535-0088

NASS is requesting non-substantive changes to the Objective Yield Program. In March 2019 NASS published to their webpage (https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Program_Review/2019/Field-Crop-Program.pdf)

the program changes that would be made as a result of the overall program review that occurs every five years following the Census of Agriculture publication. In the report NASS listed the changes to the Objective Yield surveys.

NASS is making some modifications to the Objective Yield program. This includes:

 Eliminating Potato Objective Yield

 Removing Louisiana and North Carolina from Cotton Objective Yield

 Eliminating the August survey period for Cotton (except Texas), Corn, and Soybeans

 Reducing sample sizes for all crops

Not having any objections, NASS is submitting this change request. The reductions in responses and burden hours are displayed in this table.

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