October 24, 2019
Non-substantive Change Request
0535-0037
NASS is requesting the removal of the End of Season Vegetable Processing questionnaire from the Vegetable Surveys docket 0535-0037. Through the years, the response rates to surveys conducted with vegetable processors have been on a steady decline. Based on this trend, NASS began looking for comparable data from other sources. NASS began attempting to collect the additional data needed for the vegetable publication from the vegetable growers at the same time we were collecting fresh market data. After multiple successful years of collecting the vegetable processing data from the growers, NASS is now requesting to discontinue the End of Season Vegetable Processing survey since it is now a duplication of data collected from the growers.
However, there are four tomato processing surveys conducted in California under cooperative agreements that will continue to be conducted. Only the one Federal survey is being discontinued.
This change will reduce the total number of responses by 200 and the burden hours by 28.
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| Author | Hancock, David - NASS |
| File Modified | 0000-00-00 |
| File Created | 2021-01-14 |