Nonsubstantive Change Justification for Peanut Prices

November 29, 2024

Non-substantive Change Request

0535-0003 – Ag Prices

PEANUT PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS AND PAID BY FARMERS FOR SEED – 2025

This non-substantive change request affects how data are collected for peanut prices paid for seed.

The Peanut Prices Surveys provide a detailed picture of the peanut prices paid for both seed as well as peanut prices received by producers. These are collected by two separate surveys, with peanut seed prices being obtained from various sources, such as dealers, administrative data, and growers. NASS proposes to consolidate the two surveys into one for ease of data collection as well as provide a more reliable population for reporting peanut seed prices, since the main source of peanut seed prices in administrative data are the peanut seed growers.

The peanut prices received is a weekly survey; however, the peanut seed prices survey is a yearly survey. The peanut seed price questions will only be added to the peanut prices received by producers once a year, in the first week ending after March 1.

There is no change in total burden as a result of this change. The current burden of two hours (from twenty-five respondents) will be included in burden for weekly prices received for the week ending March 1.

The revised questionnaire is loaded to ROCIS.

Burden Table – Currently Approved

Burden Table – Proposed

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