Non-substantive change request for March Ag Survey

Non-substantive Change Request

0535-0213 – Agricultural Surveys Program

Agricultural Survey (List) US Master Version - March 2024

The 2022 Census of Agriculture results are scheduled to be released on February 13, 2024.  Following each Census of Agriculture NASS conducts a program review to ensure that our annual estimating program targets commodities and states that are most relevant.  On December 19, 2023 NASS publicly announced that it was conducting a program review through an Agricultural Statistics Board (ASB) Notice (see here).  The most recent program changes (done in 2019, and based on the 2017 Census of Agriculture) are available on NASS’s website here. 

In order to implement the program changes for the 2024 crop year, changes are needed to several of our surveys, the first being our March Agricultural Survey (OMB No. 0535-0213).  The changes will impact which commodities are asked on the March Agricultural Survey in which states.  This will ultimately impact what results are published from the March Agriculture Survey.   The surveys conducted and releases will not change from what is included in the ICR.  The columns or variables that are published will also not change from publications mentioned in the ICR.  However, there will be minimal changes to the rows (States that are published) in the publications mentioned in the ICR from these program changes.

 The States that are being dropped from the programs listed below have been determined not to be pertinent to the estimating program.

 

Field Crops 

 

Beans, Dry – Program Drop:  CA, WY 

Chickpeas – Program Drop:  CA 

Canola – Program Add: ID

Lentils – Program Drop:  ID 

Oats – Program Drop:  AR, CA, MO, OK 

Peanuts – Program Drop:  NM 

Program Add: MO

Peas, Dry Edible – Program Drop:  SD 

Tobacco, Burley – Program Drop: PA

Tobacco, Flue – Program Drop: GA, SC

Tobacco, PA Type – Program Drop: PA

Tobacco, MD Type - Program Drop: PA

Tobacco, Other – Program Drop: PA

Wheat, Durum – Program Drop: ID

Wheat, winter – Program Drop:  NJ  

There is no changes in sample size, questionnaire content, or respondent burden as a result of this change.