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Federal forms, ICRs, and supporting documents

Information Collection Request

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

ICR 201206-0535-001 · OMB 0535-0218 · Historical Active

Forms and Documents
DocumentTypeStatusAvailability
Form QID Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys Form and Instruction Modified Repair queued
0218 - ARMS Summary and Classification Variables.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-10-01 Repair queued
0218-arms-2012_PartA - Revised.docx Supporting Statement A Uploaded 2012-09-27 Available
0218 - ARMS Progress Report July 2012.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-10-01 Available
0218 - ARMS Progress Report - Communications Plan.docx Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-26 Repair queued
0218 - Farm Production Expenditures Methodology and Quality Measures.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-22 Available
0218 - Scientific Integrity Statement.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-22 Repair queued
0218 - NAS-004 NASDA 2009.docx Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-22 Repair queued
0218 - ChemUseBarleySorghumStatisticalMethodology.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-22 Repair queued
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Vegetable Methodology.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-22 Available
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - ARMS II Statistical Methodology.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-22 Repair queued
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Usage - Vegetables Methodology and Quality Measures - 2011.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-22 Repair queued
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Usage - Field Crop Methodology and Quality Measures - 2012.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-22 Available
0218 - 2012 ARMS I Presurvey Letter.doc Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-22 Repair queued
0218 - 2011 ARMS III General Backgrounder.docx Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-22 Available
0218 - 2011 ARMS III Draft News Release.docx Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-22 Repair queued
0218 - 2010 Veg chem backgrounder.docx Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-22 Available
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Barley-Sorghum.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-06-22 Repair queued
Assessing the Effect of Calibration on Nonresonse Bias in 2008.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-12-16 Repair queued
PIA - NASS UNIX MA Oct. 2011.doc Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-10-17 Repair queued
0218-arms-2012_PartB.docx Supporting Statement B Uploaded 2012-06-26 Available
0218-ARMS II - 2011_Backgrounder_Final.doc Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-28 Available
0218-ARMS III -2010_ARMS_Appointment_Letter_FINAL.doc Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-28 Repair queued
2006 PHCUS Respondent Letter - Oats.doc Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-28 Repair queued
2013_veg_chem_respondent_letter.doc Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-08-24 Repair queued
Endorsement Letter - Potato Council.doc Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-28 Repair queued
postharvest_chem_background.doc Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-28 Repair queued
2013_veg_chem_ltr_to_assns.doc Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-08-24 Repair queued
2013_veg_chem_newsrelease.doc Supplementary Document Uploaded 2012-08-24 Repair queued
3-draft_ltr_for_assn_to-send.doc Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-28 Repair queued
0218-ARMS II Chem Use 2011 postcard 4x6 prime.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-28 Repair queued
0218-ARMS II_Brochure.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-28 Repair queued
0218-ARMS II_Magazine Advertisement.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-28 Repair queued
EDR General Instructions Page.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-27 Repair queued
0218 - Economic Research Service - Briefing Rooms.docx Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-27 Repair queued
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Post Harvest Wheat 2010.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-27 Repair queued
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Wheat 2009.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-27 Repair queued
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Corn, Cotton, and Fall Potatoes 2010.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-27 Repair queued
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Vegetable Crops - 2010.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-27 Repair queued
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Fruit Crops - 2009.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-27 Repair queued
0218 - Organic Dairy Farming - ERS - 2009.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-27 Available
0218 - Marketing Organic Foods - ERS - 2009.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-27 Available
0218 - Agricultural Income and Finance Outlook - ERS - 2010.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-27 Repair queued
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Field Crops Summary - 2008.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-27 Repair queued
0218 - Farm Production Expenditures - 2010 Summary.pdf Supplementary Document Uploaded 2011-09-27 Repair queued
IC Document Collections
IC IDCollectionTypeStatusForm
185364 Non-Responses Other-Non-Response Statement Modified
1148 Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys Form and Instruction Modified
ICR Details
0535-0218 201206-0535-001
Historical Active 201109-0535-001
USDA/NASS
Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Post-harvest Chemical Use Surveys
Revision of a currently approved collection   No
Regular
Approved without change 10/01/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA) 08/27/2012
The agency agrees to submit annually for OMB review its report of agency progress in responding to recommendations set forth in the National Academy of Science (Committee on National Statistics) 2008 ARMS report, Understanding American Agriculture. The agency agrees to make this progress report available to the public, using agency websites or other means. Additionally, the agency agrees to submit these progress reports at the time of request for ARMS information collection approval.
  Inventory as of this Action Requested Previously Approved
10/31/2015 36 Months From Approved 12/31/2012
120,634 0 135,583
70,840 0 79,731
0 0 0
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.
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
  
None
Not associated with rulemaking
  77 FR 58 03/26/2012
77 FR 51748 08/27/2012
Yes
2
IC Title Form No. Form Name
Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys QID 044-001, QID 044-002, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID 082001, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID 035219, QID 035219, QID 035219, QID 035219, QID 035219, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID 044001, QID 044005, QID, ADM-043, QID Chemical Supplement - US Enterprise ,   Chemical Supplement - CA & WA Enterprise ,   Fertilizer Supplement - VCUS ,   Quality Control Worksheet - VCUS ,   2013 Peanut Cost and Returns Report ,   2013 Rice Cost and Returns Report ,   2013 Cattle and Calves Cost and Returns Report ,   2014 Cotton Production Practices and Costs Report ,   2014 Oats Production Practices and Costs Report ,   2014 Cotton Costs and Returns Report ,   2014 Oats Costs and Returns Report ,   2014 Hogs Costs and Returns Report ,   2015 Corn Production Practices and Costs Report ,   2015 Potato Production Practices Report ,   2013 Cost and Returns Report ,   2013 Agricultural Resource Management Survey ,   2012 Quality Control Worksheet - ARMS II ,   Cerification and Restrictions on Use of Unpublished Data ,   Repondent Booklet Rice - ARMS II ,   2012 Agricultural Resource Management Survey Cost and Returns Report ,   2012 Soybean Cost and Returns Report ,   Broilers/Starter Pullets Contractor Expense Survey ,   Hogs/Pigs Contractor Expense Survey ,   Layers Contractor Expense Survey ,   Processed Vegetables Contractor Expense Survey ,   Turkeys Contractor Expense Survey ,   Irrigation Supplement - Cost and Returns Report ,   Respondent Booklet - Cost and Returns Report ,   Scoring Supplement - Agricultural Resource Management Survey Cost and Returns Report ,   Screening Supplement - ARMS III ,   Quality Control Worksheet - ARMS III ,   Agricultural Resource Management Survey Screening Questionnaire ,   Peanuts Production Practices and Cost Report ,   Rice Production Practices and Cost Report ,   Fertilizer Supplement - ARMS II ,   Field Operations Supplement - ARMS II ,   Respondent Booklet Peanuts - ARMS II ,   Pesticide Supplement - ARMS II ,   2013 Vegetable Chemical Use - US Enterprise Version ,   2013 Vegetable Chemical Use - AZ Enterprise Version ,   2013 Vegetable Chemical Use - CA Enterprise Version ,   2013 Vegetable Chemical Use - PA Enterprise Version ,   2013 Vegetable Chemical Use - WA Enterprise Version ,   Respondent Booklet - VCUS - US Enterprise ,   Respondent Booklet - VCUS - CA Enterprise ,   Applications Consent Form - VCUS
Non-Responses
  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 120,634 135,583 0 -5,133 -9,816 0
Annual Time Burden (Hours) 70,840 79,731 0 -1,501 -7,390 0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
Yes
Miscellaneous Actions
The new average annual burden is expected to be 70,840 hours. The decrease of 8,891 hours from the current burden of 79,731 hours is due to miscellaneous factors: - Budget cuts have reduced or eliminated several surveys (Post Harvest Chemical Use, Fruit Chemical Use in 2014 and the Vegetable Chemical Use Survey in 2015). - The ARMS Phase III for 2013 is being coordinated with the 2012 Census of Agriculture. If a respondent wishes to complete the ARMS questionnaire instead of the Census questionnaire they can and their obligation for the Census of Agriculture is met. - The ARMS Phase III will be attempted by mail with phone and field follow up enumeration for non-respondents. - The Vegetable Chemical Use Consent Form was accidentally omitted from the previous burden calculation.
$16,700,000
Yes Part B of Supporting Statement
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
David Hancock 202-690-2388 [email protected]
  No
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:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    (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;
 
 
 
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.
08/27/2012