Apr 18 -- The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) invites comments to OMB by May 18, 2023 regarding the Cotton Ginning Survey.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service's (NASS) primary function is to prepare and issue state and national estimates of crop and livestock production, disposition and prices as well as specialty agricultural and environmental statistics. The Cotton Ginning Survey provides statistics concerning cotton ginning for specific dates and geographic regions and aids in forecasting cotton production.
The majority of data are collected by Computer-Aided Self-Administered Interview (CASI), telephone, mail, and fax. All active gins for a given crop season are included in the survey. This includes gins in all 17 cotton producing states. The survey begins on August 1st for the current production year. The sample size increases as the amount of cotton harvested and ginned increases. The peak number of gins that are surveyed will occur in November. The sample size will decline after that to coincide with the completion of harvesting and ginning in some States. The “End of Season” questionnaire is sent to each gin as they complete their ginning for the year, the summarized end of season data will be published in May.
Cotton ginning statistics provides information to U.S. and international cotton industries with the only data available concerning ginnings by county. The Cotton Ginnings survey obtains data mandated by Title 13, Section 42 U.S.C. to provide all segments of the cotton industry (producers, buyers, brokers, shippers, textile firms, and researchers) with quantities of baled cotton that are available by specific geographic areas within the U.S. on a regular and reoccurring basis. This is a renewal of a long running series of surveys. There are no changes to the number of responses and burden hours from what is currently approved.
Cotton Ginning Survey:
https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/Cotton_Ginnings/index.php
NASS submission to OMB:
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202302-0535-002 Click IC List for information collection instrument, View Supporting Statement for technical documentation. Submit comments through this webpage.
FRN:
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-08150
For AEA members wishing to submit comments, "A Primer on How to Respond to Calls for Comment on Federal Data Collections" is available at
https://www.aeaweb.org/content/file?id=5806
