Non-substantive Change Request for OK Custom Rates Survey

Non-substantive Change Request

(0535-0266) Custom Work Surveys

NASS is currently approved to conduct the Custom Work Surveys when funded. Oklahoma State University (OSU) has entered into a cooperative agreement with NASS to conduct a Custom Rates Survey for crop year 2019. The survey is based on the approved Custom Work Survey, but there are some changes needed to satisfy the needs of OSU. Changes include:

• Adding sorghum to the listing of commodities planted by air seeding (Section 3, page 3), and adding corn, soybeans, and sunflowers to the listing of commodities planted (Section 3, page 4).

• Adding fungicide application by air blast and boom sprayer (Section 4, page 5).

• Changing “Basic Rate” on the column heading on page 10 to “Base Mileage”.

• Adding goats to the listing of livestock for custom livestock services (Section 15, page 15).

• Adding a line to specify the livestock in the “Hauling, Rate per Load” question (Section 15, page 15). Currently the question applies to all livestock.

• Changing the “Hauling, Rate per Load” on the listing of livestock services to “Hauling Cattle, Rate per Load” (Section 15, page 15).

The average burden minutes for the Oklahoma Custom Rates survey will not change from this addition. NASS is approved to contact up to 41,500 respondents per year for this type of survey. The current population and sample for the Custom Work Survey produces sorghum, corn, soybeans, sunflowers, goats, and cattle in addition to other crops and livestock.

The revised questionnaire is loaded into the ROCIS system.