Selected Recipients for this Program

Fiscal Year 2016: In December 2016, NASS published the results from the Local Foods Survey. This was the first publication of data looking into the marketing channels utilized by producers to market their products locally. Data provided insights into four marketing channels; direct to customer, direct to retailer, direct to institutions, and sales to intermediate markets. In January 2016, NASS began a new survey to collect data to measure the cost of honey bee pollination to crop producers. The January survey collected data for 2015, and a second survey in November collected data for 2016. A publication for both years was released in December 2016. In May 2016, the first Honey Bee Colonies report was released, which included colony loss information along with colony health stressors. In April 2016, NASS released the Floriculture Crops, 2015 Summary. This release contains production, price, and whole value information for the 2015 crop year. Fiscal Year 2017: NASS will conduct the vital Federal Principle Economic Indicators at the core level. NASS will continue to respond to stakeholders to provide critical market sensitive data needs as they arise. Final planning year for the 2017 Census of Agriculture. Fiscal Year 2018: Fiscal Year 2018 marks the fourth year in the five-year funding cycle for conducting the 2017 Census of Agriculture (COA). The COA is conducted every five years to obtain agricultural statistics for each County, State, and the Nation.

Uses and Use Restrictions

Copies of publications of estimates and reports of production, supply, price and other aspects of the agricultural economy are available to anyone without restriction.

Publications are provided free to survey respondents, press, Congress, and, many current publications and all data products are also available for free on the NASS Internet World Wide Website: http://www.nass.usda.gov.

Other publications are available to all others on a subscription basis.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant Eligibility

Farmers and agricultural producers, marketing and processing groups, transportation and handler groups, consumers, state governments, educational institutions, and the general public including those located in the U.S.

Territories.

The type of assistance NASS provides is: Dissemination of Technical Information: specifically Agricultural Statistics.

Beneficiary Eligibility

Farmers and agricultural producers, marketing and processing groups, transportation and handler groups, consumers, state governments, educational institutions, and the general public including those located in the U.S. Territories. The type of assistance NASS provides is: Dissemination of Technical Information: specifically Agricultural Statistics.

Credentials/Documentation

No Credentials or documentation are required. This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles.

Aplication and Award Process

Preapplication Coordination

Preapplication coordination is not applicable.

Environmental impact information is not required for this program.

This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.

12372.

Application Procedures

This program is excluded from coverage under 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. The type of assistance NASS offers is: Dissemination of Technical Information in the form of agricultural statistics. Request for technical information of agricultural statistics only, may be made to the headquarters office listed below. Also for Agricultural Statistics and Census of Agriculture go to the NASS website: http://www.nass.usda.gov/

Award Procedures

Not applicable.

Deadlines

Not Applicable.

Authorization

5 U.S.C. 3109; 7 U.S.C. 411, 411a, 411b, 427, 471, 475, 476, 501, 951, 953, 955-957; Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946: 7 U.S.C. 1621-1623, 1623a, 1624-1627; Census of Agriculture Act of 1997: Public Law 105-113, 7 U.S.C. 2201, 2202, 2204g, 2225, 2248, 3103, 3311, 3504; 13 U.S.C. 142a, 142b; 18 U.S.C. 1902, 1905, 2072; 42 U.S.C. 1891-1893; 44 U.S.C. 3501-3511; 50 U.S.C. 2061 et seq, 2251 et seq.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time

Not Applicable.

Appeals

Not Applicable.

Renewals

Not Applicable.

Assistance Considerations

Formula and Matching Requirements

Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program. Matching requirements are not applicable to this program. MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance

Not applicable. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) assistance type is disseminates of technical information, i.e., agricultural statistics and Census of Agriculture. See the NASS website: http:/www.nass.usda.gov/.

Post Assistance Requirements

Reports

Not Applicable.

Audits

Not Applicable.

Records

Not applicable.

Financial Information

Account Identification

12-1801-0-1-352.

Obigations

(Dissemination of Technical Information) FY 16 $179,472,000; FY 17 est $171,239,000; and FY 18 est $185,677,000 - FY 2016 Actual funds include recovery over the estimated funds. FY 2017 Enacted funds were less than the FY 2017 President's Budget.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance

Not applicable. USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) does not award grants. The federal domestic assistance type NASS provides is: Dissemination of Technical Information: Agricultural Statistics and the Census of Agriculture.

Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature

Agricultural Statistics Board catalog (annual listing of reports available by subscription issued by Agricultural Statistics Board), no charge.

Information Contacts

Regional or Local Office

See Regional Agency Offices. Consult Appendix IV for addresses of National Agricultural Statistics Service Regional Statistical Offices.

Headquarters Office

Ann Johnson 1400 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, S.W., South Agriculture Building, Room 5041A, WASHINGTON, District of Columbia 20250 Email: ann.johnson@nass.usda.gov Phone: (202)690-0919 Fax: 202-720-9013

Criteria for Selecting Proposals

Not Applicable.