Agricultural Estimates

What this funds

Base funding for the AEP provides objective data essential to both the public and private sectors of the agriculture industry. AEP base funding will be used to continue collecting integrated surveys and estimates used for approximately 450 agricultural statistical reports that: ' Directly contribute to the Principal Federal Economic Indicators of the United States, ' Provide data for which NASS reports are the only publicly available objective sources of ' Support USDA program delivery, and ' Have specific legislative requirements for release. Providing market information was one of the USDA's key missions when it was created in 1862. Critical market-sensitive data are used by the commodity and agricultural markets to operate efficiently, providing a fair and equitable environment for price discovery in the marketplace. In the absence of a federal provision for objective data for U.S. and global markets, critical market information would be exclusively controlled by a limited number of entities. Individual producers and ranchers would be at a disadvantage compared to those who have resources to pay for information, and markets could be exposed to manipulation. Funds will be used for salaries and benefits, travel and transportation, rental payments, communications and utilities, printing and reproduction, goods and services from non-federal and federal sources, research and development, equipment, operation and maintenance of equipment, and supplies and materials. The NASS AEP is an integrated program; most report costs cannot be itemized as separate costs for a single report. For example, the June Area, Crops, and Objective Yield surveys provide direct estimates or are a component of data collection and estimation for the following publications: June Acreage; Cattle Inventory; Small Grains Expenditures; Agricultural Land Values; Farms, Land in Farms, and Livestock Operations. As with base funding, the increases and decreases shown below support the mission, vision, and goals of the agency. In pursuit of streamlining workforce efforts, facilities, and other government efficiencies, the NASS staff count has been reduced from 754 to 489. NASS has reorganized its internal operations and functions to align with the administration's priorities while ensuring we continue to provide timely, accurate, and useful statistics in service to U.S. agriculture. In accordance with administration policy announced in the Budget, NASS will follow new government- wide grants guidance prohibiting the use of Federal funds to pay for subscriptions to academic journals, as well as for the publication of research results that are not specifically required by Federal statute or approved in advance by a Federal agency. This policy preserves funds to support actual research by ensuring that the American taxpayer does not pay for the research, publication, and access to that research, essentially triple-charging the public for the same product. The numbers and letters of the following listing relates to values in the Change (Chg) Key column of 1. A decrease in funding in the amount of $45,000 for the Agricultural Estimates Program A) A decrease of $45,000 for National Security Related Expenses being transferred to the The decrease in funds of $45,000 for National Security Related Expenses, being realigned to the Office of Homeland Security (OHS), will enhance efficiency and effectiveness within USDA. This strategic realignment will centralize resources under OHS, which provides leadership in national security through policy development, emergency preparedness and response initiatives, and threat mitigation coordination. Consolidating the budget under OHS eliminates redundancies, ensures more coordinated resource allocation, and improves the execution of departmental security policies, ultimately bolstering the USDA's resilience and readiness without

Extracted from National Agricultural Statistics Service, p. 12. Verbatim; nothing here is paraphrased.

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1 linked contract. These are obligations — lifetime awarded money — and they are not comparable to the request above and are never added to it. No total is shown: an award linked to several lines is counted in full on each, so the sum would not be a fact.

Confidence mix · 1 medium

Linked contracts are a floor, not a census. Coverage is bounded by how distinctively a program is named and, for performer links, to RDT&E and Procurement — O&M and military construction publish no performers. Budget figures are FY2027 request dollars; contract figures are obligations. The two measure different things and must never be summed together.

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