OMB Individually Reported
Farm Services Agency (FSA) Acreage Coverage Evaluation
Low riskExact public inventory row
Description
Since not all farms sign up for Farm Service Agency (FSA) programs, total crop acreage is estimated by National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) for use in its programs.
Detailed example
State level estimates of Farm Service Agency (FSA) under coverage
AI / analytics pattern
Classical/Predictive Machine Learning: Models trained on data to make predictions or classifications based on identified patterns or relationships.
Automation level / stage
a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.
Expected benefit
National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS) uses predicted crop acreage as a benchmark in its annual acreage estimates programs.
Controls / human review
ATO: Not reported; PIA: Not published