There were 49 notices published by the Agriculture Department in February, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, was submitted on February 28, 2023.

The Agriculture Department published 36 the month before, marking a 36.1 percent increase for the current month.

The Department is primarily focused on food nutrition, with assistance programs making up 80 percent of its budget. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department implements too many regulations and restrictions and impedes the economy.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Agriculture Department in February

Title	Publication Date
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	02/28/2023
Notice of Request To Renew an Approved Information Collection: Nutrition Labeling of Major Cuts of Single-Ingredient Raw Meat or Poultry Products and Ground or Chopped Meat and Poultry Products	02/28/2023
Notice of Request To Renew an Approved Information Collection: Voluntary Destruction of Imported Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products	02/28/2023
Notice of Request To Renew an Approved Information Collection: Advanced Meat Recovery	02/28/2023
Notice of Request To Renew an Approved Information Collection: Sanitation SOPs and Pathogen Reduction/HACCP	02/28/2023
Meeting of the Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee	02/27/2023
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Swine Health Protection	02/27/2023
Proposed Revisions to the National Handbook of Conservation Practices for the Natural Resources Conservation Service	02/27/2023
Virginia Resource Advisory Committee	02/24/2023
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Phytophthora Ramorum; Quarantine and Regulations	02/24/2023
Privacy Act; Proposed New System of Records	02/23/2023
Information Collection: Special Uses	02/22/2023
Gifford Pinchot Resource Advisory Committee	02/22/2023
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): 2023/2024 Income Eligibility Guidelines	02/21/2023
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	02/21/2023
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	02/17/2023
Final Record of Decision for the National Forests in North Carolina	02/17/2023
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	02/17/2023
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	02/17/2023
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest; Washington; Forest Plan Amendment for Planning and Management of Domestic Sheep and Goat Grazing Within the Range of Bighorn Sheep; Correction	02/17/2023
Notice of Intent To Seek Reinstatement of an Information Collection	02/16/2023
Response to Western Water Quantity (WWQ) Listening Session	02/16/2023
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	02/16/2023
Notice of Intent To Seek Approval To Reinstate an Information Collection	02/16/2023
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Graveyard Wash Flood Retarding Structure Assessment, Graham County, Arizona	02/16/2023
Information Collection Request; Inventory Property Management	02/15/2023
Information Collection: Special Use Administration	02/15/2023
Notice of Decision To Authorize the Importation of Fresh Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Fruit From Grenada Into the United States	02/15/2023
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Export Health Certificate for Animal Products	02/15/2023
Notice of Decision to Authorize the Importation of Fresh Oha Leaves (Pterocarpus mildbraedii) From Nigeria Into the Continental United States	02/15/2023
Addition of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Republic of North Macedonia to the List of Regions Affected With African Swine Fever	02/15/2023
Meeting of the National Organic Standards Board	02/14/2023
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems	02/10/2023
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	02/10/2023
Notice of Availability of a Supplemental Environmental Assessment for Release of Aphalara itadori From Murakami, Japan for the Biological Control of Japanese, Giant, and Bohemian Knotweeds in the Contiguous United States	02/10/2023
Notice of Request for Revision to and Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Environmental Monitoring	02/10/2023
Information Collection; Oil and Gas Resources	02/09/2023
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Wood River Watershed, Custer County, Dawson County, Buffalo County, Hall County, and Merrick County, Nebraska	02/09/2023
Child Nutrition Programs: Income Eligibility Guidelines	02/09/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-Waiver Requests To Offer Incentives to SNAP Recipients at SNAP Authorized Stores	02/08/2023
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection	02/08/2023
Southern Arizona Resource Advisory Committee	02/06/2023
Notice of Request for Extension of Approval of an Information Collection; Federally Recognized State Managed Phytosanitary Program	02/06/2023
National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods; Membership Nominations	02/06/2023
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	02/06/2023
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	02/06/2023
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request	02/06/2023
Codex Alimentarius Commission: Meeting of the Codex Committee on Food Additives	02/01/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities: School Meals Operations Study: Evaluation of the School-Based Child Nutrition Programs	02/01/2023