030376-WA Mint

Project 193 QID 030376			OMB No. 0535-0002 Approval Expires 3/31/2007
	MINT DEALER SURVEY November 2006				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

Washington Field Office P.O. Box 609 Olympia, WA 98507-0609 Phone: 1-800-435-5883 Fax: 1-800-265-6275 Email: nass-wa@nass.usda.gov

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Dear Reporter: The information requested in this survey will be used to prepare estimates of mint acreage, production, and price for the 2006 crop in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Your voluntary report will be very helpful in setting these estimates. The information you provide will be held in strict confidence, and data will be used only in combination with other reports to set State level estimates. Thank you for your cooperation.

Peppermint	2006 Acres Harvested	2006 Average Yield	2006 Production	2006 Pounds Purchased	2006 $/lb. Paid to Growers	2005 $/lb. Paid to Growers
Idaho
Oregon total
Western Oregon 1/
Northcentral 2/
Northeast 3/
Central 4/
Southeast 5/
Washington
1/ All counties west of Cascades. 2/ Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman & Wasco. 3/ Baker, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa. 4/ Crook, Deschutes & Jefferson. 5/ Grant, Harney, Klamath, Lake, Malheur & Wheeler Counties.

Scotch Spearmint	2006 Acres Harvested	2006 Average Yield	2006 Production	2006 Pounds Purchased	2006 $/lb. Paid to Growers	2005 $/lb. Paid to Growers
Idaho
Oregon total
Western Oregon 1/
Northcentral 2/
Northeast 3/
Central 4/
Southeast 5/
Washington
1/ All counties west of Cascades. 2/ Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman & Wasco. 3/ Baker, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa. 4/ Crook, Deschutes & Jefferson. 5/ Grant, Harney, Klamath, Lake, Malheur & Wheeler Counties.
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Native Spearmint	2006 Acres Harvested	2006 Average Yield	2006 Production	2006 Pounds Purchased	2006 $/lb. Paid to Growers	2005 $/lb. Paid to Growers
Idaho
Oregon total
Western Oregon 1/
Northcentral 2/
Northeast 3/
Central 4/
Southeast 5/
Washington
1/ All counties west of Cascades. 2/ Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman & Wasco. 3/ Baker, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa. 4/ Crook, Deschutes & Jefferson. 5/ Grant, Harney, Klamath, Lake, Malheur & Wheeler Counties.

Comments regarding 2006 mint crop:

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1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est 8-Known Zero	9901	1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth	9902	1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web 6-e-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other		9903	098	100	9910
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