Form 090285 Dairy Product Prices Butter

Project 934 QID 090285			OMB No. 0535-0020 Approval Expires 9/30/2007
	DAIRY PRODUCT PRICES BUTTER Week Ending Saturday______________					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
					National Agricultural Statistics Service U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rm 5030, South Building 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20250-2000 Phone: 1-800-727-9540 Fax: 202-690-2090 Email: [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.				Dear Butter Producer: USDA NASS collects weekly information on butter sales and prices to be published in the Dairy Products Prices Release. The information you provide is important to establish U.S. Butter prices used in setting minimum class prices under the Federal milk order program. An accurate response to this survey is mandatory and subject to verification by the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) under Public Law No. 106-532. This law specifically protects the confidentiality of your report from public disclosure except as directed by the Secretary or the Attorney General for enforcement purposes to ensure compliance with the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting program.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Sale:

When a transaction is completed, i.e. butter is “shipped out” and title transfer occurs.

Report sales of butter that meets USDA Grade AA standards, 80% butterfat, salted, fresh or storage.

Price is f.o.b. processing plant/storage center.

Report prices and quantities for all 25 kilogram and 68 pound box sales.

Report sales quantities in total pounds.

Include:

Total volume sold and total dollars received or price per pound.

CME Sales: Initial manufacturer sales only.

CCC purchases under the Dairy Price Support and related programs

Exclude:

Transportation and clearing charges from price.

Unsalted and Grade A butter.

Intra-company sales.

Resales of purchased butter.

Forward pricing sales: sales in which the selling price was set (and not adjusted) 30 or more days before the transaction was completed. This exclusion does not include sales through the Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP).

Records:

Each person required to report information on this survey, shall maintain, and make available to the Secretary on request, original contracts, agreements, receipts, and other records associated with the sale of qualified dairy products during the two-year period beginning on the date of the creation of the records.

If you have any questions, please call 202-690-2168.

BUTTER SALES for the WEEK ENDING SATURDAY ________________________
1. PLANT LOCATION	POUNDS OF BUTTER		TOTAL DOLLARS	OR	DOLLARS / LB.
	211	lb.	221 $		231 $ . __ __ __ __
	212	lb.	222 $		232 $ . __ __ __ __
	213	lb.	223 $		233 $ . __ __ __ __
	214	lb.	224 $		234 $ . __ __ __ __
	215	lb.	225 $		235 $ . __ __ __ __

Reported by: __________________________________________ Phone: ( ) ________-______________ Date: __________________

(Signature of authorized official)

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