090283 Dairy Product Prices NonFat Dry Milk

Project 934 QID 090283			OMB No. 0535-0020 Approval Expires 9/30/2007
	DAIRY PRODUCTS PRICES NONFAT DRY MILK 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 Nonfat Dry Milk Producer: USDA NASS collects weekly information on nonfat dry milk sales and prices to be published in the Dairy Products Prices Release. The information you provide is important to establish U.S. Nonfat dry milk 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. nonfat dry milk is “shipped out” and title transfer occurs.

Report sales of USDA Extra Grade and USPH Grade A, nonfortified nonfat dry milk.

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

Report prices and quantities for all 25 kilogram bag, 50 pound bag, tote and tanker sales.

Report sales quantities in total pounds.

Include:

Nonfat dry milk manufactured using low or medium heat process.

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.

Sales of nonfat dry milk more than 180 days old.

Nonfat dry milk manufactured using high heat process.

Sales of instant nonfat dry milk.

Sales of dry buttermilk products.

Intra-company sales.

Resales of purchased nonfat dry milk.

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.

NONFAT DRY MILK SALES for the WEEK ENDING SATURDAY ________________________
1. PLANT LOCATION	POUNDS OF NONFAT DRY MILK		TOTAL DOLLARS	OR	DOLLARS / LB.
	411	lb.	421 $		431 $ . __ __ __ __
	412	lb.	422 $		432 $ . __ __ __ __
	413	lb.	423 $		433 $ . __ __ __ __
	414	lb.	424 $		434 $ . __ __ __ __
	415	lb.	425 $		435 $ . __ __ __ __

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

(Signature of authorized official)

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 20 minutes per response.