QID 110083 Mink Survey

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Project Code 197 QID 110083		OMB No. 0535-0212: Approval Expires 4/30/2009
	MINK SURVEY March 2008				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.				National Field Office U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rm 5030, South Building 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20250-2000 1-800-727-9540 Fax: 202-690-2090 E-mail: [email protected]
			Please supply the number of pelts taken from the 2007 crop and females bred for 2008. This survey has the support and backing of the mink industry. Your data will be kept confidential and used to prepare State and National estimates to be published in the July 11th Mink Report. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law, but your cooperation is very important in developing accurate estimates. Please return your report in the enclosed envelope. We need your report even though you may not have any mink at this time. Thanks for your report.

INSTRUCTIONS: Include pelts taken from the 2007 crop and females bred to produce kits in 2008. While there are many other color class mutations and trade names, the following basic color classes have been adopted by the mink industry for this survey. Please read all the descriptions and report under the color class that best fits your pelts and females. Enter the number of females bred in the color class of the expected pelt color of the kits to be produced.

1. During 2007, did this operation own any mink?		Pelts taken from 2007 crop for marketing (Number)	Females bred & to be bred to produce kits in 2008 (Number)
YES - Go to Question 2, below.	NO - Do you plan to raise mink in the future? Yes - Go to Question 3. Don't Know - Go to Question 3 No - Go to Question 3
2. Total number ...............................................................................................................		090	200
Of the total in Item 2, how many are in each of the following color phase classes?
a. Black - (Standard, Pure Dark) .............................................................................		101	201
b. Demi/Wild - (Dark Brown, Ranch Wild, Demi-buff) ..............................................		102	202
c. Pastel - (Dawn, Orchid) ........................................................................................		103	203
d. Sapphire ..............................................................................................................		104	204
e. Blue Iris - (Aleutian, Gunmetal) ...........................................................................		105	205
f. Mahogany ............................................................................................................		106	206
g. Pearl .....................................................................................................................		107	207
h. Lavender - (Lavender - Hope) .............................................................................		108	208
i. Violet - (Cameo, Winterblue, Glacial) ..................................................................		109	209
j. White ....................................................................................................................		110	210
k. Other (Specify __________________________________________) …………………………….		111	211

3. Would you like to receive a free copy of the results of this survey in the mail? (The survey results will also be available on the Internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov) . . . . . . . . . . . YES = 1	099
4. Please list on the back names and addresses of any person or firms in your area that started raising mink in 2007 or 2008. Include any former mink producers who have come back into production during that period.

Respondent Name:_____________________________________Phone:________________________	9910 MM DD YY Date __ __ __ __ __ __

Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	Office Use for POID
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	789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
								Optional Use
								407		408
S/E Name

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