QID 090283 Dairy Product Prices Nonfat Dry Milk

Project 934 QID 090283				OMB No. 0535-0020 Approval Expires 01/31/2011
	DAIRY PRODUCTS PRICES NONFAT DRY MILK Week Ending Saturday______________					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
	Report by noon on Wednesday unless a Federal Holiday falls on Tuesday or Wednesday. In this case, NASS will contact you by email or telephone concerning the report deadline.				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: 202-264-3772 Email: [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.			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 US Secretary of Agriculture or the US Attorney General for enforcement purposes to ensure compliance with the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting program.

Report:

• Non-fortified, nonfat dry milk meeting USDA Extra Grade or USPH Grade A standards.

• Price and quantity for nonfat dry milk in 25 kilogram bags, 50 pound bags, totes, and tankers.

• Price as either f.o.b. plant if the product is “shipped out” from a plant or f.o.b. storage facility if the product is “shipped out” from a storage facility.

• Complete transactions, i.e. nonfat dry milk is “shipped out” and title transfer occurs.

• Nonfat dry milk manufactured using low or medium heat process.

Do Not Deduct:

• Brokerage fees paid by the manufacturer.

• Clearing charges paid by the manufacturer.

Exclude:

• Forward pricing sales: sales in which the selling price is established (and not adjusted) 30 or more days before the transaction is completed.

• Intra-company sales of nonfat dry milk.

• Re-sales of purchased nonfat dry milk.

• Nonfat dry milk certified as organic by a USDA-accredited certifying agent.

• Sales of nonfat dry milk produced under faith-based close supervision and marketed at a higher price than the manufacturer’s wholesale market price for the basic commodity

(for example, kosher nonfat dry milk produced with a rabbi on site who is actively involved in supervision of the production process).

• Sales under the Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) or other premium assisted sales.

• Sales of nonfat dry milk more than 180 days old.

• Sales of instant nonfat dry milk.

Records:

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

Section 1 – Nonfat Dry Milk Sales

For the Week Ending Saturday ________________________
1. Plant Location	Pounds of Nonfat Dry Milk		Total Dollars OR Dollars / lb.
	Rounded to the Nearest Pound		Rounded to the Nearest Dollar		Rounded to the Nearest Hundredth of a Cent
	411	lb.	421 $		431 $ . __ __ __ __
	412	lb.	422 $		432 $ . __ __ __ __
	413	lb.	423 $		433 $ . __ __ __ __

Section 2 – Other Information	Yes 1	No 3
1. Do you understand the instructions and requirements of this questionnaire? 2693	O	O
2. Do you need any additional explanation of any definition or question on this form? 2694 If yes, a NASS representative will contact you to discuss the Dairy Product Prices reporting specifications.	O	O

Respondent Name ___________________________________ Phone (____)____-______
Office Use Box
Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.		Office Use for POID
1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 8-Known Zero	9901	1-Op/Mgr 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth	9902	2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 5-Web 7-Fax	9903	098	100		789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
									Optional Use
									407	408
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Section 3 – General Comments (If necessary, attach additional comment sheets)

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