QID-LA Sugarcan March 07-QID-LA

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Project 198 QID			OMB No. 0535-0003 Approval Expires 12/31/2007
	SUGAR PRODUCTION INQUIRY March 1, 2007							NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
						Louisiana Field Office 5825 Florida Blvd. Room 1179 Baton Rouge, LA 70806-4248 Phone: 1-800-256-4485 Fax: 1-888-922-0744 Email: [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.					In preparing final estimates of sugar and molasses production for the 2006 season, we are asking all sugar factory operators to give the information requested below. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. However, cooperation is very important in order to estimate accurately in Louisiana. Your reply will be held confidential and combined with those from other factories in making estimates for Louisiana. Please mail or fax by November 24, 2007.

Report For Your Factory
1. Tons of CANE received. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Gross Tons	221
	Net Tons	222

2. Tons of RAW SUGAR, as produced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tons

223

3. POLARIZATION of sugars reported in (Question 2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Percent

224

4. Final (black strap) MOLASSES produced, 80○ Brix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gallons

225

5. Commercial SYRUP produced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gallons

226

6. Normal juice SUCROSE (or Absolute value). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Percent

227

7. Normal juice PURITY (or Absolute value). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Percent

228

8. Percent SUCROSE in cane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Percent

229

9. Please report the TONS your factory received and acres from which they were harvested, by parish. (If you don't know the parish breakdown, please use your best estimate.)
Parish		Acres	Gross of Net Tons Received 1/	OR	Percent Received By Parish
			251	........
	242		252	........	272
	243		253	........	273
	244		254	........	274
	245		255	........	275
1/ Sum should equal Question 1..........................................			290		100%

Comments: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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10. 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

Reported by:

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Date

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Telephone

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