050204 Prices Received rice private merchants

Project Code 188 QID 050204		OMB No. 0535-0003: Approval Expires 12/31/2007
	PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR RICE (PRIVATE MERCHANT)       January 2007							NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.						Arkansas Field Office 10800 Financial Centre Parkway Suite 110 Little Rock, AR 72211 1-800-327-2970 Fax: 501-224-5630 E-mail: [email protected]
					The Department of Agriculture collects and publishes information on prices received by farmers for rice. This information is used for estimation of farm income, determination of government program payments, in the computation of the gross national product and for price studies and analysis of returns from various crops. Your report is needed to accurately estimate prices and quantities sold. This survey is voluntary and not required by law. Individual reports are combined to estimate State and U.S. prices. Information in individual reports is kept confidential. Please fax your report or mail it in the enclosed postage paid envelope. Thank you.
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INSTRUCTIONS

Please report the following information for rough rice purchased from growers and for which settlement was completed with the grower during the time periods specified on this questionnaire. Do not include agreements made for settlement at a future time. Settlement made at a later date should be included on the survey covering that period.

● Exclude purchases if not the first buyer of record from grower, i.e. purchases from other mills, coops, or CCC stocks.

● Report total price paid to growers at first point of sale as dry rough rice before deducting drying and storage charges, or

transportation costs to the first point of sale. Exclude and LDP or MLG benefit and any payment of storage or

transportation earned after point of sale.

● Report data for all settlements by STATE where grown.

● Rice purchased through redemption of CCC loans should be valued at the loan redemption rate (World Market Price

[WMP] or loan plus interest whichever is lower) plus any additional payment (premium) to growers.

Purchases of Rough Rice	Indicate Unit	Length	Grown in	Grown in	Other States	(Specify)
1. During the entire month of December 2006, Dry Rice	of Measure	of Grain	Arkansas	__________	_____________	__________
	1 Cwt 2 Bushels 3 Barrels	Long	10_
a. Quantity purchased (Include Green Rice converted to dry weight equivalent.)		Medium	11_
		Short	12_
b. Total dollars paid to farmer for quantity purchased in item 1a		Long	105 $	$	$	$
		Medium	115 $	$	$	$
		Short	125 $	$	$	$
2. During the first 15 days of January 2007, Dry Rice
	1 Cwt 2 Bushels 3 Barrels	Long	20_
a. Quantity purchased (Include Green Rice converted to dry weight equivalent.)		Medium	21_
		Short	22_
b. Total dollars paid to farmer for quantity purchased in item 2a		Long	205 $	$	$	$
		Medium	215 $	$	$	$
		Short	225 $	$	$	$

Reported by: ______________________________________	Date: __________________________	Office Use
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