QID Potato Production and Marketing Inquiry

Project 195			OMB No. 0535-0002 Approval Expires 12/31/2009
	POTATO PRODUCTION AND MARKETING INQUIRY 2008				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
				Nebraska Field Office P.O. Box 81069 Lincoln, NE 68501 Phone: 402-437-5541 Fax: 1-888-814-6117 Email: [email protected]

		Dear Potato Grower: Your help is needed to determine acreage, quantity harvested, and expected yield for this year’s crop. Although response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law, your cooperation is very important for accurate potato production estimates. Survey costs can be greatly alleviated by promptly mailing your response to this inquiry using the enclosed stamped envelope. Individual reports will be held strictly confidential.
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.

REPORT FOR THE FARM(S) YOU OPERATE

1. Total acres of potatoes planted in Nebraska in 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Acres		Acres
	(If available from our records, 2008 acres planted is recorded above. Please enter correct acres in box to right.)

2. Total acres of potatoes harvested and to be harvested in Nebraska in 2008 If harvest is not complete, please provide your best estimate of total acreage to be harvested. . . . . . . .

Acres

3. Please report Nebraska TOTAL PRODUCTION or YIELD: If harvest is not complete, please provide your best estimate of expected total production or expected final yield.
Total 2008 production in hundredweight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Report total hauled from field for immediate marketing or placed into storage, EXCLUDE potatoes left in the field or dumped BEFORE going into storage.)
	Cwt
	OR
Yield per acre in hundredweight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Cwt/Acre

4. Please report the date you expect to complete potato harvest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Date

5. Please report the average price you received for 2008 crop potatoes sold thus far this season.

	TABLE STOCK	SEED	PROCESSING FOR FOOD	STARCH OR LIVESTOCK FEED	UNIT
Quantity sold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .					Cwt
Average price received. . . . . . . . . .					$/cwt

Would you like to receive a 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 – [Enter Code 1.] NO – [Enter Code 3.]	099

Please comment on general condition of the crop, disease and insect problems, available moisture, harvesting progress and conditions, weather damage, storage conditions, etc.

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REPORTED BY: _______________________________________	DATE:___________________	PHONE:____________________________
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