QID 030376 Mint Dealer Survey - November 2008

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Project 193 QID 030376			OMB No. 0535-0002 Approval Expires 12/31/2009
	MINT DEALER SURVEY November 2008				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

Washington Field Office P.O. Box 609 Olympia, WA 98507-0609 Phone: 1-800-435-5883 Fax: 1-800-265-6275 Email: [email protected]

Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.

The information requested in this survey will be used to prepare estimates of mint acreage, production, and price for the 2008 crop in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Your voluntary report will be very helpful in setting these estimates. The information you provide will be held in strict confidence, and data will be used only in combination with other reports to set State level estimates. Thank you for your cooperation.

	Estimate for your area					Report for your company
Peppermint	2008 Acres Harvested	2008 Average Yield	OR		2008 Production	2008 Crop Year Pounds Purchased	2008 Dollars Paid to Growers (Dollars per Lb.)		2007 Dollars Paid to Growers (Dollars per Lb.)
Idaho
Oregon total
Western Oregon 1/
Northcentral Oregon 2/
Northeast Oregon 3/
Central Oregon 4/
Southeast Oregon 5/
Washington
1/ All counties west of Cascades. 2/ Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman & Wasco. 3/ Baker, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa. 4/ Crook, Deschutes & Jefferson. 5/ Grant, Harney, Klamath, Lake, Malheur & Wheeler Counties.

	Estimate for your area					Report for your company
Scotch Spearmint	2008 Acres Harvested	2008 Average Yield	OR		2008 Production	2008 Crop Year Pounds Purchased			2008 Dollars Paid to Growers (Dollars per Lb.)	2007 Dollars Paid to Growers (Dollars per Lb.)
Idaho
Oregon total
Western Oregon 1/
Northcentral Oregon 2/
Northeast Oregon 3/
Central Oregon 4/
Southeast Oregon 5/
Washington

^1/ All counties west of Cascades. ^2/ Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman & Wasco. ^3/ Baker, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa.

^4/ Crook, Deschutes & Jefferson. ^5/ Grant, Harney, Klamath, Lake, Malheur & Wheeler Counties.

OVER

	Estimate for your area					Report for your company
Native Spearmint	2008 Acres Harvested	2008 Average Yield	OR		2008 Production	2008 Crop Year Pounds Purchased	2008 Dollars Paid to Growers (Dollars per Lb.)	2007 Dollars Paid to Growers (Dollars per Lb.)
Idaho
Oregon total
Western Oregon 1/
Northcentral Oregon 2/
Northeast Oregon 3/
Central Oregon 4/
Southeast Oregon 5/
Washington
1/ All counties west of Cascades. 2/ Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman & Wasco. 3/ Baker, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa. 4/ Crook, Deschutes & Jefferson. 5/ Grant, Harney, Klamath, Lake, Malheur & Wheeler Counties.

Comments regarding 2008 mint crop:

Respondent Name: _______________________________					Phone: ( )				Date: ______________________
OFFICE USE
Response		Respondent		Mode			Enum.	Eval.	Date
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	9910
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