QID 030376 Mint Grower Survey - November 2008

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Project 193 QID 030376			OMB No. 0535-0002 Approval Expires 12/31/2009
	MINT GROWER 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]

		The information requested in this survey will be used to prepare estimates of mint acreage, production, and price for the 2008 crop. 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.
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.

For the following MINT CROPS, please report for the 2007 and 2008 CROP YEARS.
Report for the Washington Farm(s) You Operate (IF “NONE”, PLEASE INDICATE)
TYPE OF MINT		ACREAGE HARVESTED FOR OIL		TOTAL QUANTITY OF OIL PRODUCED IN 2008	AVERAGE PRICE RECEIVED IN 2008
		LAST YEAR 2007	THIS YEAR 2008
		ACRES	ACRES	POUNDS	DOLLARS PER POUND
Peppermint		0200	0201	0202	0203		. ___ ___
Spearmint	Scotch	0204	0205	0206	0207		. ___ ___
	Native	0208	0209	0210	0211		. ___ ___
County or counties where mint acreage is located__________________________________________________						212

Your comments on yield compared to a year ago, prices, diseases and pests, quality, etc., would be greatly appreciated.

If not currently producing mint, please give year of last harvest.

Reported By: _______________________________________________ Phone: _____________________________

Email Address:_______________________________________________Date: _________________________________

OFFICE USE
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