QID 060098 Grower's Hop Stocks Report - March

Project 715 QID 060098			OMB No. 0535-0007 Approval Expires 1/31/2010
	GROWERS HOP STOCKS REPORT March 1, 2008				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
				Washington Field Office P.O. Box 609 Olympia, WA 98507-0609 Phone: 360-902-1940 Fax: 1-800-265-6275 Email: [email protected]

		The information requested in this survey is needed to prepare a report on hops stocks on March 1. Response is voluntary and not required by law. However, your report is needed to make the estimates as accurate as possible, even if you do not expect any production. Please complete and return this report in the enclosed envelope which does not need a stamp. Your individual report is confidential and used only with other reports for statistical purposes. Thanks for your cooperation.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Item 1a:	Report as “STORED ON YOUR FARM” only domestic hops to which you actually hold title, and which are stored on your farm.
Item 1b:	Report as “WAREHOUSE STOCKS” all domestic hops which you OWN and have in country or terminal warehouses. Include any hops which you have contracted to sell but to which you still retain title.
Item 1c:	Report as stocks “IN TRANSIT” all domestic hops being shipped to brewers or dealers to which you still retain title during period of transit.
HOP STOCKS TO WHICH YOU HOLD TITLE AS OF MARCH 1, 2008

DRY HOPS
1. Number of bales, by location, owned by you on March 1, 2008
a. Stored on your farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Bales
b. In country or terminal warehouses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Bales
c. In transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Bales
2. Average weight per bale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Lbs.
HOP EXTRACT
3. Hop extract owned by you on March 1, 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Lbs.
4. Pounds of dry hops used to manufacture the extract reported in Item 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Lbs.
PELLETS
5. Pellets owned by you on March 1, 2008. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Lbs.
6. Pounds of dry hops used to manufacture the pellets reported in Item 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Lbs.

REPORTED BY: _______________________________________________ PHONE: _____________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS:_______________________________________________DATE: ______________________________

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