060112 Hazelnuts

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Project 142 QID 060112			OMB No. 0535-0039: Approval Expires 3/31/07
	Hazelnut Handler Disposition Inquiry 2005 Crop					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
					Oregon Field Office 1220 S.W. 3rd Ave. Room 1735 Portland, OR 97204, Phone 503-326-2131, Fax 503-326-2549 [email protected]
				Dear Oregon Hazelnut Handler: Please help us determine the disposition of the 2005 hazelnut crop. Response is voluntary and not required by law; however, the accuracy of our estimates depends on your cooperation. Your report will be kept confidential and used only in combination with reports from other handlers to compute State totals. Please use the enclosed envelope to return your report. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Christopher A. Mertz Director
Please make corrections to name, address, and Zip Code if necessary.

REPORT FOR THE PLANT(S) YOU OPERATED IN 2005-2006

(Please report dry weight)

1. Computation of net receipts:

a. Orchard-run hazelnuts received directly from growers and harvested from your own orchards ………… __________________tons

b. Orchard-run hazelnuts received from other packers …………………………………………………………+ __________________tons

c. Graded hazelnuts received from other packers ……………………………………………………………….+ __________________tons

Gross receipts (sum of items 1a, 1b and 1c) ………………………………………………………………. .= __________________tons

d. Orchard-run hazelnuts delivered to other packers …………………………………………………………….- __________________tons

e. Graded hazelnuts delivered to other packers …………………………………………………………………- __________________tons

Net receipts (gross receipts minus items 1d and 1e) ……………………………………………………… = __________________tons

2. Of the hazelnuts reported in item 1a, amount received from Washington growers …………………………. __________________tons

3. Disposition of net receipts:

	Quantity of unshelled nuts	Quantity of meats obtained
a. Merchantable hazelnuts sold and to be sold in the shell.	tons
b. Hazelnuts shelled and to be shelled. (orchard-run, dry weight)	tons	tons
c. Culls shelled and to be shelled.	tons	tons
d. Culls of no value.	tons
Total disposition (sum of items 3a through 3d should equal net receipts)	tons

4. Total dollars paid to growers for 2005 crop hazelnuts (orchard-run, dry weight) ………………….. __________________ dollars

(Total payments to growers for total pounds of delivered nuts, including culls.)

(Does not apply if your operation is a grower-handler)

5. Average shelling ratio for 2005 crop ………………………………………….……………………………… __________________ percentdollars

6. Your best estimate of 2005 crop hazelnuts not harvested in your growing area ……………………… __________________ percent

Comments on conditions affecting yield, price, etc. are also helpful.

Reported by: ___________________________________ Date: ____________ Phone: _____________________________

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Cooperating with OREGON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE