000610 Pear

Project 134 QID 000610			OMB No. 0535-0039: Approval Expires 3/31/07
	OREGON WINTER PEAR PROCESSING 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]
Please make correction to name, address, and Zip Code if necessary. ***Please return by May 19, 2006***				Information from this survey is needed to estimate final 2005 winter pear processing in Oregon. Your report will enable us to measure the pear industry’s contribution to the value of Oregon’s agricultural production. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law, but your help is needed to ensure accurate estimates. Individual reports will be kept confidential. Please return this inquiry in the enclosed envelope.

1. Report all 2005 crop pears, other than Bartletts, purchased directly from growers or grower groups, including quantities diverted to other firms. Do not report fruit acquired from other processors.

2. Report the average price paid as the equivalent price paid at the processing plant door on a pay-weight basis. Include any costs of harvesting, delivery, and other services you furnished without charge to growers. If growers delivered the raw fruit to the processing plant door, report actual price paid, including premiums and discounts.

3. Report use of fruit on the basis of its initial processing. For example, fruit frozen for use in preserves should be reported under freezing.

Report for the plant(s) you operate in Oregon

Use	Winter Pears
	Grown in Oregon	Average price paid	Grown in Washington	Average price paid	Grown in California	Average price paid
	tons	dollars per ton	tons	dollars per ton	tons	dollars per ton
Canned
Wine or brandy
Juice, jam, or jelly
Puree or concentrate
Other (specify):
Culls received
Total received

Reported by: _________________________________________ Phone: _______________________________

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

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