REPORTING TOTAL QUANTITIES PURCHASED: Report QUANTITIES of grain purchased directly from U.S. farmers. Do Not Report grains purc

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Prices
Received
Survey

General Reporting Instructions
for the Monthly Grain and Oilseed Prices Received Survey
REPORTING TOTAL QUANTITIES
REPORTING TOTAL VALUE:

PURCHASED:
Report QUANTITIES of grain purchased
directly from U.S. farmers.

For each transaction, “VALUE TO FARMER”
equals the agreed-upon price:

Do Not Report grains purchased:
● from other elevators, firms, brokers
or truck buyers.
● from producers or firms in other
countries.
● for resale as seed.

Plus:
● premiums associated with quality factors
(test weight, protein content, etc.) or
moisture content.
● premiums for direct delivery by farmers
to mill, processor, or river or rail
terminal.

For purchases where the intended use of
the grain may change over time (e.g., feed
vs. malting barley), report for the intended
use at the time of purchase.
Report Quantities on a dry or shrink
basis at STANDARD MOISTURE
CONTENT. For grain purchased on a “wet”
bushel basis (no quantity reduction taken
for shrinkage), convert to standard
moisture by estimating the proportion of
grain purchased that was above standard
moisture and applying a shrink factor
based on your best estimate of its average
excessive moisture.

Less:
● price discounts associated with quality
factors (test weight, protein content,
foreign matter, damage, etc.) or
moisture content.
Do Not Deduct:
● check-off fees or other marketing or
service fees.
● transportation or handling charges from
the farm to point of first sale.
● charges for drying, cleaning, storage, or
grading.

For example:
If corn purchased = 10,000 bu.
And average moisture on 3,000 bu = 17.5%
Shrinkage = 2.4% (3,000 bu. X 0.024 = 72 bu.)
Then “dry” quantity = 7,000 + (3,000 - 72)
= 9,928 bu.

REPORTING CONTRACT
PURCHASES:
Quantities purchased and total value
should be comparable for a given
month. DO NOT report the quantities
one month and the value in a different
month.
● Report cash sales, forward contracts
and deferred payment contracts in the
month when the purchaser takes
ownership and payment is made.
● Basis, minimum price, option or
hedge-to-arrive contracts should be
reported in the month grain is delivered.
Estimate the gross value of these
purchases using the spot price on date
of delivery. (Alternatively, you may
report both quantity and value for these
contracts in the settlement month.)
● Delayed pricing or no price
established contracts should be
reported in the month when price is
determined.
● Pooled grain should be reported when
the major portion of the payment is
made. Value should include an estimate
of any anticipated end-of-year
payments.

Total quantity equals the sum of all quantities
purchased from farmers during the report period.

U.S. Department of Agriculture

National Agricultural Statistics Service