Form QID 000222 QID 000222 2008 Bulb Onion Acreage & Production Survey

Project Code 139 QID 000222		OMB No. 0535-0037: Approval Expires 10/31/2009
	2008 Bulb Onion Acreage & Production Survey				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]
P Please make corrections to name, address, and Zip Code, if necessary. * * * Please return by October 22 * * *			Acreage, yield, production and price estimates will soon be prepared for Oregon’s bulb onion crop. Please help by answering the following questions and returning this form in the envelope provided. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law, but your help is needed to ensure accurate estimates. Your report will be kept confidential and used for State totals. Your comments on this year’s crop are valued. Thank you for your cooperation and continued support of Oregon agriculture.

1. All onion acres planted in 2008…	Acres
2. All onion acres harvested in 2008.	Acres
3. Total quantity harvested in 2008 (circle unit: cwt. or tons)	Cwt. or tons
	Cwt. or Tons	Dollars per unit
4. Of all onions harvested in item 3, how many were sold or intended to be sold as: a. Storage onions (Including yellow, red, white, and Spanish storage types for fresh market) ………….
b. Sweet type onions (Including yellow, red, white, and Walla Walla type for fresh market) ……………....
c. Processed fresh onions (Including whole peeled, diced, rings, whole sliced, stir fry,silvered, and ready to bloom ) …………………………………………………………………………….……….
d. Processed frozen onions (IQF) (Including diced, strips, and rings) ……………………………………………………...
e. Dehydration onions (Including white and yellow types) …………………………………………………….…

Comments explaining unusually high or low yields, reasons for any crop failure or abandonment, weather factors, etc. are helpful:

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Reported by: _____________________________________ Phone : _____________________ Date: _________________

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0535-0037. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 10 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

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