QID-000236 Fresh Market Winter Melon and Vegetable Shipper Survey

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Project 139 QID 000236 11/14		OMB No. 0535-0037: Approval Expires 10/31/2009
	2009 FRESH MARKET WINTER MELON AND VEGETABLE SHIPPER SURVEY				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
				California Field Office P.O. Box 1258 Sacramento, CA 95812 Phone: 1-800-851-1127 Fax: 1-888-478-5637 E-mail: [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary. PLEASE MAIL OR FAX BY DECEMBER 10, 2008. FAX Number: 1-888-478-5637			Dear Reporter: Your help is needed to prepare estimates of vegetable acreage for fresh harvest during the period of January 1 - March 31, 2009. Information for your individual firm will be kept CONFIDENTIAL. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. Please complete and return this questionnaire by December 10. A postage-paid envelope is enclosed for your convenience or you may fax it to 1‑888‑478‑5637. If you have any questions, please call Sarah DeVandry at 1-800-851-1127, Ext. 143.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Please report all California acreage from which this firm EXPECTS to ship during the specified period. Also, report last year's FINAL acreage for the same period. This will allow us to make any corrections to last year's reported acreage and compare both years in percentage terms. Please estimate, if necessary, for both years to reflect changes in acreage for the crops listed below. Include acreage you will ship from other growers. If your firm ships from more than one location in California, please include acreage from all points.

2. For the crops listed, if you WILL SHIP NONE THIS YEAR and DID NOT SHIP ANY LAST YEAR during the JANUARY-MARCH PERIOD, please check this box  and return this survey.

CALIFORNIA FRESH ACREAGE YOUR FIRM EXPECTS TO SHIP FROM JANUARY 1 - MARCH 31 a/
Crop	Winter Acreage Your Firm Expects To Ship From January 1 - March 31, 2009 (This Year)	Winter Acreage Your Firm Shipped From January 1 - March 31, 2008 (Last Year)
	Acres
Broccoli	520	420
Carrots (include baby carrots)	572	472
Cauliflower (include heading broccoli)	530	430
Celery (include processed)	533	433
Corn, Sweet (include baby corn)	561	461
Lettuce, Iceberg (include shredded)	543	443
Melons: Cantaloupe (include processed)	524	424
Honeydew	525	425
Watermelon	566	466
Tomatoes, Fresh Market (exclude greenhouse & cherry)	564	464
Other Vegetables: (please specify)
a/ All acreage reported should include produce shipped in a value added or fresh processed form. (Salad cuts, chopped, shredded, chunks, etc.)

Please comment on crop progress, quality, yields, etc.

Would you like to receive a free copy of the survey results in the mail? . . . . . . . (The results will be available on the Internet at www.nass.usda.gov.)

( ) YES – Enter code 1

099

Reported by:		Date:		Phone:	«PHONE»
E-mail:	«EMAIL»			Fax:	«PHONEFAX»

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.