QID Potato Stocks and Prices - MI (monthly)

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Project 195			OMB No. 0535-0003 Approval Expires 7/31/2010
	POTATO STOCKS and PRICES APRIL 2008					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
				Michigan Field Office P.O. Box 26248 Lansing, MI 48909-6248 Phone: 517-324-5300 Fax: 517-324-5299 Email: [email protected]
	(Monthly)			Please report your potato stocks and prices received monthly. All individual reports are confidential and used only for statistical purposes. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. However, your cooperation will provide useful information to your industry on the current potato stocks and price situation. Please review the instructions before preparing the report.
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.

INSTRUCTIONS
STOCKS:	Report total quantity of potatoes, regardless of ownership, or potential uses, on the first of April, less shrinkage and loss to date. Be sure to include potatoes held for seed. Report in hundredweight (cwt).
SHRINK and DUMP:	Report the projected shrinkage and dump amount, in hundredweight or as a percent of the total production, for the current season’s potato crop from March 1 through April 1.
SALES:	Only report sales of potatoes grown by you. Exclude potatoes purchased from other growers. If you did not sell any of your potatoes last month, enter “none”.

What is the TOTAL STORAGE CAPACITY of all storage facilities you operate (Include rented space)	1122 cwt	OR	bbls

TOTAL QUANTITY OF POTATOES IN STORAGE

	April 1, 2008
	Reds (cwt.)	Round Whites (cwt.)	Russets (cwt.)
	705	706	708

SHRINK AND DUMP (From March 1 – April 1)
	Shrink (cwt. or percent)	Dump (cwt. or percent)
	709	710

POTATOES SOLD (Include contract and open market sales)	REPORT POTATO SALES DURING:
	March 2008		First half of April 2008
	Average price received	Quantity sold	Expected price
1. Sold for table stock or fresh market. . . .	802	801	804
	$ .___ ___	Cwt.	$ .___ ___
2. Sold for chipping or processing. . . . . . . .	806	805	808
	$ .___ ___	Cwt.	$ .___ ___
3. Sold for seed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	810	809	812
	$ .___ ___	Cwt.	$ .___ ___
4. Sold for livestock feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	814	815	816
	$ .___ ___	Cwt.	$ .___ ___

Respondent Name:________________________________	Phone:(_____)________________________	Date:_______________________

OFFICE USE
Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.
1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est 8-Known Zero	9901	1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth	9902	1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web 6-e-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other	9903	098	100

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