QID 200060 Prune and Plum Processing Inquiry

Project 134 QID 200060			OMB No. 0535-0039 Approval Expires 01/31/2010
	2009 Prune & Plum Processing Inquiry					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
					Oregon Field Office 1220 S.W. 3rd Ave., Room 1735 Portland, OR 97204 Phone: 1-800-338-2157 Fax: 503-326-2549 Email: [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address, and Zip Code if necessary.				We are estimating 2009 Oregon prune and plum production and price. Please report for the prunes and plums that you processed in 2009. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law; however, your cooperation is needed to help ensure accurate estimates. Your report will be kept confidential and used only in combination with other reports to compute State totals. Survey results can be found in the preliminary Noncitrus Fruits and Nuts publication. The release date is January 2010 and can be found at: www.nass.usda.gov. Thank you for your help.

* * * Please return by November 6 * * *

* * * Instructions on back * * *

Report only for your Oregon plant(s)

Use	Fresh Prunes and Plums
	Grown in Oregon	Average price (at packing house door)	Grown in Washington	Average price (at packing house door)	Grown in Idaho	Average price (at packing house door)
	Tons	Dollars per ton	Tons	Dollars per ton	Tons	Dollars per ton
Canned
Brandy, juice, jam, or jelly
Dried, fresh weight
Ratio of fresh to dried	to:		to:		to:
Other (specify):
Culls and waste
TOTAL RECEIVED

Reported by: Phone: ___________________________________

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 number is 0535-0039. 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

Prune and plum processing inquiry - 2009 crop

Instructions for reporting

1. Report tons of fresh fruit received on a pay-weight basis. The term "pay weight" refers to the quantity of fruit delivered and paid for. Culls to be of no value should not be included in the quantity received. If final figures are not available, provide your best estimate.

2. Report final price paid at the processing plant door on a pay-weight basis, not gross weight. Include the cost of the following materials and services furnished to growers without charge or the cost in excess of charges to growers for: land preparation, planting and cultivation, plants, weed, insect or disease control, harvesting, delivery to processing plant, containers, inspection and grading fees. EXCLUDE buying expenses, brokerage fees, and cost of field men.

3. Report use of fruit on the basis of its initial processing.

4. Reporting by cooperatives. If all payments have not been made to growers, please give your estimate of final price paid including the costs listed in Item 2 above, then label it as "NF," not final. Do not include dividends paid to growers which are based on capital stock ownership.