Project 134 QID 200060		OMB No. 0535-0039    Approval Expires 01/31/2010	
	2009 Prune & Plum Processing Inquiry
(Handlers and Packers)		 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: nass-or@nass.usda.gov	
Please make corrections to name, address, and Zip Code if necessary.	

We are preparing end-of-season estimates for production, utilization, and average prices received by growers for the 2009 Oregon prune and plum crop. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law, but your assistance is needed to ensure accurate results. Individual reports remain confidential and are only used in summary with others to compute State totals. Thank you for your assistance.	

		
Oregon Grown Prunes & Plums – 2009 Crop	
Variety	
	Early Italians	Italians	President Plums	Empress	
Number of tons received for fresh sales					

Number of tons sold					
FOB return per ton for all grades sold					
Cost of packing and handling per ton sold					
Net return to the grower at packing house door					

Of all prunes received, were any sent to processors?  If yes, please indicate the name of the processor and amount diverted (not to be included above).
														
                             NAME                                                             	TONS

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Reported by:___________________________	  Date:________________________________

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