Project Code 134  QID 000613	                                                               OMB No. 0535-0039   Approval Expires 01/31/2010 	
	CRANBERRY INQUIRY 
July 2009		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
nass-or@nass.usda.gov	
			
Please make corrections to name, address, and zip code if necessary.

* * *  Please return by July 20 * * * 	
Dear Cranberry Grower:

In August, the National Agricultural Statistics Service will issue a report of cranberry production prospects in the five leading cranberry States.  Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law, but your answers to these questions will help ensure accurate estimates. Your report will be kept confidential and only used in summary with other reports.  Please return this report promptly in the enclosed envelope, which requires no stamp.  Your comments about this year’s crop are valued. 

Thank you for your help.	

Report for your beds	
1. Acreage for harvest this year (2009)	(431)
Acres	
2. Acreage harvested last year (2008)	(432)
Acres	
3. Probable production this year (2009)	(433)
Barrels	
4. Quantity harvested last year (2008)	(434)
Barrels	

Report for your locality	

5. What is the condition of the cranberry crop in your    locality as a percent of a full crop?
    
    (Let 100 percent represent the “full crop” you would expect if there were no damage from unfavorable weather, insects, disease, etc.)
	(435)

Percent	

6. What yield (barrels per acre) for cranberries do you estimate in your locality this year (2009)?
	(436)

Barrels/Acre	

Comments: Please note the growing conditions of the crop this year, unusual pests, disease, weather issues or anything else which may affect production. (Please continue on back if more space is needed.)

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Reported by: __________________________________ Date: _____________ 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