QID 200525 Apple Production and Disposition Inquiry - 2009 - OR

Project 134 QID 200525			OMB No. 0535-0039 Approval Expires 1/31/2010
	APPLE PRODUCTION AND DISPOSITION INQUIRY 2009 Crop					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
					Oregon Field Office 1220 S.W. 3rd Ave. Room 1735 Portland, OR 97204 Phone: 503-326-2131 Fax: 1-800-731-7011 Email: [email protected]
				Final estimates of production, disposition and season average price for the 2009 crop in Oregon will be prepared. Your answers to the questions below will help make these estimates more accurate. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. However, your report is needed to make the estimates as accurate as possible, even if you did not produce any apples this year. Please complete and return this report in the enclosed postage paid envelope. Your individual report is confidential and used only with other reports for statistical purposes. Thank you for your cooperation.
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.

REPORT FOR THE ORCHARDS YOU OPERATED OR MANAGED IN 2009. (Include orchards rented or leased from others, but exclude those rented or leased to someone else.)	BOXES OR BINS	AVERAGE PRICE DOLLARS PER BOX OR BIN
1. Quantity of apples harvested for all purposes during 2009? (Including those harvested but not used.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .=	001	Price at local shipping point before deducting packing and marketing charges
a. What is the average net weight per box or bin? (Please use the same box or bin unit for rest of report.)	023
2. Of the total quantity reported in item 1, how many were --
a. sold for fresh market as --
(i) F.O.B. sales OF PACKED FRUIT? (Include fruit packed by you and sales through co-ops.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +	002	003
(ii) local sales at roadside stands, pick-your-own, and other direct sales to consumers?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +	006	007
(iii) bulk sales to packers and truckers? (Include orchard run.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .+	004	005
b. sold for commercial processing for --
(i) canning, freezing, drying, juice, cider, vinegar, etc?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +	008	009
c. used in your household or given away? (Friends, hired workers, etc.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +	110
d. harvested but not sold because of poor quality, marketing restrictions or other reasons?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . +	114
NOTE: Apples reported in items 2a through 2d should equal item 1.
3. Quantity of mature apples not harvested because of weather conditions, insect or disease damage, labor shortages, low prices or other economic reasons?. . . .

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	DOLLARS PER BOX OR BIN
4. What were harvest costs for 2009? (Include expenses for picking, hauling, supervision, box rental, etc.)	090
	ACRES
5. What is the NUMBER of acres currently maintained for apple production?	024
6. What is the TOTAL acres of land you operate? (Include all government program land.)	100
7. Of the total land you operate, how much is cropland? (Include all government program land except CRP.)	300
	NUMBER
8. What was the peak number of hired workers on your payroll on any one day during 2009? (Include paid family members.)	885

County in which Orchard is located:__________________________________________________________________________________

9. If you would like to receive a copy of the results of this survey in the mail, please make a check () in the box.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (Results will also be available on the Internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov)

10. COMMENTS about the 2009 apple crop in your locality.

Respondent Name: _______________________________	Phone: ____________________________	9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

	For office use only
	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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