QID 000605 Pear Production and Disposition Inquiry - NY

Project Code 134 QID 000605		OMB No. 0535-0039: Approval Expires 01/31/2010
Form Approved O.M.B. Number 0535-0039 Approval Expires 1/31/10 Project Code 134 QID 200426 36	Pear Production and Disposition Inquiry 2008 Crop			NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.

USDA, NASS, New York Field Office

10B Airline Drive

Albany, NY 12235-1004

1-800-821-1276 Fax 1-800-591-3834

[email protected]

The information requested in this survey is needed to prepare estimates of production, use and average price for the 2008 pear crop in New York. Response is voluntary and not required by law. However, your report is needed to make the estimates as accurate as possible, even if you do not expect any production and disposition in New York.

Please complete and return this report in the enclosed envelope which does not need a stamp. Your individual report is confidential and used only with other reports for statistical purposes. Thanks very much for your cooperation.

REPORT FOR THE ORCHARD(S) YOU OPERATE OR MANAGE IN 2008

What is the TOTAL number of bearing acres of pears? (Please report to the nearest whole acre) Whole acres			455
Quantity of pears harvested for all purposes during 2008 Bushels			515
Of the total quantity of pears harvested, how many were: a. Sold for fresh market as:		Quantity	Average Price Received Per Bushel
(1) F.O.B. sales of packed fruit?		Bushels	Dollars
(Include fruit packed by you and sales through co-ops; F.O.B. equals net price to growers after packing costs) +		511	541
(2) Bulk sales to packers or truckers? (Include orchard run) +		512	542
(3) Local sales - - roadside stands and other sales direct to consumers? +		513	543
b. Sold for commercial processing? (Include sales through co-ops) +		516	546
c. Used by you to make processed items for sale by this operation? +		517
d. Used on your farm and given away? (Include pears given to hired help, tenants, etc.) +		518
e. Harvested production not sold? (Include pears not marketed because of poor quality, decay, shrinkage, cullage, marketing restrictions or other reasons.) +		519
(Sum of Items 3a thru 3e must equal Item 2.)
Unharvested production? (Include all pears left in the orchard, regardless of whether on tree or ground, due to weather losses, disease, insect damage, marketing restrictions, labor shortages, low prices, or other reasons)		521
Net weight per bushel as reported in the questions above. Pounds		539
Production of pears in your orchard as a percent of full crop. 1/ Percent			580
REPORT FOR YOUR LOCALITY Number of pears as a percent of full crop. 1/ Percent			590

1/ Please report total production of fruit as a percent of full crop. Let 100 percent represent the full crop you would expect

if there were no damage from unfavorable weather, insects, disease, etc.

Reported by: Date: Phone: ( ) -

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	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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