Project 142   QID 060112       	OMB No. 0535-0039:  Approval Expires 1/31/10  	
	Hazelnut Handler 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 503-326-2549
nass-or@nass.usda.gov	

Please help us determine the disposition of the 2009 hazelnut crop.  Response is voluntary and not required by law; however, the accuracy of our estimates depends on your cooperation. Your report will be kept confidential and used only in combination with reports from other handlers to compute State totals.  Survey results will be available on July 8th at http://www.nass.usda.gov. Please use the enclosed envelope to return your report. Thank you for your help.	
Please make corrections to name, address, and Zip Code if necessary.  

* * *Please return by May 26 * * *	

REPORT FOR THE PLANT(S) YOU OPERATED IN 2009-2009
	(Please report dry weight)

1.  Computation of net receipts:

    a. Orchard-run hazelnuts received directly from growers and harvested from your own orchards …………  __________________  tons

    b. Orchard-run hazelnuts received from other packers …………………………………………………………+ __________________  tons

    c. Graded hazelnuts received from other packers ……………………………………………………………….+ __________________ tons

        Gross receipts (sum of items 1a, 1b and 1c) ………………………………………………………………. .= __________________ tons

    d. Orchard-run hazelnuts delivered to other packers …………………………………………………………….- __________________ tons

    e. Graded hazelnuts delivered to other packers ………………………………………………………………… - __________________ tons

        Net receipts (gross receipts minus items 1d and 1e) ………………………………………………………  = __________________ tons

2. Of the hazelnuts reported in item 1a, amount received from Washington growers ………………………….  __________________  tons

3.  Disposition of hazelnuts received:

	
	Quantity of unshelled nuts	
	Quantity of meats obtained	

a.  Merchantable hazelnuts sold and to be sold in the   shell.	tons		

b.  Hazelnuts shelled and to be shelled.
     (orchard-run, dry weight)	tons	tons	

c.  Culls shelled and to be shelled.	tons	tons	

d.  Culls of no value.	tons		

     Total disposition (sum of items 3a through 3d)             
	tons		

4. Total dollars paid to growers for 2009 crop hazelnuts (orchard-run, dry weight) …………………..   ____________________ dollars
    (Total payments to growers for total pounds of delivered nuts, including culls.)
    (Does not apply if your operation is a grower-handler)

5. Average shelling ratio for 2009 crop ………………………………………….………………………………   ___________________ percent

6. Your best estimate of 2009 crop hazelnuts not harvested in your growing area  ………………………   ___________________ percent

Comments on conditions affecting yield, price, etc. are also helpful. 

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 22 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