DA-232 Dairy Products Sales Cheddar Cheese

OMB No. 0581-NEW

DAIRY PRODUCTS SALES CHEDDAR CHEESE
Week Ending Saturday____________
Report by noon on Tuesday unless a Federal Holiday falls on Monday through Wednesday.
Prior to the beginning of each calendar year, AMS shall release the times and dates that reports are due.

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USDA AMS collects weekly information on the sales of dairy
products such as cheddar cheese to be published in the Dairy
Products Sales Release. The information you provide is
important to establish U.S. dairy product prices used in setting
minimum class prices under the Federal Milk Order program.
An accurate response to this survey is mandatory and subject
to verification by the AMS under Public Law No. 106-532.
This law specifically protects the confidentiality of your report
from public disclosure except as directed by the US Secretary
of Agriculture or the US Attorney General for enforcement
purposes to ensure compliance with the Dairy Product
Mandatory Reporting program.

Report:
· Cheddar cheese in 40 pound blocks, colored between 6 and 8 on the National Cheese Institute color chart, meeting Wisconsin State Brand and/or USDA Grade A or better
standards.
· Cheddar cheese in 500 pound barrels, white, meeting Wisconsin State Brand and/or USDA Extra Grade or better standards.
· Price as either f.o.b. plant if the product is “shipped out” from a plant or f.o.b. storage facility if the product is “shipped out” from a storage facility.
· Complete transactions, i.e. butter is “shipped out” and title transfer occurs.
· Sales of cheddar cheese 4 to 30 days of age.
· For 40 pound block cheddar cheese, price reflecting packaging costs for cheese wrapped in a sealed, airtight package in corrugated or solid fiberboard
container with a reinforcing inner liner or sleeve. Exclude all other packaging costs from the reported price.
Do Not Deduct:
· Brokerage fees paid by the manufacturer.
· Clearing charges paid by the manufacturer.
Exclude:
· Forward pricing sales: sales in which the selling price is established (and not adjusted) 30 or more days before the transaction is completed.
· Intra-company sales of butter.
· Re-sales of purchased butter.
· Cheddar cheese certified as organic by a USDA-accredited certifying agent.
· Sales of cheddar cheese produced under faith-based close supervision and marketed at a higher price than the manufacturer's wholesale market price for the
basic commodity (for example, kosher butter produced with a rabbi on site who is involved in supervision of the production process).
· Sales under the Dairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP) or other premium assisted sales (example: export assistance sales through the Cooperatives Working
Together (CWT) program).
· 40 pound block cheddar cheese to be aged.
· 500 pound barrel cheddar cheese packaging costs.
· 500 pound barrel cheddar cheese with moisture content above 37.7%.
Records:
· Each person required to report information on this survey shall maintain, and make available to the US Secretary of Agriculture on request, original contracts,
agreements, receipts, and other records associated with the sale of qualified dairy products during the two-year period beginning on the date of the creation of the records.

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Section 1 – Cheddar Cheese Sales
For the Week Ending Saturday ________________________
1. Plant Location
500 lb. Barrels

40 lb. Blocks

Pounds of Cheddar

Total Dollars

Rounded to the
Nearest Pound

OR

Rounded to the
Nearest Dollar

Dollars / lb.
Rounded to the Nearest
Hundredth of a Cent

Moisture Content*
Wtd Avg: Rounded to the
Nearest Hundredth %

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*AMS will adjust price to benchmark of 38.0% based on standard moisture adjustment formulas.
Section 2 – Other Information
1.

Do you understand the instructions and requirements of this questionnaire?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Yes

No

If no, contact AMS representative immediately to discuss the Dairy Product Prices Report Specifications.
DO NOT SUMBIT report until after speaking with AMS representative.

Section 3 – General Comments

Respondent’s Name: _______________________________________ Phone Number: (

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