QID 200560 Apple Boker/Packer Inquiry - OR

Project 134 QID 200560			OMB No. 0535-0039 Approval Expires 3/31/2010
	APPLE BROKER/PACKER INQUIRY 2009					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
					Oregon Field Office 1220 SW 3rd Avenue, Room 1735 Portland, OR 97204 Phone: 1-800-338-2157 Fax: 1-503-326-2549 Email: [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.				Information is needed to determine the percentage of 2008 crop year apples sold for fresh market purposes. Your help in completing this short inquiry will greatly aid in USDA’s effort to accurately determine the size, utilization, and value of the 2008 apple crop. Individual reports are kept confidential. Please complete and return this report promptly in the envelope provided. Thank you.

We are preparing estimates for the fresh 2009 Oregon apple crop. Please report the amount of Oregon grown apples received and to be received by your firm from growers and from your own orchards. To avoid duplication, DO NOT report apples that you received but were packed by another firm. Response is voluntary and not required by law, but your help is needed to ensure accurate results. Your report is kept confidential and used only to compute State totals. Thank you for your help.

2009 OREGON APPLE CROP

Total apples packed for fresh consumption POUNDS

Total apples yet to be packed for fresh consumption POUNDS

Total apples received but diverted to another packer POUNDS

Total apples received but diverted to a processor

(Include culls for juice) POUNDS

Reported by __________________________________ Date____________________________

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