QID 200306 Sweet Cherry Inquiry - MT

Project 134 QID 200306			OMB No. 0535-0039 Approval Expires 1/31/2010
	SWEET CHERRY INQUIRY June 2009					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
					Montana Field Office 10 West 15th Street Suite 3100 Helena, MT 59626 Phone: 406-441-1240 Fax: 1-800-915-6277 Email: [email protected]
				The information requested in this survey is needed to prepare a report on sweet cherry production in Montana this year. 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. Please complete and return this report in the enclosed envelope. Your individual report is confidential and used only with other reports for statistical purposes. Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.

REPORT FOR THE ORCHARDS(S) YOU OPERATE OR MANAGE (This is a forecast, please estimate.)
			Bearing		Non-Bearing
1. Number of Sweet Cherry Trees in your orchard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Trees		197		198
2. Number of acres in your orchard with bearing and non-bearing trees. . . . . . . .	Acres		199		200
3. Production in your orchards(s) as percent of a full crop of Sweet Cherries (Let 100 percent represent the full crop you would expect if there was favorable weather and no damage from insects or disease. Report only for those trees that are alive and have potential to bear fruit).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent
					201
		To Be Harvested This Year 2009			Harvested Last Year 2008
4. Quantity of Sweet Cherries expected to be harvested this year (2009) and harvested last year (2008).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tons		202			203

REPORT FOR YOUR LOCALITY

5. Production in your locality as percent of a full crop of Sweet Cherries (Let 100 percent represent the full crop you would expect if there was favorable weather and no damage from insects or disease. Report only for those trees that are alive and have potential to bear fruit).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent
	204

6. Would you like to receive a copy of the results of this survey in the mail? (The survey results will also be available on the Internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov.)
Yes [Enter code 1.] No [Enter code 3.]			Code
			099

7. Please comment about the condition and prospects for Sweet Cherries in your locality this year: (Use reverse side if necessary; consider conditions of trees, winter injury, damage from spring freezes, insect and disease damage, moisture conditions, character of bloom, and weather during pollination.)
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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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