QID Sweet Cherry Production and Disposition - MT

Project Code 134		OMB No. 0535-0039: Approval Expires 1/31/2010
	SWEET CHERRY PRODUCTION AND DISPOSITION 2008 Crop						NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
					Montana Field Office 10 West 15th Street, Suite 3100 Helena, MT 59626, Phone 1-800-835-2612 Fax 1-800-915-6277 [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.			Dear Reporter: Estimates of production, use and season average price for the 2008 sweet cherry crop in Montana are now being prepared. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. However, cooperation is very important in order to accurately estimate cherry production in Montana. An addressed envelope which requires no stamp is enclosed for your convenience. Individual reports will be kept confidential. Thank you for your cooperation.
REPORT FOR THE SWEET CHERRY ORCHARD(S) YOU OPERATED OR MANAGED DURING 2008
1. Number of bearing and non-bearing sweet cherry trees in your orchard?. . .Trees				Bearing		Non-Bearing
				197		198
2. Number of bearing and non-bearing sweet cherry acres in your orchard?. . Acres				199		200
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3. Of the total quantity of sweet cherries harvested in 2008, how many were sold for fresh market in the following 3 categories?			Quantity (pounds)		Average Price Received per pound (cents)
3a. Packaged by or for growers, F.O.B. sales (Include sales through Co-ops & Associations) 			210		211
3b. Bulk sales to packers or truckers (Include orchard run) 			212		213
3c. Local sales (roadside stands, fruit sold on trees, and other sales direct to consumers) 			214		215
4. Of the total quantity of cherries harvested in 2008, how many were sold for commercial processing (Include sales through Co-ops)? 			216		217
5. Of the total quantity of cherries harvested in 2008, how many were used on your farm or given away (Include cherries given to hired help, tenants, etc)? 			218
6. Of the total quantity of cherries harvested in 2008, how much of the harvested production was disposed of (Include cherries culled because of rot, cracked, wind whip, etc.)? 			219
7. TOTAL QUANTITY of cherries harvested for all purposes in 2008 (Sum of 3a, 3b, 3c, 4, 5, & 6) =			202
8. Quantity of mature cherries left on trees (not harvested) because of low price, shortage of labor, or other economic reasons (please estimate) 			220
9. TOTAL ESTIMATED sweet cherry production (Sum of 7 & 8) =			221
The survey results will also be available on the Internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov on January 23, 2009.
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Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	Office Use for POID
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	789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
								Optional Use
								916		921
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