QID 200711 Oregon Pear Price Inquiry

Project Code 134 QID 200711			OMB No. 0535-0039 Approval Expires 1/31/10
	OREGON PEAR PRICE 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 Email: [email protected]
				The following price inquiry is an annual request for information on pear prices and certain specified costs of marketing. If some 2009 crop fruit has not yet been sold, we would appreciate your best estimate for the season with appropriate allowance for sales yet to be completed. This information will be used in preparing the final season estimates for the 2009 crop. Survey results will be available on July 8th at http://www.nass.usda.gov. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. Your report will be kept confidential and used only in computing State averages. Thank you for your cooperation.
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary. ***Please return by May 18 ***

INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete columns 1 through 6 in the following table.
1. Pears grown in Oregon for FRESH MARKET, 2009 crop.
Average returns per box to growers for all grades and sizes packed
1		2		3		4	5		6
Pear Variety		Fruit sold for fresh market		Average net weight per packed box		Average FOB price per packed box	All costs per packed box from packing house door to FOB (Include administration, selling, advertising, inspection, warehousing, storage, packing and packing materials.)		Equivalent packing house door return to grower per packed box (column 4 – column 5)
		BOXES		POUNDS		DOLLARS	DOLLARS		DOLLARS
2. Pears grown in Oregon for PROCESSING, 2009 crop.
					Quantity sold for processing			Average return to grower at packing house door
					TONS			DOLLARS PER TON
a. Bartletts …………………………………..
b. Winter pears ……………………………..

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Cooperating with OREGON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE