QID 200506 Pear Forecast - PA

Project 134 QID 200506			OMB No. 0535-0039 Approval Expires 1/31/2010
	PEAR FORECAST August 2009						NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
						Pennsylvania Field Office 2301 N. Cameron Street Room G-19 Harrisburg, PA 17110-9405 Phone: 1-800-498-1518 Fax: 1-800-498-1548 Email: [email protected]
				Information is needed to forecast the expected pear crop in Pennsylvania. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law, but your reply to the questions on this form will be very helpful in determining the current pear crop. Individual reports will be kept confidential. Please return this inquiry promptly. Thank you for your cooperation.
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.

Definitions:

Bearing Acreage: Acres from which you will harvest pears this year. Include blocks you rent from others, and exclude blocks rented out. Deduct any waste area within blocks.

Expected Production: The total bushels you anticipate harvesting. Consider the current condition of your orchards, and assume average weather and pest infestations until harvest.

Expected Percent of Full Crop: A full crop is the yield you would expect to achieve under normal production conditions. This yield may or may not be the maximum production potential for your operation. Therefore, your expected percent of full crop may exceed 100%. Example: you project a mature block should produce 250 bushels/acre and you estimate this year it will produce 300 bushels/acre or 120% of a full crop.

1. Bearing acres of pears in 2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . acres	001
2. Expected percent of full crop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . percent	002
3. Expected 2009 production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bushels	003
4. 2008 production. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . bushels	004

Crop observations: Use other side if needed.

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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