QID 110083 Mink Survey - May 2013

MINK SURVEY - May 2013
			OMB No. 0535-0212 Approval Expires: 10/31/2012 Project Code: 197 QID: 110083 SMetaKey: 2597
				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

						U.S Department of Agriculture NOC Division 9700 Page Avenue, Suite 400 St. Louis, MO 63132-1547 Phone: 1-888-424-7828 Fax: 314-595-9990 E-mail: [email protected]

Please make corrections to name, address and zip code, if necessary.
Your help is needed to prepare final production estimated for Mink by color for 2013. Information requested in this survey is used to prepare estimates of selected agricultural commodities. Under Title 7 of the U.S. Code 3 and CIPSEA (Public Law 107-347), facts about your operation are kept confidential and used only for statistical purposes in combination with similar reports from other producers. Response is voluntary. A postage paid return envelope is enclosed for your convenience. A prompt reply will ensure that your report will be included in our summary.
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 control number is 0535-0212. 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.

INSTRUCTIONS: Include pelts taken from the 2012 crop and females bred to produce kits in 2013.

1. During 2012, did this operation own or raise any mink?					Office Use
2701 Yes – Go to Question 2. No – Do you plan to own or raise mink in the future?					2701
					2703
2703	Yes – Go to Question 5 Don’t Know – Go to Question 5 No – Go to Question 5
2. How many pelts were taken from the 2012 crop for marketing?				090
3. How many females were bred or will be bred to produce kits in 2013?			200
4. While there are many other color class mutations and trade names, the following basic color classes have been adopted by the mink industry for this survey. Please read all the descriptions and report under the color class that best fits your pelts and females. Enter the number of females bred in the color class of the expected pelt color of the kits to be produced.
		Pelts taken from 2012 crop for marketing				Females bred & to be bred to produce kits in 2013
Of the total in Items 2 and 3, how many are in each of the following color classes?		(Number)				(Number)
a. Black - (Standard, Pure Dark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		101				201
b. Demi/Wild - (Dark Brown, Ranch Wild, Demi-buff) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		102				202
c. Pastel - (Dawn, Orchid) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		103				203
d. Sapphire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		104				204
e. Blue Iris - (Aleutian, Gunmetal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		105				205
f. Mahogany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		106				206
g. Pearl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		107				207
h. Lavender - (Lavender-Hope) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		108				208
i. Violet - (Cameo, Winterblue, Glacial) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		109				209
j. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		110				210
k. Other (Specify: __________________________________________). . .		111				211

5. Has this operation (name on label) been sold or turned over to someone else? Yes – Identify the new operator(s) No – [Go to Question 6.]
	Operation Name:______________________________________________________________________ Operator Name: ______________________________________________________________________ Address:_____________________________________Phone:__________________________________ City:______________________________________State:__________________________Zip:_________
6. Please list the name and address of any person or farm in your area that started raising mink in 2012 or 2013. Include any former mink producers who have come back into production during that period.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Do you make day-to-day decisions for another mink farm? Yes List other operation(s)_________________________________________ No

SURVEY RESULTS: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to www.nass.usda.gov/results Would you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date? . . . . .

1 Yes 3No

099

Respondent Name:_______________________

9911 Phone: ( ) ____________

9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

Office Use Only

Response

Respondent

Mode

Enum.

Eval.

Change

R. Unit

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

785

921

789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __

Optional Use

407

408

9906

9916

S/E Name