QID Prices Received by Farmers - Montana Hay - Monthly

		OMB No. 0535-0003: Approval Expires 6/30/2010
	PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS MONTANA HAY September 2009			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 E-mail: [email protected]

(Monthly)

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Dear Reporter:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture collects and publishes information on prices farmers receive for agricultural commodities. This information is used in estimation of farm income, the computation of State tax projections and rates, price studies and analysis of returns from various crops.

This survey is voluntary. Individual reports are combined to estimate State and U.S. prices. Information from individual reports is kept strictly confidential. Please fax your report or mail it in the enclosed postage paid envelope.

Thank you.

1. Please report the average price received for hay in your area from September 1 to 14. For your questionnaire to be summarized, please mail or fax the questionnaire to 1-800-915-6277 by

September 17.

	Alfalfa and Alfalfa Mixtures		Other Hay (Including Timothy, Grain, Wild, etc.)
	Dollars per Ton Baled	Quantity Sold in Tons	Dollars per Ton Baled	Quantity Sold in Tons
Small Squares 65 -115 lbs bales	$	Tons	$	Tons
Large Squares greater than 800 lbs bales	$	Tons	$	Tons
Round Bales greater than 1,200 lbs bales	$	Tons	$	Tons
Other Bales Specify:______________	$	Tons	$	Tons

Reported by: ________________________________________________ Date: _________________

Office Use Only

Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	Completion Date
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	98	100	9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

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