050029A Potato Prices - PA - (Annual 1 of 2)

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Project 172 QID 050029A			OMB No. 0535-0003 Approval Expires 12/31/2009
	2009 POTATO PRICES					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]

(Annual Survey 1 of 2)

Your reply to this questionnaire will be helpful in preparing end of season estimates. This includes final 2009 production, and the average price you received from June through November of this year The sales and price information is used to prepare a preliminary season average price and value Do not report a range in prices. Report your best estimate of the average price and quantity for each type shown. Response to this survey is voluntary and is not required by law. Individual reports are confidential and used only to prepare State and National estimates. Your general comments about the crop and prices would be very helpful. Please mail this report in the enclosed envelope which does not require a stamp.

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PLEASE REPORT FINAL 2009 PRODUCTIONFOR YOUR OPERATION
Acres of potatoes harvested or expected to be harvested the year (2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acres		739
Total production (total quantity hauled from Field). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …. . . . . . . . . . . . . …. . . . . . . . . . . . Cwt.		404
OR		154
Yield per acre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cwt./Acre
INSTRUCTIONS Only report sales of potatoes grown by you. Exclude any potatoes purchased from other growers. If you did not sell any of your potatoes during this period, enter “none”.
POTATOES SOLD (INCLUDE CONTRACT AND OPEN MARKET SALES)	REPORT POTATO SALES DURING;:
	June-November 2009
	Average Price Received	Quantity Sold
1. Sold for Table Stock or Fresh Market. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	102	101
	$ .____	Cwt.
2. Sold for Chipping or Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	106	105
	$ .____	Cwt.
3. Sold for Seed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	110	109
	$ .____	Cwt.
4. Sold for Livestock Feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	114	113
	$ .____	Cwt.
Would you like to receive a free copy of the results of this survey in the mail? YES - [Enter code 1] NO – [Enter code 3]		099
The survey results will also be available on the internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov

COMMENTS:	__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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REPORTED BY: _______________________________________	DATE:___________________	PHONE:____________________________
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