055551 Prices Paid by Farmers - Seed Cotton - TX

Project Code 171 QID 055551		OMB No. 0535-0003: Approval Expires 9/30/2010
	PRICES PAID BY FARMERS SEED COTTON March 2009				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.				Texas Field Office P.O. Box 70 Austin, TX 78767 1-800-626-3142 Fax: 1-800-842-1331 E-mail: [email protected] Texas
			Dear Reporter: The information requested in this survey is needed to prepare a report on prices paid by farmers for seed cotton (2009 crop season). Your response is voluntary and not required by law. However, your report is needed to make the estimates as accurate as possible. Please complete and return this report in the enclosed postage paid envelope. Your individual report is confidential and used only with other reports for statistical purposes. If you have questions, please call me at 1-800-626-3142. Thanks for your cooperation.

INSTRUCTIONS: Report all cottonseed sold and to be sold to farmers for planting in 2009.

Report prices paid by farmers in price per hundredweight (100 lbs) by type.

Include GMO technology fees, but exclude any possible future rebates.

	Upland Cotton - All	Upland Cotton Biotechnology Variety	Upland Cotton Non -Biotechnology Variety	Pima Cotton - All
1. Quantity sold to producers. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1	3	5	7
a. Check unit reported above	Pound Cwt. Tons Bushels Sacks # _________ lbs/sack	Pound Cwt. Tons Bushels Sacks # _________ lbs/sack	Pound Cwt. Tons Bushels Sacks # _________ lbs/sack	Pound Cwt. Tons Bushels Sacks # _________ lbs/sack
2. Average price/100 lbs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	2 $	4 $	6 $	8 $
a. If unit checked above was NOT cwt., what was the average price per unit normally sold? [ Report for unit checked above]	$ _____ . ____ /lb. $ _____ . ____ /ton $ _____ . ____ /bu. $ _____ . ____ /sack	$ _____ . ____ /lb. $ _____ . ____ /ton $ _____ . ____ /bu. $ _____ . ____ /sack	$ _____ . ____ /lb. $ _____ . ____ /ton $ _____ . ____ /bu. $ _____ . ____ /sack	$ _____ . ____ /lb. $ _____ . ____ /ton $ _____ . ____ /bu. $ _____ . ____ /sack

COMMENTS:
3. 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 in Agricultural Prices, on the Internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov

on April 30, after 3 pm ET.

Reported by: ____________________________________	Phone (______) ______________	9910 Date	MM DD YY _ _ _ _ _ _

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Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	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	789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
								Optional Use
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