QID 060057 Sugarbeets - 2011 Crop - Processor - MT

Project 204 QID 060057			OMB No. 0535-0002 Approval Expires 6/30/2012
	SUGARBEETS 2011 CROP				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
				Montana Field Office 10 West 15th Street Suite 3100 Helena, MT 59626 Phone: 406-441-1240 Fax: 1-800-915-6277 Email: [email protected]

Dear Sugarbeet Processor: The data requested on this form are used to prepare official estimates of sugarbeet acreage, yield, production and sucrose content at county, State and national levels. At the end of the season, State and national average prices are published. Under Title 7 of the U.S. Code and CIPSEA (Public Law 107-347), facts about your operation are kept confidential and used only for statistical purposes. Response is voluntary. However, cooperation is extremely important in compiling accurate, reliable statistics on sugarbeets. The same form is used three times a year as follows: DECEMBER – The first use of this form in December provides basic data for the sugarbeet estimates in the Annual Crop Production Summary in mid-January. County totals are optional in December. However, if preliminary county totals are available, it is helpful to have the data. The following estimates are published from the December inquiry: State and U.S. acreage, yield and production. APRIL – This form is used in April, after much of the processing has been completed. County data are used at this time to compile official county estimates on acreage, yield, production and average sucrose. Updated acreage, yield and production statistics for each State are also published in the June Crop Production report. NOVEMBER - In November, all data reported in April are returned for your review and update. At that time, the prices paid to growers are also requested. Price per ton and value of production by State are published for the first time. All previously published acreage, yield and production data will be reviewed and updated at this time. Your efforts and cooperation in providing these data are greatly appreciated.

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INSTRUCTIONS

The 2011 sugarbeet crop includes sugarbeets planted in the spring of 2011 whether they are harvested in 2011 or the following spring.

1. Please report for each factory separately.

2. Include acreage of both processors and producers.

3. Acreage and production should be allocated to States and counties in which the beets are actually grown.

4. If final data are not available, please report approximate totals.

5. For factories not operating, please return the form with the notation “not operating”.

6. If there are changes in acreage, yield and production data reported earlier, enter the revised data on this form if space permits or attach a separate form.

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SUGARBEETS – 2011 CROP
FACTORY LOCATED AT: ___________________________________________					STATE:__________________________________
Complete Item 1 in December and revise in April and November if necessary. (County data in item 1 are not required until April, but State totals are needed in December.) 1. 2011 CROP SUGARBEETS grown by County and State. (If necessary, estimate.)
COUNTY AND STATE IN WHICH SUGARBEETS WERE GROWN		ACREAGE OF SUGARBEETS		PRODUCTION OF BEETS				WEIGHTED AVERAGE SUCROSE CONTENT OF BEETS PURCHASED ON INDIVIDUAL TEST BASIS
County	State	Planted Acres	Harvested Acres	Tons
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TOTAL FOR FACTORY								%
REVISED TOTAL								%
							APRIL 2012 Complete Items 2 – 4 Only		November 2012 complete Items 2 -5
							(Enter (X) in cells if data unchanged from previous report, or enter revised data.)
2. Total beets received for processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						Tons
3. Beets sliced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						Tons
4. Sucrose content of cossettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						Percent
5. Average price per ton paid to growers by your company for 2011 crop sugarbeets. . . . . . . . . . . . Per Ton

OFFICE USE

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Response	Respondent	Mode	Enum.	Eval.	Office Use for POID	Optional Use
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