QID Sugar Production Inquiry - Mar 2012 - LA

Project 198 QID      			OMB No. 0535-0002 Approval Expires 6/30/2012
	SUGAR PRODUCTION INQUIRY March 1, 2012							NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
						Louisiana Field Office P. O. Box 65038 Baton Rouge, LA 70896-5038 Phone: 1-800-256-4485 Fax: 1-888-922-0744 Email: [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.					In preparing final estimates of sugar and molasses production for the 2011 season, we are asking all sugar factory operators to give the information requested below. Information requested in this survey is used to prepare estimates of selected agricultural commodities. 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 in combination with similar reports from other producers. Response is voluntary.

Report For Your Factory
1. Tons of CANE received. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Gross Tons	221
	Net Tons	222

2. Tons of RAW SUGAR, as produced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tons

223

3. POLARIZATION of sugars reported in (Question 2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Percent

224

4. Final (black strap) MOLASSES produced, 80○ Brix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gallons

225

5. Commercial SYRUP produced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gallons

226

6. Normal juice SUCROSE (or Absolute value). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Percent

227

7. Normal juice PURITY (or Absolute value). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Percent

228

8. Percent SUCROSE in cane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Percent

229

9. Please report the TONS your factory received and acres from which they were harvested, by parish. (If you don't know the parish breakdown, please use your best estimate.)
Parish		Acres	Gross of Net Tons Received 1/	OR	Percent Received By Parish
			251	........
     	242		252	........	272
     	243		253	........	273
     	244		254	........	274
     	245		255	........	275
1/ Sum should equal Question 1..........................................			290		100%

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OFFICE USE

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Response	Respondent	Mode	Enum.	Eval.	Office Use for POID			Optional Use
9901	9902	9903	098	100	789	__ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __		407	408	9916	9906
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