Fruit, Nuts, and Specialty Crops

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MACADAMIA NUT LOSS REPORT 2012 – 2013 SEASON CROP


OMB No. 0535-0039  
Approval Expires: 6/30/2013
Project Code: 142   QID: 123420   
SMetaKey: 3420








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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.
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0535-0039.  The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

INSTRUCTIONS:  The following questions pertain to losses that you identified after the nuts were delivered to your plant for processing.  In other words, all the spoilage delivered to your plant from your own production and from purchases you made.  If you do not grow any macadamia nuts, please report spoilage from the purchases you made.  If your plant does not keep records of the breakdown as it is asked for in the categories below, it will still be useful if you would report what is available or make your best estimate.  There is an example on the back to show how to base your calculation.
1.	If sampling is the method you use to determine spoilage, is the percentage based on (check one):

1Weight		or
2 Kernel count
2.	Spoilage for the July 1, 2012 ‑ June 30, 2013 crop due to the following:
	(Report only those nuts that were completely rejected for the following reasons.)


Pounds
(Wet‑in‑shell)
Percent of gross pounds delivered
a.	Immature (shriveled) nuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
011
021
b.	Germinating nuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
012
022
c.	Moldy, rotted, kernel discoloration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
013
023
d.	Stink bug. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
014
024
e.	Koa seed worm (Cryptophlebia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
015
025
f.	Tropical nut borer (shot hole borer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
016
026
g.	All others (please specify below). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 


(i)	__________________________________________________________________________
017
027
(ii)	__________________________________________________________________________
018
028
TOTAL POUNDS OF SPOILAGE (a+b+c+d+e+f+g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
019
029






Comments (crop condition, quality, weather affecting production, etc.): 













EXAMPLE:
Because each load delivered to your plant weighs a different amount, it is important that your calculations reflect a weighted average if you are working with percentages.  In the example below, the overall weighted average of two different loads would be calculated as shown.


LOAD #1
Weight 450 lbs. (gross)
Sample – 50 nuts
LOAD #2
Weight 1,500 lbs. (gross)
Sample – 50 nuts
Combined deliveries
Weight 1,950 lbs. (gross)

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)

Samp nuts
%
Converted to lbs.
Samp nuts
%
Converted to lbs.
(cols. 3 & 6) lbs.
Overall % of gross lbs. delivered
a.  Immature (shriveled) nuts. . . . . . . . . . . 
1
2
9
0
0
0
9
.5
b.  Germinating nuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
1
2
9
0
0
0
9
.5
c.  Moldy, rotted, kernel discoloration. . . . 
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
d.  Stink bug. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
2
4
18
2
4
60
78
4
e.  Koa seed worm (Cryptophlebia). . . . . . 
1
2
9
1
2
30
39
2
f.  Tropical nut borer (shot hole borer). . . . 
2
4
18
0
0
0
18
1
g.  All others (please specify below). . . . . 
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0









TOTAL POUNDS OF SPOILAGE
7
14%
63
3
6%
90
153
8.0%
	(a+b+c+d+e+f+g)