QID 133490 Citrus Inquiry - TX

CITRUS INQUIRY

			OMB No. 0535-0039 Approval Expires: 6/30/2013 Project Code: 233 QID: 133490 SMetaKey: 3490
				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

							Texas Field Office P.O. Box 70 Austin, TX 78767 Phone: 512-916-5581 Fax: 1-800-842-1331 E-mail: [email protected]
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We need your help to make the Texas April citrus forecast as accurate as possible. Your answers to the questions below will help us supply you and others in the Texas citrus industry with the production forecast of the 2012–2013 citrus crop. 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 10 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.

1. Please report acres of bearing age trees, total production last season, and expected production and yield this season.

(Include production for fresh market and processing in the totals.)

	Current Acres of Bearing Age Trees	Total Production Last Season (2011–2012)	Estimated Production This Season (2012–2013)	OR	Estimated Yield This Season (2012–2013)
	Acres	Tons	Tons		Tons/Acre
a. Grapefruit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	400	401	402		403
b. Oranges:
(i) Navel Early & Mid–Season. . . .	420	421	422		423
(ii) Valencia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	430	431	432		433
c. Tangerines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	450	451	452		453

CONDITION OF THE 2012–2013 CITRUS CROP
2. Please report the condition (expected production) of grapefruit and orange groves now, as compared with prospects for a full crop. Let 100 percent represent a full crop you would expect if there was no damage from unfavorable weather, insects, disease, etc.
a. Grapefruit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	404	%
b. Oranges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	414	%

3. Please comment on development of fruit, quality, and market conditions for your citrus crop:

Respondent Name: _________________________________		9911			9910 MM DD YY
		Phone: ( _____ )	______ – __________		Date: __ __ __ __ __ __
County: ___________________________________________

OFFICE USE ONLY

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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

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0921

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Optional/NOD Use

0407

0408

9906

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