QID Hazelnut Variety and Disposition Inquiry

HAZELNUT VARIETY & DISPOSITION INQUIRY

			OMB No. 0535-0039 Approval Expires: 6/30/2013 Project Code: xxx QID: xxxxxx SMetaKey: xxxx
				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

						U.S. Department of Agriculture NOC Division 9700 Page Avenue, Suite 400 St. Louis, MO 63132-1547 Phone: 1-888-424-7828 FAX: 314-595-9990 [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address and ZIP Code, if necessary. 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 30 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.

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1. Do you own or operate a hazelnut orchard?

₁ Yes – Continue ₃ No – Sign and return form in postage paid envelope

For items 2 and 3, please report quantities in pounds of dry, unshelled, merchantable hazelnuts. If you have not yet received your

final figures, please estimate. Note: Merchantable weight may also be called “final pay weight”. It is the gross dry weight minus defects.

2. How many pounds of merchantable hazelnuts were harvested from your orchard(s) in 2013? ………. (001) ____________lbs.

	Quantity	Average price received
3. Of the total quantity harvested, how much was:	Pounds	Dollars/Pound
a. Sold and delivered unshelled to independent packers, co-ops, or commercial shellers? ……	002	008
b. Sold unshelled to local stores, farmers markets, roadside stands, etc.? ……………………….	003	009
c. Shelled or to be shelled on your farm for sale as meats? ………………………………………...	004
d. Stored on your farm to be sold in the shell? ………………………………………………….…….	005
e. Used at home or given away? …………………………………………………………………..……	006

3. How many estimated pounds of hazelnuts were left unharvested in your orchard(s) in 2013…… (007) __________lbs.

4. In the past 12 months, how many hazelnut trees of bearing age have been removed

from your orchards? ………………………………………………………………………………….. (010) __________trees

a. Approximate year the removed trees were initially planted ……………………………………… (011)___________

b. In the past 12 months, how many hazelnut trees have been planted in your orchards? ……. (012) __________trees

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OFFICE USE ONLY
	Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	Change 785		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	785		789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
								R. Unit			Optional Use
								921			407	408		9906	9916
	S/E Name

Please complete the table on the reverse side of this form with information on all orchards you own and/or operate. An orchard is considered to be any contiguous block of trees planted the same year with the same tree spacing. It is very IMPORTANT that you include the name of the orchard operator or owner if different from you to avoid duplicating information. If year of planting is unknown, enter an approximate year or decade. If precise number of acres, spacing, or number of trees is unknown, enter your best estimate. If more than three varieties are planted in an orchard, please note the additional varieties in the margin.

	Respondent Name:	9911 Phone:	9910 MM DD YY Date:

Orchard #	Year Planted	Orchard Acres (to the tenth)	Variety		Variety % of Total	County	Type of operation check one:		Name of OPERATOR, if other than you	Name of OWNER, if other than you
Example:	1987	4.5		Barcelona	85			Own & Operate		Joe Farmer
				Ennis	10	Y amhill		Own only
				Lewis	5		X	Operate only
1								Own & Operate
								Own only
								Operate only
2								Own & Operate
								Own only
								Operate only
3								Own & Operate
								Own only
								Operate only
4								Own & Operate
								Own only
								Operate only
5								Own & Operate
								Own only
								Operate only
6								Own & Operate
								Own only
								Operate only
7								Own & Operate
								Own only
								Operate only