QID Mushroom Grower Inquiry - Specialty Mushrooms

MUSHROOM GROWER INQUIRY – SPECIALTY MUSHROOMS

			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 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

Report for the Mushroom Houses (Beds) you operate. Include space owned by you as well as leased from others.

Use this form to report only specialty mushrooms. Report for each variety (such as Shiitake, Oysters, and other specialty mushrooms). Report White Button, Crimini, and Portabello varieties on the Agaricus Mushroom Grower Inquiry form.

1. Did you grow Specialty mushrooms (Shiitake, Oysters or other Specialty) anytime during the year

July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013?

Yes, continue

No, Go to Section 2

SECTION 1: SPECIALTY MUSHROOMS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2013
1. What was the number of natural wood logs and square feet of other growing area from which specialty mushrooms were harvested during the year July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013?
		Shiitake (Lentinus)	Oysters (Pleurotus)	Other (Specify) ________	Other (Specify) ________
Outdoors	Number	401	402	403	404
a. Number of natural wood logs. .
Under Cover and Indoors	Number	405	406	407	408
b. Number of natural wood logs. .
c. Square feet of growing area used for all other types of production media (include area used for trays, bags, artificial bottles, logs, sawdust, etc. but exclude natural wood logs). . . .	Sq. ft.	409	410	411	412

2. What were the total pounds of specialty mushrooms harvested July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013?
		Shiitake (Lentinus)	Oysters (Pleurotus)	Other (Specify) _______	Other (Specify) _______
	Pounds	413	414	415	416

3. For total specialty mushrooms harvested (Question 2), please report the pounds and value of sales for the following categories. (Report grower value at point of first sale. For firms which grow and process their own mushrooms, value reported should be before processing.)
		Shiitake (Lentinus)	Oysters (Pleurotus)	Other (Specify) ________	Other (Specify) ________
a. Harvested, but not sold (Shrinkage, cullage, dumped, etc.). . . . . . . . . .	Pounds	417	418	419	420
b. Total pounds harvested and sold including mushrooms produced for fresh market and processing. . . . . . . . . . . . .	Pounds	421	422	423	424
c. Value of mushrooms sold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	(Whole Dollars)	425	426	427	428
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4. Of the total pounds of Specialty mushrooms sold (Question 3b), how many pounds were grown certified organic?

Pounds

437

4a. How many pounds (Question 4) were sold as certified organic mushrooms?	Pounds	438

SECTION 2: CHANGE IN OPERATOR Complete this section only if you did not grow specialty mushrooms during July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013
1. If change in owner or leasing arrangement:
Date beds were transferred	______________________	Name of firm______________________________________
Operator of beds for remainder of year	_________________________________________________________________________
Address	_________________________________________________________________________
City, State, & Zip Code	_______________________	Telephone No. ________________________

SECTION 3: OTHER
1. Did you produce any mushrooms under any other firm name or with any other person during the year ending June 30, 2013? ________________________________________________	Yes No
a. If YES, please list the names below and check “YES” or “NO” to indicate if they are included in your report:
_______________________________________________________________________	Yes No
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________

SECTION 4: PLEASE LIST ANY NEW MUSHROOM GROWERS IN YOUR AREA
Name of firm	_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Operator	_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Address	_______________________________________________________________________________________________
City, State, & Zip Code	___________________________________________________	Phone.	____________________________

LIST OF SOME SPECIALTY MUSHROOMS

Shiitake (Lentinus edodes) – Black Mushroom, Oak Mushroom Oyster Mushroom, Trumpet, Hiratake, Mukurojitake, King Oyster, or Shimeji ( Pleurotus species) Enoki (Flammulina velutipes) – Winter Mushroom, Golden Needles, Velvet Stem Nameko (Pholiota nameko) (Kuchneromyces nameko) Maitake (Grifola frondosa) (Polyporus frondosa) – Dancing Mushroom, Hen of the Woods Beech (Hypsizygus Tussulatus) Pom Pom (Huricium Erinaceus) Pioppini-Agrocybe aegerita or cylindracea Blewits-Lepista nuda

Blazei-Agaricus blazei Zhu ling-Grifola umbellata Hon-Shimeji (Lycophyllum species) – “Real Shimeji” Kikurage (Auricularia species) – Wood Ears Shirokikurage ( Tremelia fuciformis) – Snow Fungus, Silver Ear Fukurotake ( Volvariella volvacea) – Paddy Straw Mushroom Morel Butter Mushroom (Pholiata aurivella) Reishi-Ganoderma spp. Turkey Tail – Trametes versicolor Caterpillar mushroom – Cordyceps spp.

COMMENTS:

Survey Results: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date go to http://www.nass.usda.gov/results
W ould you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date? 1 Yes 3 No This completes the survey. Thank you for your help.	099

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