Form QID 110083 QID 110083 Mink Survey

MINK SURVEY - May 2015
						OMB No. 0535-0212 Approval Expires: 1/31/2016 Project Code: 197 110083 SMetakey: 2597      
							National Agricultural Statistics Service
						USDA/NASS National Operations Division 9700 Page Avenue, Suite 400 St. Louis, MO 63132-1547 Phone: 1-888-424-7828 FAX: 1-855-415-3687 E-mail: [email protected]
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1. During 2014, did this operation own or raise any mink?					Office Use
2701 –1Yes – Go to Question 3No – Do you plan to own or raise mink in the future?					2701
					2703
2703	1Yes - Go to Question 5 2Don't Know - Go to Question 5 3No - Go to Question 5
2. How many pelts were taken from the 2014 crop for marketing?				090
3. How many females were bred or will be bred to produce kits in 2015?			200
4. While there are many other color class mutations and trade names, the following basic color classes have been adopted by the mink industry for this survey. Please read all the descriptions and report under the color class that best fits your pelts and females. Enter the number of females bred in the color class of the expected pelt color of the kits to be produced.
		Pelts taken from 2014 crop for marketing				Females bred & to be bred to produce kits in 2015
Of the total in Items 2 and 3, how many are in each of the following color classes?		(Number)				(Number)
a. Black - (Standard, Pure Dark) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		101				201
b. Demi/Wild - (Dark Brown, Ranch Wild, Demi-buff) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		102				202
c. Pastel - (Dawn, Orchid) .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		103				203
d. Sapphire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		104				204
e. Blue Iris - (Aleutian, Gunmetal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		105				205
f. Mahogany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		106				206
g. Pearl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		107				207
h. Lavender - (Lavender-Hope) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		108				208
i. Violet - (Cameo, Winterblue, Glacial) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		109				209
j. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		110				210
k. Palomino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		112				212
l. Other (Specify: __________________________________________). .		111				211
(OVER)

5. Has this operation (name on label) been sold or turned over to someone else? Yes – Identify the new operator(s) No – [Go to Question 6.]
	Operation Name:______________________________________________________________________ Operator Name: ______________________________________________________________________ Address:_____________________________________Phone:__________________________________ City:______________________________________State:__________________________Zip:_________
6. Please list the name and address of any person or farm in your area that started raising mink in 2014 or 2015. Include any former mink producers who have come back into production during that period.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________
7. Do you make day-to-day decisions for another mink farm? Yes List other operation(s)_________________________________________ No

SURVEY RESULTS: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to http://www.nass.usda.gov
Would you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date?	Yes = 1 No = 3	099

Respondent Name:______________________

9911 Phone: ( )____________

9910 MM DD YYYY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

This completes the survey. Thank you for your help.

OFFICE USE ONLY

Response

Respondent

Mode

Enum.

Eval.

Change

Office Use for POID

1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est

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

9998

9900

9985

9989  __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __

R. Unit

Optional Use

9921

9907

9908

9906

9916

S/E Name