QID 123388 Processed Vegetables - August 2016

PROCESSED VEGETABLES ‑ AUGUST 2016

			OMB No. 0535-0037 Approval Expires: 7/31/2016 Project Code: 138 QID: 123388 SMetaKey: 3388
				United States Department of Agriculture
				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

						USDA/NASS Northeastern Region 4050 Crums Mill Road, #203 Harrisburg, PA 17112-2875 Phone: 1-800-498-1518 FAX: 1-855-415-3687 e-mail: [email protected]
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1. Will this firm contract or grow any vegetable acreage for processing, or purchase any open–market vegetables to be processed in 2016?
0101 1Yes – Go to Instructions	3No – Continue

2. Will this firm contract or grow any vegetable acreage for processing in the future?
8029 1Yes – Go to Section 6	3No – Go to Section 6	2Don’t Know – Go to Section 6

INSTRUCTIONS:

• If harvest has not been completed, please estimate the acreage that will be harvested and the total tonnage that will be received.

• For each crop processed, please designate the States in which the crop was grown.

• Include all tonnage contracted with growers. Do not include tonnage bought from other processors.

• Please review definitions and instructions for reporting on page 8, the back page.

• Complete the questionnaire beginning with Section 1 on page 2.

SECTION 1 – ASPARAGUS

1. Did this firm contract or purchase any open–market Asparagus for processing in 2016?

5770 ₁Yes – Continue ₃No – Go to SECTION 2

2. Please report the acreage, expected production, and value for asparagus contracted or grown by your firm as well as the quantity and value of any open–market purchases in 2016.

• INCLUDE all asparagus grown by this firm and purchased directly from other growers.

• EXCLUDE stock purchased from other processors.

• EXCLUDE any contract acreage released without obtaining production.

• Report production, purchases, and value on a pay–weight basis.

Report Separately for Each State Where Grown	Supplies Contracted or Grown by this Firm			Open–Market Purchases	Average Value per Ton at Processing Plant Door
	Planted	Harvested	Production	Pay–Weight Received	Contract Purchases	Open–Market Purchases
For Canning:	Acres	Acres	Tons	Tons	Dollars/Ton	Dollars/Ton
5779 State:	5771	5773	5775	5776	5777 $ .__ __	5778 $ .__ __
5779 State:	5771	5773	5775	5776	5777 $ .__ __	5778 $ .__ __
5779 State:	5771	5773	5775	5776	5777 $ .__ __	5778 $ .__ __
For Freezing:	Acres	Acres	Tons	Tons	Dollars/Ton	Dollars/Ton
5879 State:	5871	5873	5875	5876	5877 $ .__ __	5878 $ .__ __
5879 State:	5871	5873	5875	5876	5877 $ .__ __	5878 $ .__ __
5879 State:	5871	5873	5875	5876	5877 $ .__ __	5878 $ .__ __

SECTION 2 – SNAP BEANS

1. Did this firm contract any Snap Bean acreage for processing in 2016?

4270 ₁Yes – Continue ₃No – Go to SECTION 3

2. Please report the acreage your firm contracted in 2016 and the expected production on the acreage already harvested and to be harvested.

Report Separately for Each State Where Grown	Planted	Harvested	Expected Total Contract Production	OR	Probable Yield
For Canning:	Acres	Acres	Tons		Tons/Acre
4179 State:	4171	4173	4175		4172	. ___ ___
4179 State:	4171	4173	4175		4172	. ___ ___
4179 State:	4171	4173	4175		4172	. ___ ___
4179 State:	4171	4173	4175		4172	. ___ ___
For Freezing:	Acres	Acres	Tons		Tons/Acre
4279 State:	4271	4273	4275		4272	. ___ ___
4279 State:	4271	4273	4275		4272	. ___ ___
4279 State:	4271	4273	4275		4272	. ___ ___
4279 State:	4271	4273	4275		4272	. ___ ___

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SECTION 3 – SWEET CORN

1. Did this firm contract any Sweet Corn acreage for processing in 2016?

4370 ₁Yes – Continue ₃No – Go to SECTION 4

2. Please report the acreage your firm contracted in 2016 and the expected production on the acreage already harvested and to be harvested.

Report Separately for Each State Where Grown	Planted	Harvested	Expected Total Contract Production	OR	Probable Yield
For Canning:	Acres	Acres	Tons (in husk)		Tons/Acre (in husk)
4479 State:	4471	4473	4475		4472	. ___ ___
4479 State:	4471	4473	4475		4472	. ___ ___
4479 State:	4471	4473	4475		4472	. ___ ___
4479 State:	4471	4473	4475		4472	. ___ ___
For Freezing:	Acres	Acres	Tons (in husk)		Tons/Acre (in husk)
4579 State:	4571	4573	4575		4572	. ___ ___
4579 State:	4571	4573	4575		4572	. ___ ___
4579 State:	4571	4573	4575		4572	. ___ ___
4579 State:	4571	4573	4575		4572	. ___ ___

SECTION 4 – GREEN PEAS

1. Did this firm contract any Green Pea acreage for processing in 2016?

4470 ₁Yes – Continue ₃No – Go to SECTION 5

2. Please report the acreage your firm contracted in 2016 and the expected production on the acreage already harvested and to be harvested.

Report Separately for Each State Where Grown	Planted	Harvested	Expected Total Contract Production	OR	Probable Yield
For Canning:	Acres	Acres	Tons (shelled)		Tons/Acre (shelled)
4779 State:	4771	4773	4775		4792	. ___ ___
4779 State:	4771	4773	4775		4792	. ___ ___
4779 State:	4771	4773	4775		4792	. ___ ___
4779 State:	4771	4773	4775		4792	. ___ ___
For Freezing:	Acres	Acres	Tons (shelled)		Tons/Acre (shelled)
4879 State:	4871	4873	4875		4872	. ___ ___
4879 State:	4871	4873	4875		4872	. ___ ___
4879 State:	4871	4873	4875		4872	. ___ ___
4879 State:	4871	4873	4875		4872	. ___ ___

SECTION 5 – TOMATOES

1. Did this firm contract any Tomato acreage for processing in 2016?

6570 ₁Yes – Continue ₃No – Go to SECTION 6

2. Please report the acreage your firm contracted in 2016 and the expected production on the acreage already harvested and to be harvested.

Report Separately for Each State Where Grown	Planted	Harvested	Expected Total Contract Production	OR	Probable Yield
For Canning:	Acres	Acres	Tons		Tons/Acre
6579 State:	6571	6573	6575		6572	. ___ ___
6579 State:	6571	6573	6575		6572	. ___ ___
6579 State:	6571	6573	6575		6572	. ___ ___
6579 State:	6571	6573	6575		6572	. ___ ___
For Freezing:	Acres	Acres	Tons		Tons/Acre
6679 State:	6671	6673	6675		6672	. ___ ___
6679 State:	6671	6673	6675		6672	. ___ ___
6679 State:	6671	6673	6675		6672	. ___ ___
6679 State:	6671	6673	6675		6672	. ___ ___
For Other:	Acres	Acres	Tons		Tons/Acre
6779 State:	6771	6773	6775		6772	. ___ ___
6779 State:	6771	6773	6775		6772	. ___ ___
6779 State:	6771	6773	6775		6772	. ___ ___
6779 State:	6771	6773	6775		6772	. ___ ___

SECTION 6 – CONCLUSION

1. COMMENTS about processed vegetable crops in your locality are appreciated:

2. SURVEY RESULTS: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to http://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/

Would you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date? 9990 1 Yes 3 No

Respondent Name:

9911 Phone:

9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

Thank you for your response

DEFINITIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR REPORTING

1. Report Quantity Received and Value Per Unit on a Pay-Weight Basis: The term “pay-weight” refers to the quantity of the product delivered and paid for at the rate (or rates) specified in contracts or purchase agreements. Culls and rejects received, but considered to be of no value (including tonnage for which the grower received a nominal amount, such as $1.00 a ton in lieu of the return of dockage), should not be included in this report. Processors who establish tolerance for culls and rejects should report the tonnage which was paid for at the contract rate and should deduct only the dockage for culls and rejects in excess of the prescribed tolerance.

2. Value Per Unit: Value per unit is defined as “all payments to growers plus the costs of materials and services provided to get the raw commodity to the plant receiving door”.

3. Materials and Services Furnished by Processors: Include costs of the following materials and services furnished without charge to growers and in excess of grower charges:

a. Preparation, planting and cultivating, including depreciation and repair of equipment.

b. Seeds or plant costs not deducted, including distribution.

c. Weed, insect, or disease control, including survey, equipment, application, and materials.

d. Harvesting costs, including cost of operation, depreciation, repair, moving equipment, and labor procurement.

e. Delivery cost to the processing plant door, including payment to hired truckers, cost of company trucks, and grower hauling allowances.

f. Container cost, including upkeep, losses, storage, and transportation.

g. Field receiving station cost if located off plant premises (receiving, weighing, loading, etc.)

h. Passed acreage if paid for.

i. Inspection and grading costs. (Include only if used in purchase of raw product.)

j. Icing and hydrocooling prior to delivery to plant.

k. Association service fees if not deducted from grower payment.

l. Other costs to processing plant door.

m. Do not include brokerage, cost of fieldmen, or other buying expenses.

4. Reports by Cooperatives: For cooperatives, the average value per unit reported should reflect total payments to growers plus other costs for the quantity delivered. Do not include dividends paid growers which are based on capital stock ownership. If all payments have not been made to growers, please estimate the average total payments to growers in arriving at per unit value. Label your estimated average value per unit “Estimate”, and indicate the date when final figures should be available. We will write you at that time for your final average value per unit.

5. If harvest has not been completed, please estimate the acreage that will be harvested and the total tonnage that will be received.

6. For each crop processed, please designate the States in which the crop was grown.

7. Include all tonnage bought from growers even if some was sold to their processors. Do not include tonnage bought from other processors.

OFFICE USE

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