Form QID 060103 QID 060103 Oregon Christmas Tree Survey

Project Code 454 QID 060103			OMB No. 0535-0244: Approval Expires 09/30/2016
	Oregon Christmas Tree Survey 2015 Production Year				Oregon Christmas Tree Growers Association
				Conducted by USDA-NASS Northwest Region Field Office PO Box 609 Olympia, WA 98507 Phone 360 709-2400, FAX 855 270-2721 [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address, and Zip Code if necessary.		The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. In accordance with the Confidential Information Protection provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 107–347, and other applicable Federal laws, your responses will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed in identifiable form to anyone other than employees or agents. By law, every employee and agent has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you or your operation. Response to this survey is voluntary This survey is being funded by the Oregon Christmas Tree Growers Association. Survey results are expected to be used extensively for making decisions about issues affecting the industry. Thank you for your participation. 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 535-0244. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 20 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. Did you grow any Christmas trees during 2015?

YES: Go to question 2. NO:

Please Skip to question 6 on last page.

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Christmas Trees Sold and Gross Sales

2. How many trees did your operation grow and sell, either wholesale, u-cut, or on your retail lots during 2015?

Do not include purchase for resale, only grown and sold. Do not include freight charges in gross sales.

	2015 Trees Sold Number	2015 Gross Sales Dollars	None Sold
a. Douglas fir …………… +	120	130	Skip to question 3
b. Noble fir ……………… +	121	131
c. Grand fir ……………….+	122	132
d. Nordmann/Turkish fir ..+	123	133
e. Other species (specify) +	125	135
Total ……………….…… =	126	136

Christmas Tree County Acreage and Sales Percentage

3. List the Oregon county or counties of your Christmas tree acreage. If your acreage is in more than one county, list each county separately with the percent of gross sales by county.

State	County	Acres Growing Trees in 2015	Percent of Gross Sales in 2015		Office Use
		611	621		601
		612	622		602
		613	623		603
		614	624		605
		616	625		604
	Total Acres in Christmas Trees…………	615	100%

Seedlings Planted

4. List by species the approximate number of seedlings that were planted (or to be planted) and survived

(or expected to survive) in the following years.

	2015	2016
a. Douglas fir …………....+	205	206
b. Noble fir ……………….+	215	216
c. Grand fir ……………….+	225	226
d. Nordmann/Turkish fir...+	235	236
e. Other (Specify) ……... +	255	256
Total……………... =	265	266

Office Use

099

910

098

097

Survey Results

5. Would you like to receive a free copy of the results of this survey? Yes No

Survey results will also be at: www.nass.usda.gov/or

Prepared by: __________________________________ Telephone: ___________________ Date: ________________

Office Use
Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.
1-Comp 2-Ref 3-Inac 4-Hold	9901	1-Op 2-Sp 3-Acct 4-Ptr 9-Oth	9902	1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face to face 5-Web 6-E-mail 7-Fax 19-Other	9903	098	100

Thank You

Only answer this question if you answered question #1 on the first page as “NO”

Property Sold, Change in Operator, Retail Sales, Landlord?

6. Has this operation been sold, rented out, or turned over to someone else?

Yes – Please identify the new operator. No – Please check one reason below applies:

Name:__________________________________________ Retail sales of purchased trees.

Address: ________________________________________ Trees too small to sell.

City:________________ State: ___________ Zip :_______ Landlord only

Other Reason [Specify] _________________

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Cooperating with OREGON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE