Form QID 123371 QID 123371 Asparagus Grower Inquiry - August 2017

ASPARAGUS GROWER INQUIRY ‑ August 2017

			OMB No. 0535-0037 Approval Expires: 8/31/2019 Project Code: 137 QID: 123371 SMetaKey: 3371
				United States Department of Agriculture
				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]
Please make corrections to name, address and ZIP Code, if necessary.
The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your responses will be kept confidential and any person who willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both. This survey is conducted in accordance with the Confidential Information Protection provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 107-347 and other applicable Federal laws. For more information on how we protect your information please visit: https://www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality. 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 0535-0037. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 10 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.

REPORT FOR THE ACRES YOU OPERATE OR MANAGE
1. Did this operation have any asparagus acreage in 2017?
3500 1Yes – Go to Item 2	3No – Go to Item 1a

a. Will this operation plant any asparagus acreage in the future?
7030 1Yes – Go to Item 7	3No – Go to Item 7	2Don't Know – Go to Item 7

				ACRES
2. How many total acres of asparagus were on this operation in 2017? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				3501 .__
a. Of these (Item 2) acres, how many acres were (or will be) harvested in 2017? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				3502 .__
	QUANTITY HARVESTED	ENTER UNIT (lbs, cwt, tons, boxes, bushels, crates, etc)		HOW MANY POUNDS DID EACH UNIT WEIGH? (if not reported in lbs, cwt, or tons)
3. What was the total quantity harvested (or expected to be harvested) in 2017? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	3510			3512 .__

4. Of the total quantity of asparagus reported in Item 3, how many were:
	QUANTITY	ENTER UNIT (lbs, cwt, tons, bunches, crates, etc)		HOW MANY POUNDS DID EACH UNIT WEIGH? (if not reported in lbs, cwt, or tons)		TOTAL DOLLARS RECEIVED
a. Sold for fresh market . . . . . . . . . . .	3550			3551 .__		3553
b. Sold for commercial processing . .	3560			3561 .__		3563
c. Used to make processed items for this operation to sell . . . . . . . . . . .	3570			3571 .__
d. Harvested, but not sold because of poor quality, marketing specifications, or other reasons . . .	3580			3581 .__

5. Has harvest been completed for 2017?
3507 1Yes 3No

(OVER)

6. COMMENTS about the 2017 Asparagus Crop:

7. SURVEY RESULTS: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date,

go to https://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.

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-PASI (Mail) 2-PATI (Tel) 3-PAPI (Face-to- Face) 6-e-mail 7-Fax 19-Other

9903

9998

9900

9985

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

R. Unit

Optional Use

9921

9907

9908

9906

9916

S/E Name