QID Tomatoes for Processing 2015 Crop - November 2015

TOMATOES FOR PROCESSING 2015 CROP – NOVEMBER 2015

			OMB No. 0535-0037 Approval Expires: 7/31/2016 Project Code: 742 QID: SMetaKey:
				United States Department of Agriculture
				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

						C ALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE USDA/NASS Pacific Regional Office P.O. Box 1258 Sacramento, CA 95812 Phone: 1-916-498-5161 FAX: 1-855-270-2722 e-mail: [email protected]
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PLEASE MAIL OR FAX BY NOVEMBER 13, 2015 – Fax Number: 1-855-270-2722		Code
1. Did this operation handle any tomatoes this year (2015)?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		xxxx
1Yes – Continue	3No – Go to Survey Results

Please report 2015 contract acreage, tonnage and receipts of tomatoes for processing (include round and pear types). Please read the instructions on the back of this page before completing this report.
	LOCATION OF ACREAGE	Contracted or Grown by Your Firm					Pay-Weight Purchased Outside of Contracted Acreage in Tons
	Please List Each County Separately	Planted Acres		Harvested Acres	Pay-Weight Received in Tons

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	Pay Weight Tons
3. What is the average value per ton for 2015 tomatoes, delivered to the processing plant on a pay weight basis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	xxxx
	Acres
4. What is the final average value per ton for 2014 tomatoes, delivered to the processing plant on a pay weight basis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	xxxx

9. COMMENTS about the 2015 Processed Tomato Crop. Please comment on any acreage abandonment (difference between planted and harvested acreage):

10. SURVEY RESULTS: The survey results will be available on our web site at: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ca and by telephone. If you have any questions, please contact Karen Olmstead at 1-800-851-1127, Ext. 128.

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Thank you for your response.

OFFICE USE

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Respondent

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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

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1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth

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1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web 6-e-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other

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Optional Use

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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 being 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 the 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 including the costs of materials and services provided (listed in Item 3) to get the raw commodity to the plant receiving door.

3. Materials and Services Furnished by Processors: Include costs for 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. seed 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 costs (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 products);

j. icing and hydro-cooling prior to delivery to plant;

k. association service fees, if deducted from the grower payment;

l. other costs to the processing plant door.

Do not include brokerage, cost of field personnel, or other buying expenses.

4. Reported by Cooperative: For cooperatives, the average value per unit reported should reflect total payments to growers, plus other costs listed in Item 3 for the quantity delivered as defined in Item 1. 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 as defined in Item 2. Label it “Estimate,” and indicate the date when final figures should be available. We will contact you at that time for your final average value per unit.

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

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