Form QID 090154 QID 090154 Milk Production Report - Jan 1, 2018

MILK PRODUCTION REPORT - January 1, 2018
			OMB No. 0535-0020 Approval Expires: 7/31/2018 Project Code: 178 QID: 090154 SMetaKey: 3336
					United States Department of Agriculture
				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

U.S Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Agriculture Rm. 5030, South Building 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Phone: 1-800-727-9540 Fax: 202-690-2090 E-mail: [email protected]

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1. Were any milk cows, including any dry cows, on this operation on January 1, 2018?
□ Yes [Go to item 2.]			□ No 1a. Will there be any milk cows on this operation during 2018?		OFFICE USE
				1 Yes 2 Don't Know 3 No . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	491
				Please sign and return this report in the enclosed envelope.

2. How many MILK COWS, including any dry cows, were on this operation on January 1? Exclude any heifers not yet freshened. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .					Number		352
a. How many cows were milked on this operation on January 1? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				Number			349
b. How much milk was produced on this operation on January 1? (Only one day’s production.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	502	Gals.		OR			501	Lbs.
3. Milk Cows for dairy herd REPLACEMENT --- Average price per head in your locality? (Report heifer prices in item 4.) ________________________________________________						$	514
4. Heifers for dairy herd REPLACEMENT, weighing 500 pounds and over --- Average price per head in your locality? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						$	557

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HAY PRICES

Include any size or type of bale but exclude hay bought as standing hay. Exclude all hay purchased from dealers or any source other than farmers.
	Alfalfa hay	TONS
	4. How many tons of baled alfalfa hay and alfalfa hay mixtures did you purchase from other farmers in December? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	289
		DOLLARS
	5. What was the total amount you paid for the alfalfa hay and alfalfa hay mixtures purchased from other farmers in December? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	181
	6. Was any of the baled hay you purchased (reported in item 4) premium or supreme grade alfalfa hay?
	Premium grade: Early maturity, i.e., pre-bloom, in legumes and pre-head in grass hays, extra leafy and fine stemmed. Factors indicative of a high nutritive content. Hay is green and free of damage. Supreme grade: Very early maturity, pre-bloom, soft fine stemmed, extra leafy. Factors indicative of very high nutritive content. Hay is excellent color and free of damage.
	1Yes – Continue 3No - Skip to Item 7 2Don't know - Skip to Item 7	494
		TONS
	a. How many tons of baled premium and supreme grade alfalfa hay did you purchase from other farmers in December ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	290
		DOLLARS
	b. What was the total amount you paid for the premium and supreme grade alfalfa hay purchased from other farmers in December ?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	182
	Other hay	TONS
	7. How many tons of other baled hay, including fescue, clover, bermuda, sudan, sudan crosses, lespedeza, bahia, timothy, grain, ryegrass, other grass, other tame, and wild hay did you purchase from other farmers in December?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	319
		DOLLARS
	8. What was the total amount you paid for the other baled hay purchased from other farmers in December?. .	187

Comments:

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1095

Would you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date?

1 Yes 3 No

9990

Respondent Name:	9911 Phone: ( )	9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __
This completes the survey. Thank you for your help.

OFFICE USE ONLY

Response

Respondent

Mode

Enum.

Eval.

R. Unit

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-Other

9902

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

9903

9998

9900

9921

9985

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

Optional Use

9907

9908

9906

9916

S/E Name