QID 123420 Macadamia Nut Loss Report 2014 - 2015 Season Crop

MACADAMIA NUT LOSS REPORT 2014 – 2015 SEASON CROP

			OMB No. 0535-0039 Approval Expires: 8/31/2016 Project Code: 142 QID: 123420 SMetaKey: 3420
				United States Department of Agriculture
				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

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INSTRUCTIONS: The following questions pertain to losses that you identified after the nuts were delivered to your plant for processing. In other words, all the spoilage delivered to your plant from your own production and from purchases you made. If you do not grow any macadamia nuts, please report spoilage from the purchases you made. If your plant does not keep records of the breakdown as it is asked for in the categories below, it will still be useful if you would report what is available or make your best estimate. There is an example on the back to show how to base your calculation.
1. If sampling is the method you use to determine spoilage, is the percentage based on (check one):
	1Weight or	2 Kernel count
2. Spoilage for the July 1, 2014 ‑ June 30, 2015 crop due to the following: (Report only those nuts that were completely rejected for the following reasons.)

	Pounds (Wet‑in‑shell)	Percent of gross pounds delivered
a. Immature (shriveled) nuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	011	021
b. Germinating nuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	012	022
c. Moldy, rotted, kernel discoloration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	013	023
d. Stink bug. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	014	024
e. Koa seed worm (Cryptophlebia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	015	025
f. Tropical nut borer (shot hole borer). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	016	026
g. All others (please specify below). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(i) __________________________________________________________	017	027
(ii) __________________________________________________________	018	028
TOTAL POUNDS OF SPOILAGE (a+b+c+d+e+f+g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	019	029

Comments (crop condition, quality, weather affecting production, etc.):

EXAMPLE:

Because each load delivered to your plant weighs a different amount, it is important that your calculations reflect a weighted average if you are working with percentages. In the example below, the overall weighted average of two different loads would be calculated as shown.

	LOAD #1 Weight 450 lbs. (gross) Sample – 50 nuts			LOAD #2 Weight 1,500 lbs. (gross) Sample – 50 nuts			Combined deliveries Weight 1,950 lbs. (gross)
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)
	Samp nuts	%	Converted to lbs.	Samp nuts	%	Converted to lbs.	(cols. 3 & 6) lbs.	Overall % of gross lbs. delivered
a. Immature (shriveled) nuts. . . . . . . . . .	1	2	9	0	0	0	9	.5
b. Germinating nuts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1	2	9	0	0	0	9	.5
c. Moldy, rotted, kernel discoloration. . .	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
d. Stink bug. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	2	4	18	2	4	60	78	4
e. Koa seed worm (Cryptophlebia). . . . .	1	2	9	1	2	30	39	2
f. Tropical nut borer (shot hole borer). . .	2	4	18	0	0	0	18	1
g. All others (please specify below). . . .	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL POUNDS OF SPOILAGE	7	14%	63	3	6%	90	153	8.0%
(a+b+c+d+e+f+g)

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