QID 133568 Annual Taro Growers Survey - 2015 Season

ANNUAL TARO GROWERS SURVEY – 2015 SEASON

			OMB No. 0535-0039 Approval Expires: 8/31/2016 Project Code: 198 QID: 133568 SMetaKey: 3568
				United States Department of Agriculture
				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

						USDA/NASS – Hawaii Pacific Region 650 Capitol Mall, #6-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: 1-800-851-1127 Fax: 1-855-270-2722 E-mail: [email protected]
Please make corrections to name, address and ZIP Code, if necessary.
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REPORT FOR THE ACREAGE YOU OPERATED OR MANAGED FOR THE 2015 SEASON.

1. Did this operation have any taro acres for the 2015 season?

0740 ₁ YES – Go to Section 1 ₃ NO – Continue

2. Will this operation have any taro acres in the future?

0741 ₁ YES – Go to Section 2 ₃ NO – Go to Section 2 ₂ DON’T KNOW – Go to Section 2

SECTION 1 – TARO PRODUCTION
REPORT FOR THE TARO GROWN ON THE LAND YOU OPERATED OR MANAGED FOR THE 2015 SEASON.
Provide your best estimate of acres harvested, pounds of production, and price received for the taro you sold in 2015. Please make your best estimate of any remaining acreage and production to be harvested in 2015. If your records are incomplete or unavailable, please provide your best estimate.
	ACRES
1. How many total acres of taro were on this operation during the 2015 season? (Include wetland and dryland taro acres.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	0742  .__
2. How many acres of taro were harvested for all purposes on this operation during the 2015 season?	0743  .__
(OVER)

			POUNDS
3. How many pounds of taro were harvested for all purposes during the 2015 season? (Include taro grown for poi, fresh, and all other uses.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			0744
	AVERAGE PRICE (Dollars Per Pound)	OR	TOTAL DOLLARS RECEIVED
	Price at local shipping point after deducting packing and marketing charges.
4. What was the average price per pound or total dollars received for the (Item 3) pounds of taro harvested for all purposes during the 2015 season? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	0745  .__ __		0746
5. Did this operation mill any of the 2015 season taro crop?
0747 1 YES – Continue 3 NO – Continue

SECTION 2 – CONCLUSION

1. COMMENTS about the 2015 taro crop in your locality are appreciated:

2. SURVEY RESULTS: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to http://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/

Would you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date? 9990 1YES 3NO

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

9903

9998

9900

9985

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Optional Use

9921

9907

9908

9906

9916

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