QID Hay Price Inquiry - Quarterly - MI

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HAY PRICE INQUIRY – JULY 1, 2023
OMB No. 0535-0020
Approval Expires: 06/30/2024
Project Code: 185 QID: 090154
SMetaKey: 3336

United States
Department of
Agriculture
NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
SERVICE
USDA/NASS - Michigan
Great Lakes Region
3001 Coolidge Rd Ste 400
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone: 1-800-453-7501
Fax: 1-855-270-2709
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 and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018, Title III of Pub. L. No. 115-435, codified in 44
U.S.C. Ch. 35 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 is 0535-0020. 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.

1. Was any Michigan grown baled hay purchased from other farmers or sold by you at any time during June 2023?

□ Yes [Go to item 2.]

□ No

OFFICE USE

Please sign and return this report in the enclosed envelope.

001

2. Please report the quantity of Michigan grown baled hay purchased from other farmers or sold by you during the month
and the total dollars paid or received for the quantity reported.
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Exclude all hay purchased from dealers or any source other than farmers.
Include any size or type of bale but exclude hay bought or sold as standing hay.
Report total dollars paid or received regardless of whether the price is at seller’s farm or delivered.

Alfalfa hay

TONS

3. How many tons of baled alfalfa hay and alfalfa hay mixtures did you sell to or purchase from other
farmers in June?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

289

DOLLARS

4. What was the total amount you received or paid for the alfalfa hay and alfalfa hay mixtures sold to or 181
purchased from other farmers in June?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5. Was any of the baled hay you sold or purchased (reported in item 4) premium or supreme grade alfalfa hay?
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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.

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1

Yes – Continue

3

No - Skip to Item 6

2

Don't know - Skip to Item 6

494

TONS

a. How many tons of baled premium and supreme grade alfalfa hay did you sell to or purchase from 290
other farmers in June?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DOLLARS

b. What was the total amount you received or paid for the premium and supreme grade alfalfa hay
sold to or purchased from other farmers in June?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

182

Other hay

TONS

6. 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 sell to or
purchase from other farmers in June?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

319

DOLLARS

7. What was the total amount you received or paid for the other baled hay sold to or purchased from
other farmers in June?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Comments:

SURVEY RESULTS: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to www.nass.usda.gov/results/.
Would you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date?

Yes

1

3

9910

9911

Phone: (

Respondent Name:

9990

No

Date:

)

MM

DD

YY

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This completes the survey. Thank you for your help.

Office Use Only
Response
9901
1-Comp
2-R
3-Inac
4-Office Hold
5-R – Est
6-Inac – Est
7-Off Hold – Est

S/E Name

Respondent

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

9902

Mode

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

Enum.
9903

9998

Eval.
9900

R. Unit
9921

Change
9985

Office Use for POID
9989

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Optional Use
9907

9908

9906

9916