5103 Processed Tomatoes - End of Season and Next Year Intenti

PROCESSED TOMATOES - 2024 End of Season and 2025 Intentions
OMB No. 0535-0037
Approval Expires: X/XX/20XX
Project Code: 742
SurveyID: 5103

United States
Department of
Agriculture
NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
SERVICE
USDA/NASS - California
Pacific Region
650 Capitol Mall, #6-100
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 1-800-851-1127
Fax: 1-855-270-2722
Email: [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 response 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.
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information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB number is 0535-0037. The time required to complete this information collection is
estimated to average 15 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.

PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ON PAGE 2 BEFORE COMPLETING THIS REPORT.

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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 contract 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 growing
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.

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Tomatoes for Processing 2024 End of Season
1. Acreage and Receipts of Tomatoes for Processing - 2024 Crop
Contracted or Grown by Your Firm

LOCATION OF ACREAGE
Please List Each County Separately

Planted Acres

Harvested Acres

Pay-Weight
Received in Tons

Pay-Weight Purchased
Outside of Contracted
Acreage in Tons

Other States:

TOTAL
2. Average value per ton for 2024, delivered to the processing plant (pay-weight basis)............
Dollars Per Ton

190

3. Final average value per ton for 2023, delivered to the processing plant (pay-weight
basis).......................................................................................................................................
Dollars Per Ton

191

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TOMATOES FOR PROCESSING 2025 INTENTIONS
1. Will this operation handle any tomatoes in 2025?
100

1

Yes - Continue

3

No - Go to Conclusion

Please report 2025 intended contract acreage and tonnage of tomatoes for processing (INCLUDE both round and pear
types). Enter both acres and tons, either by reporting acres and deriving tons or by reporting tons and deriving acres.
Pay Weight
Tons
2. How many paid tons does your firm expect to process in 2025 through your California plants?..............

101

Acres
3. How many total acres do you expect will be required to achieve the above tons?...................................
4. What was the method of reporting for Items 2 and 3?
103

1

Tonnage Converted to Acres

3

Acreage Converted to Tons

5. Will this operation handle any tomatoes from outside California in 2025?
104

1

Yes - Continue

3

No - Go to Conclusion

6. Please indicate the States where tomatoes will be grown in 2025:
105

102

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CONCLUSION
1. Comments related to the information you reported:

2. Contact Information:
Operator Email:

Operator Phone:

9929

Check to receive
results by email

☐

9918

Check if
cell phone

(_____) __________________________

Operation Email: (if different from above)

☐

Operation Phone: (if different from above)

9937

Check to receive
results by email

☐

9936

Check if
cell phone

(_____) __________________________

Respondent Name:

Respondent Phone: (if different from above)

9912

9911

Check if 9910
cell phone

____________________________________________ (____) _________________

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Date:

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MM

DD

YY

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This completes the survey. The results will be available on the release date at https://www.nass.usda.gov/ca and by
telephone after 12:00 noon, Pacific time, on January 22, 2025. If you have any questions please contact Sarah DeVandry at
1-916-738-6633. Thank you for your help.
This survey is funded by the California League of Producers.

OFFICE USE ONLY
Response
1-Comp
9901
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-Spouse
3-Acct/Bkpr
4-Partner
9-Other

9902

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

Enum.
9903

9998

Eval.
9900

R. Unit Change
t
9921
9985
9989

Office Use for POID

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Optional Use
9907

9908

9906

9916