QID Sugar Production Inquiry Nov. 2008 - LA

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Project 198 QID			OMB No. 0535-0002 Approval Expires 12/31/2009
	SUGAR PRODUCTION INQUIRY 2008 CROP November 1, 2008							NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
						Louisiana Field Office 5825 Florida Blvd. Room 1179 Baton Rouge, LA 70806-4248 Phone: 1-800-256-4485 Fax: 1-888-922-0744 Email: nass-la@nass.usda.gov
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.					In preparing final estimates of sugar and molasses production for the 2007 season, we are asking all sugar factory operators to give the information requested below. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. However, cooperation is very important in order to estimate accurately in Louisiana. Your reply will be held confidential and combined with those from other factories in making estimates for Louisiana. Please mail or fax by November 24, 2008.

INSTRUCTIONS

Questions 1 and 2 pertain to your factory while Question 3 pertains to your locality.

Report For Your Factory
1. Tons of sugarcane you expect to grind this season. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Gross Tons	221

2. Tons of actual (raw) sugar you expect to produce this season (Include an estimate for second and third sugars, if any). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Tons	223
a. Please indicate Polarization of sugar produced (Question 2 above). . . . . . . . . . . .	Degrees	203

Report For Your Locality
3. Average yield per acre of all sugarcane (plant and stubble) this season. . . . . . . . . . . .	Gross Tons/Acre	204
	Net Tons/Acre	205

Please Comment on Progress of Grinding--___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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4. Would you like to receive a free copy of the results of this survey in the mail? (The survey results will also be available on the Internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov.)	Yes = 1	099

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OFFICE USE

						9910 MM DD YYYY __ __ __ __ __ __ ___ ___
Response	Respondent	Mode	Enum.	Eval.	Office Use for POID	Optional Use
9901	9902	9903	098	100	789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __	407	408
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