000612 Cranberry

Project Code 134 QID 000612		OMB No. 0535-0039: Approval Expires 03/31/2007
	CRANBERRY INQUIRY 2006 Oregon Crop					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary. * * * Please return by December 11 * * *				Oregon Field Office 1220 S.W. 3rd Ave. Room 1735 Portland, OR 97204 503-326-2131 Fax: 503-326-2549 E-mail: nass-or@nass.usda.gov
			Dear Cranberry Handler: Preliminary end of season cranberry production estimates will be released January 2007, in the Non-citrus Fruits and Nuts Report. Your report, although not required by law, is essential for an accurate estimate of the 2006 Oregon crop. Individual reports are kept strictly confidential. In order to publish these estimates on time, we need your report by December 11. Please mail this questionnaire promptly or fax to 1-800-731-7011.

The following questions refer to Oregon’s 2006 cranberry crop. Only include cranberries that were received or expected to be received from other growers or cranberries grown in your own bog (s).

(Please do not include cranberries you received from other handlers.)

	200
1. (a) Total quantity of 2006 OREGON GROWN CRANBERRIES produced by this firm’s bogs. ……………………………………………………………………….	bbls
	201
(b) Total acres of cranberries harvested ……………………………………………………………….	acres
	202
2. Total quantity of 2006 OREGON GROWN CRANBERRIES received directly from other growers …………………………………………………………………..	bbls
	203
3. Total quantity of 2006 OREGON GROWN CRANBERRIES expected to be received directly from other growers between now and the end of the season ……………………………………………………………………………………	bbls
	204
4. Total quantity of 2006 OREGON GROWN CRANBERRIES received or expected to be received by your company for all purposes Sum of items 1a, 2, and 3………………………………………………………………………..……	bbls

DISPOSITION OF THE 2006 CRANBERRY CROP:

5. Of the total quantity reported in item 4:	205
(a) Total sold and to be sold as fresh fruit ………………………………………………………….…	bbls
	206
(b) Total processed and to be processed by this operation ………………………………….……..	bbls
	207
(c) Total sold and to be sold to other processors …………………………………….………………	bbls

	208
(d) Total dumped or otherwise lost for any other reasons ………………………………………….	bbls
	209
6. Sum of items 5a, b, c, & d (should equal item 4) ………………………………………………..	bbls

7. Average price you expect to pay TO GROWERS for screened berries from the 2006 crop.

	210
7a. For fresh fruit ………………………….……………………	$/bbl
	211
7b. For processing ……………….…………………………….	$/bbl

Conclusion:

Please comment on current conditions, quality of the crop, losses from disease, weather injury, spray program, etc.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Cooperating with OREGON DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE