QID 000233 Master - Dry Onion Acreage, Production and Price Final 2

Project 139 QID000233	OMB NO. 0535-0037: Approval expires 10/31/2009
	MASTER - DRY ONION Acreage, Production, & Price Final 2008 Crop					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
					National Field Office U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rm 5030, South Building 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20250-2000 Phone: 1-800-727-9540 Fax: 202-690-2090 Email: nass@nass.usda.gov
Please make corrections in name, address and zip code.			Annual acreage and production estimates for dry onions will be published in early January by the National Agricultural Statistics Service. Your voluntary cooperation is needed to help us prepare reliable estimates of the onion crop. You are the best source of this information. If you did not grow onions this year, please let us know so we can update our records. As with all of our surveys, your data is held confidential and used only in arriving at state and national totals. Please use the enclosed postage-paid envelope to return the questionnaire, or simply fax the form to 1-202-690-2090.

Dry Onion Acreage and Production
Report for the Farm(s) You Operate
a. Acres of dry onions planted this year (2008)			Acres
b. Acres of dry onions harvested this year (2008)			Acres
c. Total dry onion production this year (2008) ……….	cwt	OR		50-lb. Bags
Average price received for that part of the 2008 dry onion crop sold to date for:

Report average price per month for dry onions sold for Fresh Market and Processed Market.		Price/cwt	OR	Price/50 lb. bag	Check if none were sold
Jan.	Fresh Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
	Processed Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
Feb.	Fresh Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
	Processed Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
Mar.	Fresh Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
	Processed Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
Apr.	Fresh Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
	Processed Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
May	Fresh Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
	Processed Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
June	Fresh Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
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July	Fresh Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
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Aug.	Fresh Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
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Sept.	Fresh Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
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Oct.	Fresh Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
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Dec.	Fresh Market	$ __ __ .__ __		$ __ __ .__ __
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Comments on the growing season for onions:

Would you like to receive a 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 [Enter code 1.] No [Enter code 3.]			Code
			099

Respondent Name:			Phone: ( )__			9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __
	For Office Use Only
	Response	Respondent		Mode	Enum.		Eval.
	9901	9902		9903	098		100
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