090245NH Vol Mftd Dairy Supp

Project 172 QID 0902451			OMB No. 0535-0020 Approval Expires 09/30/07
	Corn Silage and Cattle Prices Inquiry October 2006				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
				New England Field Office 53 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301 Phone: 1-800-642-9571 Fax: 1-800-754-7607 Email: nass-nh@nass.usda.gov

Dear Dairy Producer,

The purpose of this supplementary questionnaire is to aid NASS in estimating corn silage value and cattle prices received by farmers. By Law individual reports are kept confidential. The data will be used only in summary with others to make state estimates.

Thank you,

Gary R. Keough, Director

Corn Silage:

1a. Did your operation harvest Corn Silage this year?

____ Yes (Go to Question 1b).

____ No (Go to Question 2a).

0461

$ /Ton

1b. What is the Value per Ton of the 2006 Corn Silage in your bunker or silo?...............

Liveweight Cattle Prices:

2a. Did you sell any Beef or Cull Milk Cows for slaughter during 2006?

____ Yes (Go to question 2b).

____ No (Go to question 3a).

7000

Head

2b. Number of Beef Cows sold for slaughter: ..................................................

7001

$ /Cwt

Average Price (per cwt): .................................................................

7002

$ /Head

Or

Average price (per head): ...................................................

7003

Lbs

Average Weight (pounds): ..................................................

7004

Head

Number of Cull Milk Cows sold for slaughter: ...................................................

7005

$ /Cwt

Average Price (per cwt): .................................................................

7006

$ /Head

Or

Average price (per head): ...................................................

7007

Lbs

Average Weight (pounds): ..................................................

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3a. Did you sell any Steers or Heifers for slaughter during 2006?

Note: NASS defines a heifer as a female bovine weighing 500 lbs or more and NOT given birth to a calf.

____ Yes (Go to question 3b).

____ No (Go to question 4a).

7010

Head

3b. Number of Steers sold for slaughter: ..........................................................

7011

$ /Cwt

Average Price (per cwt): .................................................................

7012

$ /Head

Or

Average price (per head): ...................................................

7013

Lbs

Average Weight (pounds): ..................................................

7014

Head

Number of Heifers sold for slaughter: ........................................................

7015

$ /Cwt

Average Price (per cwt): .................................................................

7016

$ /Head

Or

Average price (per head): ...................................................

7017

Lbs

Average Weight (pounds): ..................................................

4a. Did you sell any Heifer or Bull Calves {for all purposes} during 2006?

NASS defines a calf as weighing less than 500 lbs.

____ Yes (Go to question 4b).

____ No (Survey Completed).

7020

Head

4b. Number of Heifer Calves sold: ...................................................................

7021

$ /Cwt

Average Price (per cwt): .................................................................

7022

$ /Head

Or

Average price (per head): ...................................................

7023

Lbs

Average Weight (pounds): ..................................................

7024

Head

Number of Bull Calves sold: ......................................................................

7025

$ /Cwt

Average Price (per cwt): .................................................................

7026

$ /Head

Or

Average price (per head): ...................................................

7027

Lbs

Average Weight (pounds): ..................................................

Thank you!

Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	Rel	Office Use for POID
1-Comp 2-R 3-I	9901	1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth	9902	1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web 6-e-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other	9903	0098	0100	0099	0789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
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