055551 Prices Paid by Farmers for Seed Cotton

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Project Code 271 QID 055551		OMB No. 0535-0003: Approval Expires 12/31/2007
	PRICES PAID BY FARMERS SEED COTTON April 2007				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.				Texas Field Office P.O. Box 70 Austin, TX 78767 512-916-5581 Fax: 1-800-842-1331 E-mail: nass-tx@nass.usda.gov Texas
			Dear Reporter: The information requested in this survey is needed to prepare a report on prices paid by farmers for seed cotton (2007 crop season). Your response is voluntary and not required by law. However, your report is needed to make the estimates as accurate as possible. Please complete and return this report in the enclosed postage paid envelope. Your individual report is confidential and used only with other reports for statistical purposes. If you have questions, please call me at 1-800-626-3142. Thanks for your cooperation.

INSTRUCTIONS: Report all cottonseed sold and to be sold to farmers for planting in 2007.

Report prices paid by farmers in price per hundredweight (100 lbs) by type.

Include GMO technology fees, but exclude any possible future rebates.

	Upland Cotton - All	Upland Cotton Biotechology Variety	Upland Cotton Non -Biotechology Variety	Pima Cotton - All
1. Quanity sold to producers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1	3	5	7
a. Check unit reported above	Pound Cwt. Tons Bushels Sacks # _________ lbs/sack	Pound Cwt. Tons Bushels Sacks # _________ lbs/sack	Pound Cwt. Tons Bushels Sacks # _________ lbs/sack	Pound Cwt. Tons Bushels Sacks # _________ lbs/sack
2. Average price/100 lbs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	2 $	4 $	6 $	8 $
a. If unit checked above was NOT cwt., what was the average price per unit normally sold? [ Report for unit checked above]	$ _____ . ____ /lb. $ _____ . ____ /ton $ _____ . ____ /bu. $ _____ . ____ /sack	$ _____ . ____ /lb. $ _____ . ____ /ton $ _____ . ____ /bu. $ _____ . ____ /sack	$ _____ . ____ /lb. $ _____ . ____ /ton $ _____ . ____ /bu. $ _____ . ____ /sack	$ _____ . ____ /lb. $ _____ . ____ /ton $ _____ . ____ /bu. $ _____ . ____ /sack

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The survey results will also be available in Agricultural Prices, on the Internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov

on April 30, after 3 pm ET.

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