QID Prices Received by Farmers Cotton Coop Profile - 2007

Project Code 186 QID		OMB No. 0535-0003: Approval Expires 9/30/2010
	PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR UPLAND COTTON Agricultural Cooperative Operation Profile 2007					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.				California Field Office P.O. Box 1258 Sacramento, CA 95812 916-498-5161 Fax: 1-888-478-5637 E-mail: nass-ca@nass.usda.gov
			For our weekly survey of Prices Received by Farmers, this firm will be asked to report total quantities of commodities purchased from U.S. farmers and the total dollar value of those purchases.

1. Do you expect this operation to MARKET any upland cotton from U.S. farmers during the next twelve months?

600

¹ YES ² DON’T KNOW ³ NO (Thank the respondent, and conclude the interview.)

2. Will you report the total number of bales of upland cotton marketed (based on actual pooled cotton sales) and cash purchases for the previous month?

601

¹ YES ³ NO

a. Will you report, the total number of bales of upland cotton marketed (based on actual pooled cotton sales) and cash purchases for the first 15 days of the current month?

602

¹ YES ³ NO

3. Will you report the average f.o.b. warehouse price of upland cotton marketed (based on actual pooled cotton sales) and cash purchases for the previous month?

603

¹ YES ³ NO

a. Will you report, the average f.o.b. warehouse price of upland cotton marketed (based on actual pooled cotton sales) and cash purchases for the first 15 days of the current month?

604

¹ YES ³ NO

4. Will you exclude any data relating to marketings or cash purchases of upland cotton from non-farmers?

605

¹ YES ³ NO ⁵ DOES NOT APPLY

5. Will you exclude any data relating to marketings or cash purchases of upland cotton from other countries?

606

¹ YES ³ NO ⁵ DOES NOT APPLY

6. Starting with the average price received for cotton marketed during the month, please mark all of the following items that you cannot deduct to derive an f.o.b. warehouse price.

508

¹ Compression and loadout

² Interest expenses

³ Any government payments

⁴ Marketing Loan Gains from redeeming loans at less than the loan value (Adjusted World Price)

⁵ Handling, processing, transportation and other marketing charges after delivery to the warehouse until the

cotton is sold

⁶ Storage expenses

⁷ Allowance for weight lost in storage

⁸ Income from commodities other than cotton or income derived from manufacture of material

⁸ Income or dividends from capital investment

7. Starting with the average price received for cotton marketed during the month, please mark all of the following items that you cannot include to derive an f.o.b. warehouse price.

509

¹ Transportation cost to the warehouse

² Warehouse receiving charges

³ Producer check-off fees for the Cotton Research and Promotion Assessment Program

⁴ Interest income

⁵ Income from hedging

⁶ Allowance for weight gained in storage

⁷ Anticipated end-of-year distributions from cotton marketings

⁸ Capital retains from cotton marketings

⁹ Expenses reimbursed by government (storage and interest)

¹⁰ Storage income from private firms or government

8. Would you like to receive a free copy of the results of this survey in the mail? (The results will also be available on the Internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov) . . . . . . . . . . . .				YES =1		099
9. Who will be the primary contact at your operation for completing our weekly survey?
	Name:	Position:
	Telephone: ( )	Fax: ( )	Email:
10. Who will be the alternate contact at your operation for completing our weekly survey?
	Name:	Position:
	Telephone: ( )	Fax: ( )	Email:
11. By which method would you prefer to report?
	1 Electronic 2 Fax 3 Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Thanks so much for your assistance today and for your continued help in completing the Prices Received by Farmers report. We will also include a copy of the reporting instructions for your reference. You may also fill this survey out on the Internet. Instructions will be made available to you as to how to access the survey. If you have any questions, feel free to contact our office using our toll free number. [If you did not interview the primary contact, ask to speak with the primary contact and take some time to review the reporting instructions with them.]

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Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	Office Use for POID
1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est 8-Known Zero	9901	1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth	9902	1-Mail 6-e-mail 2-Tel 7-Fax 3-Face-to-Face 8-CAPI 4-CATI 19-Other 5-Web	9903	098	100	789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
								Optional Use
								407		408
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