QID Prices Received by Farmers Cotton Private Merchant Profi

Project Code 186 QID		OMB No. 0535-0003: Approval Expires 9/30/2010
	PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR UPLAND COTTON Private Merchant Operation Profile 2007					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.				Louisiana Field Office 5825 Florida Blvd. Room 1179 Baton Rouge, LA 70806-4248 1-225-922-1362 Fax: 1-888-922-0744 E-mail: nass-la@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 PURCHASE any upland cotton from U.S. farmers during the next twelve months?

501

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 acquired directly from U.S. farmers as first time sales through cash purchases, contract deliveries, or option payments for the previous month?

502

¹ YES ³ NO

a. Will you report, the total number of bales of upland cotton acquired directly from U.S. farmers as first time sales through cash purchases, contract deliveries, or option payments for the first 15 days of the current month?

503

¹ YES ³ NO

3. Will you report the average f.o.b. warehouse price of upland cotton acquired directly from U.S. farmers as first time sales through cash purchases, contract deliveries, or option payments for the previous month?

504

¹ YES ³ NO

a. Will you report, the average f.o.b. warehouse price of upland cotton acquired directly from U.S. farmers as first time sales through cash purchases, contract deliveries, or option payments for the first 15 days of the current month?

505

¹ YES ³ NO

4. Will you exclude any data relating to acquisition of upland cotton from non-farmers?

506

¹ YES ³ NO ⁵ DOES NOT APPLY

5. Will you exclude any data relating to acquisition of upland cotton from other countries?

507

¹ YES ³ NO ⁵ DOES NOT APPLY

6. Starting with the average price received for cotton purchased or delivered 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, storage and other marketing charges incurred after the producer relinquishes title

³ Any government payments

⁴ Gains from repaying loans at less than the loan rate

7. Starting with the average price received for cotton purchased or delivered 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, storage and other marketing costs incurred by the producer while retaining ownership

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?
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	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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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 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
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