QID 060212 Irish Potato Forecast - August 2008

Project 195 QID 060212			OMB No. 0535-0002 Approval Expires 12/31/2009
	IRISH POTATO FORECAST August 2008				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

Alabama Field Office P.O. Box 240578 4121 Carmichael Road Montgomery, AL 36124-0578 Phone: 334-279-3555 Fax: 334-279-3590 Email: nass-al@nass.usda.gov

		Dear Producer: The information requested in this survey is needed to prepare a report on the commercial Irish potato crop. Response is voluntary and not required by law. However, your report is needed to make the estimates as accurate as possible, even if you do not expect any production this year. 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.
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.

Please report for your locality:

1. Condition of Irish potatoes in your locality compared with normal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Percent

101

Let 100 percent represent a full crop you would expect if there was favorable weather and no damage from insects or disease.
2. Probable yield per acre of Irish potatoes in your facility this year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	Cwt. Per acre	102
Please report for the land you operate or manage, including land rented from others:

3. Acres of Irish potatoes planted this year (2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Acres

103

4. Acres of Irish potatoes harvested and expected for harvest this year (2008). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Acres

104

5. Expected yield per acre from these (item 4) harvested acres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cwt. Per acre

105

OR 60 lb. bushels per acre

OR 50 lb. bags per acre

Please comment about prospects for the potato crop in your locality this year. Use reverse side if necessary.

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Reported by:_________________________________________						Telephone:_________________________				Date:_______________________
R. UNIT	RESP.		RESPONDENT		MODE		ENUM	COMP CODE	POID
921	1 – Comp 2 – R 3 – inac 4 – Office Hold 5 – R-Est 6 – Inac-Est 7 – Off Hold-Est 8 – Known Zero	901	1 – OP/Mgr 2 – SP 3 -Acct/Bkpr 4 – Partner 9 - Other	902	1 – Mail 2 – Tel 3 – Face-to-Face 4 – CATI 5 – Web 6 – E-Mail 7 – Fax 8 – CAPI 19 - Other	903	098	138	789 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
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