QID 060006 Tobacco Inquiry August 2008 - MO

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Project 204 QID 060006			OMB No. 0535-0002 Approval Expires 3/31/2009
	TOBACCO INQUIRY August 1, 2008						NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
					Missouri Field Office 601 Business Loop, 70W Suite 240 Columbia, MO 65203 Phone: 1-800-551-1014 Fax: 1-800-899-5197 Email: nass-mo@nass.usda.gov
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.				Dear Tobacco Grower: This inquiry is being sent to a sample of tobacco growers to obtain information on which to make reliable estimates of this year’s tobacco crop. Please help by answering the questions listed below and then return your report promptly in the enclosed envelope, which requires no stamp. Response to this survey is voluntary and not required by law. However, in order that the estimates be accurate, it is necessary that we receive replies from as many individual growers as possible. Your individual reporrt will be held confidential. The tobacco estimates will be published on August 12th. Thank you for your cooperation.

PLEASE REPORT FOR YOUR LOCALITY
Please report for your locality the current condition and the expected yield per acre of the tobacco crop. Report condition as compared with the normal growth and vitality you would expect at this time if there had been no damage from unfavorable weather, insects, pests, etc. Let 100 percent represent a normal condition.
1. Tobacco condition?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Percent
2. Tobacco probable yield per acre, 2008?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pounds per acre

3. Would you like to receive a free copy of the results of this survey in the mail? (The survey results will also be available on the Internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov/ after 8:30 am on August 12, 2008)
YES = 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	099

Comments on this year’s crop will be appreciated:
Reported By:	County:	9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

Office Use
R Unit	Zero	Price	Resp	Resp Cd	Mode	Enum.	Eval.		POID
921	005	007	9901	9902	9903	098	100		789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __

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