QID Cattle On Feed Inquiry - February 1, 2014 - IA

Project Code 438		OMB No. 0535-0213: Approval Expires 03/31/2014
	CATTLE ON FEED INQUIRY February 1, 2014				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
				Iowa Field Office 210 Walnut St., Room 833 Des Moines, IA 50309 Phone 1-800-772-0825 Fax 1-800-719-1794 nass-ia@nass.usda.gov
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.			Your answers to the questions below are needed to prepare reliable State cattle on feed statistics to be published in the February 21, 2014 Cattle on Feed Report. . The data are collected and published as a service to the cattle industry and may assist in planning and adjusting your cattle feeding operations. Your report is needed even though you may not currently have cattle on feed. Please mail your report in the enclosed envelope.
The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. In accordance with the Confidential Information Protection provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 107–347, and other applicable Federal laws, your responses will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed in identifiable form to anyone other than employees or agents. By law, every employee and agent has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you or your operation. Response is voluntary.
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB number is 0535-0213. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 15 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

February 1, how many calves are being backgrounded or are on a warm-up ration? (EXCLUDE cattle on full feed that will go directly to the slaughter market)				333
2. How many cattle and calves were on feed February 1, 2014 that will go directly from this operation to the slaughter market? (EXCLUDE cattle included in question 1.)…………………
				652
3. During January how many cattle and calves:
(EXCLUDE cattle being backgrounded or on a warm-up ration.)
a. were placed on feed in your feedlot(s)? .				653
b. were shipped to slaughter market from your feedlot(s)? -				654
c. were shipped to someone else’s feedlot(s) or returned to pasture? -				655
d. died? -				657
4. How many cattle and calves were on feed January 1, 2014 that will go directly from this operation to the slaughter market? (EXCLUDE cattle included in question 1.)
				916
5. Considering your cattle feeding facilities, what is the largest number of cattle and calves that you would feed for the slaughter market, at any one time?.........................................................................
				676
6. The next questions are about baled hay prices. What is the current average price in this locality for:
	Dollars Per Ton		Dollars Per Bale		Pounds Per Bale
a. Alfalfa and Alfalfa Mixtures?	750	OR	751 ! — —		752
b. All Other Hay?	760		761 ! — —		762

OVER PLEASE

6. Has this operation (name of label) been sold, or turned over to someone else?

NO - Go to Item 7 YES - Identify the new operator(s).

Name: _________________________________________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________________

City: ______________________________________ State: ________________________ Zip:_____________________

a. Did this person operate land individually in this State on June 1, 2013? YES NO

7. Survey Results: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to www.nass.usda.gov/results.

Would you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date?

1 Yes 3No

099

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Respondent Name:		Phone: ( )	9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

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 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web 6-e-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other	9903	098	100	789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
								Optional Use
								916		921
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