QID 051030 Retail Seed Price Inquiry

RETAIL SEED PRICE INQUIRY MARCH 2016
	OMB No. 0535-0003 Approval Expires: 5/31/2016 Project Code: 171 QID: 051030 SMetaKey: 2751
		United States Department of Agriculture
			NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

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INSTRUCTIONS

• Report average prices for all commodities except fall seeded wheat.

• Report fall seeded wheat prices for the fall of 2015.

• Report an average price, not a range of prices.

• Include technology fees.

• Include seed treatments.

• Exclude sales tax.

1. Did this operation sell seed to farmers/ranchers in the U.S. during the 12 month period March 2015 through February 2016?

Yes - [go to Question 3.] No - [go to Question 2.]

2. Will this operation sell seed to farmers/ranchers in the U.S. in the future?

₁Yes [go to question 4 on back page] ₃No [go to question 4 on back page]

3. Report price per unit of seed sold to farmers in the U.S. on March 15, 2016.

ROW CROPS:	NONE	DOLLARS and CENTS PER UNIT			UNIT REPORTED CHECK ONE
Seed CORN, HYBRID Biotechnology Varieties (include technology fees)		853 $	.__ __	1853	1Lb	2Cwt	2580000 krnl
Non-Biotechnology (conventional) Varieties		803 $	.__ __	1803	1Lb	2Cwt	2580000 krnl
SOYBEANS for seed Biotechnology Varieties (include technology fees)		856 $	.__ __	1856	2350 Lb bag	4Bu	26140000 seeds
Non-Biotechnology (conventional) Varieties		839 $	.__ __	1839	2350 Lb bag	4Bu	26140000 seeds

GRAIN SORGHUM, Hybrids		809 $	.__ __	1809	1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
Seed FLAX		810 $	.__ __	1810	1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
(OVER)

SMALL GRAINS	NONE	DOLLARS and CENTS PER UNIT		UNIT REPORTED CHECK ONE
Seed, WHEAT Fall		812 $	.__ __	1812	1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
Spring		814 $	.__ __	1814	1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
Seed, OATS Spring		816 $	.__ __	1816	1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
Seed, BARLEY Spring		818 $	.__ __	1818	1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt

LEGUMES
ALFALFA, Certified (Proprietary) Varieties		823 $	.__ __	1823	1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
Uncertified (Public and Common) Varieties		821 $	.__ __	1821	1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
RED CLOVER		825 $	.__ __	1825	1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
LADINO CLOVER		827 $	.__ __	1827	1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
LESPEDEZA, Unhulled
Korean		832 $	.__ __	1832	1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
Striate, Kobe		833 $	.__ __	1833	1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt

GRASSES
KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS Proprietary Varieties Including Merion		828 $	.__ __	1828		1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
Public and Common Varieties		829 $	.__ __	1829		1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
TIMOTHY		831 $	.__ __	1831		1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
ORCHARDGRASS		835 $	.__ __	1835		1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
SUDANGRASS		836 $	.__ __	1836		1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
TALL FESCUE		837 $	.__ __	1837		1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt
RYEGRASS, Annual		838 $	.__ __	1838		1 Lb	4 Bu	2Cwt

COMMENTS:
     
4. SURVEY RESULTS: To receive the complete results of this survey on its release date, go to http://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/
Would you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date? 1Yes 3No			9990

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