QID 050240 Rice Private Merchant Prices Reeived by Farmers

RICE PRIVATE MERCHANT PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS
			OMB No. 0535-0003 Approval Expires: 5/31/2016 Project Code: 188 QID: 050204 SMetaKey: 2846
				United States Department of Agriculture
				NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

						USDA/NASS - Texas Southern Plains Region PO Box 70 Austin, TX 78767-0070 Phone: 1-800-626-3142 Fax: 1-855-270-2725 E-mail: NASSRFOSPR@nass.usda.gov

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The Department of Agriculture collects and publishes information on prices received by farmers for rice. This information is used for estimation of farm income, determination of government program payments, in the computation of the gross national product and for price studies and analysis of returns from various crops.

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.

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February 2016

INSTRUCTIONS

Please report the following information for rough rice purchased from growers and for which settlement was completed with the grower during the time periods specified on this questionnaire. Do not include agreements made for settlement at a future time. Settlement made at a later date should be included on the survey covering that period.

● Exclude purchases if not the first buyer of record from grower, i.e. purchases from other mills, coops, or CCC stocks.

● Report total price paid to growers at first point of sale as dry rough rice before deducting drying and storage charges, or

transportation costs to the first point of sale. Exclude LDP or MLG benefit and any payment of storage or

transportation earned after point of sale.

● Report data for all settlements by STATE where grown.

● Rice purchased through redemption of CCC loans should be valued at the loan redemption rate (World Market Price

[WMP] or loan plus interest whichever is lower) plus any additional payment (premium) to growers.

1. During the entire month of January, did you purchase any rough rice from farmers?

0 YES – Continue on back. 0 NO – Thank the respondent and conclude the survey.

2. In what unit were the purchases made?
CWT (1) Bushels (2) Barrels (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			0226
	During the entire month of January
Purchase of Rough Rice in Texas for--	Quantity Purchase (Include Green Rice converted to dry weight equivalent.)	Total Dollars Paid to farmer for quantity purchased
LONG GRAIN	131	105
MEDIUM GRAIN	132	115
SHORT GRAIN	133	125

	During the entire month of January
Purchase of Rough Rice in      ____________ for--	Quantity Purchased (Include Green Rice converted to dry weight equivalent.)	Total Dollars Paid to farmer for quantity purchased
LONG GRAIN	131	105
MEDIUM GRAIN	132	115
SHORT GRAIN	133	125

Purchase of Rough Rice in      ____________ for--
LONG GRAIN	131	105
MEDIUM GRAIN	132	115
SHORT GRAIN	133	125

Purchase of Rough Rice in      ____________ for--
LONG GRAIN	131	105
MEDIUM GRAIN	132	115
SHORT GRAIN	133	125

Respondent Name:

9911 Phone: ( )

9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION

OFFICE USE ONLY

Response

Respondent

Mode

Enum.

Eval.

R. Unit

Change

Office Use for POID

1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est

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

9998

9900

9921

9985

9989 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __

Optional Use

9907

9908

9906

9916

S/E Name