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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:  Brent Farley
Monday, January 5, 2009

www.nass.usda.gov/ny

                 FOLLOW-UP CONTACTS BEGIN FOR FLORICULTURE
                             PRODUCTION SURVEY

The National Agricultural Statistics Service began telephoning producers
who had not yet returned their Floriculture Production questionnaire.
Producers who have not yet returned their survey are asked to do so as soon
as possible.  Producers who do not mail in their survey and who are unable
to be contacted by telephone will be interviewed in person.

The annual survey of Floriculture Production was mailed in December and
January to all commercial producers of cut flowers, flowering and foliage
plants, bedding plants, or cultivated florist greens in New York.  This
survey provides the only detailed information about the production and
sales of these items and the important contribution they make to the
agricultural economy of New York State.

To maintain accurate information for the industry, the continued
cooperation of commercial producers is necessary.  A commercial producer is
defined as one who earns $10,000 or more in gross annual sales.

Any producer with questions about the survey may call Bill Blackson or
Brent Farley at 1-800-821-1276.

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1-5-09

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