Farm Survey - Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia (Peace) - September 2012

Farm Survey - Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia (Peace) - September 2012
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General Information

Review the information on the label. If any information is incorrect or missing, please make the necessary corrections in the boxes below.

  • 1: Farm Name (if applicable)
  • 2: Surname or Family Name
  • 3: Usual First Name and Initial
  • 4: Area Code
  • 5: Telephone
  • 6: R.R.
  • 7: Box No.
  • 8: Number and Street Name
  • 9: Postal Code
  • 10: Post Office (name of city, town or village where mail is received)
  • 11: E-mail Address (if applicable)
  • 12: Partner's Name (if applicable)
  • 13: Telephone
  • 14: Partner's Name (if applicable)
  • 15: Telephone
  • 16: Corporation Name (if applicable)

Purpose

The purpose of this set of farm surveys is to obtain information on grains and other field crops stored on farms (March, July, September and December Farm surveys), seeded area (all surveys except December Farm survey), harvested area, expected yield and production of field crops (July, September and November Farm surveys).

Additional information

This survey is to collect up-to-date information on areas and production of crops, and hay and pasture land. The data are used by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and other federal departments to develop and administer agricultural policies. This information is also used by provincial departments for production and price analysis and for economic research. Your information may also be used by Statistics Canada for other statistical and research purposes.

Authority

This survey is conducted under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, c. S-19.
COMPLETION OF THIS QUESTIONNAIRE IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT UNDER THIS ACT.

Confidentiality

Your answers are confidential.

The Statistics Act protects the confidentiality of information collected by Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from releasing any information it collects which could identify any person, business, or organization, unless consent has been given by the respondent or as permitted by the Statistics Act. Statistics Canada will use the information from this survey for statistical purposes.

Data-sharing agreements

To reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into data-sharing agreements with provincial and territorial statistical agencies and other government organizations, which have agreed to keep the data confidential and use them only for statistical purposes. Statistics Canada will only share data from this survey with those organizations that have demonstrated a requirement to use the data.

Section 11 of the Statistics Act provides for the sharing of information with provincial and territorial statistical agencies that meet certain conditions. These agencies must have the legislative authority to collect the same information, on a mandatory basis, and the legislation must provide substantially the same provisions for confidentiality and penalties for disclosure of confidential information as the Statistics Act. Because these agencies have the legal authority to compel businesses to provide the same information, consent is not requested and businesses may not object to the sharing of the data.

For this survey, there are Section 11 agreements with the provincial statistical agencies of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.

The shared data will be limited to information pertaining to business establishments located within the jurisdiction of the respective province.

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Definitions

Unit of measure (UOM)

Area:
Acres
Hectares

Yield:
units per Acre:

Bushels (BU)/Acre
Kilograms (KG)/Acre
Metric Tonnes (MT)/Acre
Imperial Tons (IT)/Acre
Pounds (LB)/Acre
Hundred Weight (CWT)/Acre

units per Hectare:

Bushels (BU)/Hectare
Kilograms (KG)/Hectare
Metric Tonnes (MT)/Hectare
Imperial Tons (IT)/Hectare
Pounds (LB)/Hectare
Hundred Weight (CWT)/Hectare

Total production:

Bushels (BU)
Kilograms (KG)
Metric Tonnes (MT)
Imperial Tons (IT)
Pounds (LB)
Hundred Weight (CWT)

Section A: FALL RYE AND WINTER WHEAT SEEDED AND HARVESTED

Section A: FALL RYE AND WINTER WHEAT SEEDED AND HARVESTED - Question identifier:1.

Did you seed any Fall Rye or Winter Wheat in the fall of 20XX (previous year)?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No (Go to section B)

Section A: FALL RYE AND WINTER WHEAT SEEDED AND HARVESTED - Question identifier:2.

Which crops did you seed?

  • a: Fall Rye
  • b: Winter Wheat

Section A: FALL RYE AND WINTER WHEAT SEEDED AND HARVESTED - Question identifier:3.

Please indicate the area seeded and the area remaining to be harvested as grain.

  • a: Fall Rye
  • b: Winter Wheat
  • c: Total remaining to harvest as grain area (sum of 3a to 3b)

Section B: FALL RYE AND WINTER WHEAT SEEDING INTENTIONS

Section B: FALL RYE AND WINTER WHEAT SEEDING INTENTIONS - Question identifier:1.

Did you or do you intend to seed any Fall Rye or Winter Wheat in the fall of 20XX (current year)?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No (Go to section C)

Section B: FALL RYE AND WINTER WHEAT SEEDING INTENTIONS - Question identifier:2.

Which crops did you or do you intend to seed?

  • a: Fall Rye
  • b: Winter Wheat

Section B: FALL RYE AND WINTER WHEAT SEEDING INTENTIONS - Question identifier:3.

What area did you or do you intend to seed?

  • a: Fall Rye (Intended area / Unit of measure)
  • b: Winter Wheat (Intended area / Unit of measure)

Section C: SEEDED AREAS, HARVESTED AREAS AND YIELD

Section C: SEEDED AREAS, HARVESTED AREAS AND YIELD - Question identifier:1.

Did you seed any crops in 20XX (current year)?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No (Go to section D)

Section C: SEEDED AREAS, HARVESTED AREAS AND YIELD - Question identifier:2.

Indicate the area seeded and the area harvested or expected to be harvested as grain. Also indicate the yield or total production you obtained or expect to obtain.

  • a: Barley
  • b: Borage Seed
  • c: Buckwheat
  • d: Canary Seed, Hairless (Canario)
  • e: Canary Seed, Regular
  • f: Canola
  • g: Caraway Seed
  • h: Chick Peas, Desi
  • i: Chick Peas, Kabuli
  • j: Chick Peas, Other and unknown
  • k: Coriander Seed
  • l: Corn for Grain (include seed corn but exclude sweet corn)
  • m: Dry Beans, Black (Black Turtle, Preto)
  • n: Dry Beans, Cranberry (Romano)
  • o: Dry Beans, Dark Red Kidney
  • p: Dry Beans, Faba (Fava, Broad)
  • q: Dry Beans, Great Northern
  • r: Dry Beans, Light Red Kidney
  • s: Dry Beans, Pinto
  • t: Dry Beans, Small Red (Red Mexican)
  • u: Dry Beans, White Pea (Navy)
  • v: Dry Beans, Other and unknown
  • w: Dry Field Peas - Green
  • x: Dry Field Peas - Yellow
  • y: Dry Field Peas - Other and unknown
  • z: Flaxseed
  • aa: Fodder Corn
  • ab: Lentils - Large green
  • ac: Lentils - Red
  • ad: Lentils - Small green
  • ae: Lentils - Other and unknown
  • af: Linola (solin)
  • ag: Mixed Grains (two or more grains sown together)
  • ah: Mustard Seed - Brown
  • ai: Mustard Seed - Oriental
  • aj: Mustard Seed - Yellow
  • ak: Mustard Seed - Other and unknown
  • al: Oats
  • am: Potatoes
  • an: Safflower
  • ao: Soybeans
  • ap: Spring Rye
  • aq: Sugar Beets
  • ar: Sunflower Seeds (include Sunola & other dwarf varieties)
  • as: Triticale
  • at: Wheat, Durum
  • au: Wheat Spring, Canadian Western Extra Strong (utility)
  • av: Wheat Spring, Hard Red
  • aw: Wheat Spring, Red Prairie (semi-dwarf varieties)
  • ax: Wheat Spring, White Prairie (include semi-dwarf varieties but exclude Soft White Spring Wheat)
  • ay: Wheat Spring, Soft White (exclude White Prairie Spring Wheat)
  • az: Wheat Spring, Other (unlicensed varieties, including Grandin Wheat)
  • ba: Other Field Crops (list in comments)
  • bb: Total seeded area (sum of 2a to 2ba)

Section C: SEEDED AREAS, HARVESTED AREAS AND YIELD - Question identifier:3.

What is the percent moisture content of the harvested or to be harvested Fodder Corn? (45.0 to 90.0%)

Section D: TAME HAY AND FORAGE SEED

Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures
Include: Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixed with varieties of clover, trefoil, bromegrass, timothy, orchardgrass, canarygrass, ryegrass,fescue, sorghum-sudan and wheatgrass.
Exclude: All forage crop area harvested or to be harvested for commercial seed purposes, crops harvested or that will be harvested green to be used to feed animals and under-seeded areas.

Other Tame Hay
Include: Varieties of clover, trefoil, bromegrass, timothy, orchardgrass, canarygrass, ryegrass, fescue, sorghum-sudan and wheatgrass.
Exclude: Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures, all forage crop area harvested or to be harvested for commercial seed purposes and crops harvested or that will be harvested green to be used to feed animals.

Forage Seed
Include: All forage crop area harvested or to be harvested for seed and forage crops grown commercially for seed purposes such as alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures, varieties of clover, trefoil, bromegrass, timothy, orchardgrass, canarygrass, ryegrass, fescue, sorghum-sudan and wheatgrass.
Exclude: Forage crops harvested or to be harvested for hay or to be used for pasture.

Section D: TAME HAY AND FORAGE SEED - Question identifier:1.

Did you grow any Alfalfa or Tame Hay or Forage Seed in 20XX (current year)?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No (go to Section E)

Section D: TAME HAY AND FORAGE SEED - Question identifier:2.

Which crops do you have?

  • a: Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures (go to question 3.)
  • b: Other tame hay (go to question 11.)
  • c: Forage seed (go to question 19.)

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:3.

What is your total area of Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures? (Exclude under-seeded areas.)

  • a: Total area
  • b: UOM

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:4.

What area of your total area of Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures was harvested or is expected to be harvested this year? (Count different cuts of the same area only once.)

  • a: Crop
  • b: Harvested area
  • c: UOM

The following questions deal with Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures production. Include: First and all subsequent harvests from the same Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures area this year.

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:5.

Did you cut any of your Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures as dry hay?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:6.

What yield or total production of Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures as dry hay did you or will you obtain? UOM

  • a: Total production of Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures as dry hay
  • b: Production of dry hay
  • c: UOM

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:7.

Did you bale any of your Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures as dry hay?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Production of dry hay in the form of bales (include round and/or square)

  • a: Bale Type
  • b: Number of bales
  • c: Weight of bales
  • d: UOM (lb, kg)

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:8.

Did you produce any other form of Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures as dry hay?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Other forms of production of dry hay (include forage wagons and hay stacks)

  • a: Other Form
  • b: Weight
  • c: UOM (MT, IT, KG, LB)

Total production of Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures as dry hay (sum of questions 7+8)

  • a: Crop
  • b: Production of dry hay
  • c: UOM

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:9.

Did you cut any of your Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures for silage?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:10.

What is the yield or total production of Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures for silage did you or will you obtain? (UOM)

  • a: Crop
  • b: Production for silage
  • c: UOM

Other tame hay

Other tame hay - Question identifier:11.

What is your total area of all Other Tame Hay? (Exclude under-seeded areas.)

  • a: Total area
  • b: UOM

Other tame hay - Question identifier:12.

What area of your total area of all Other Tame Hay was harvested or is expected to be harvested this year? (Count different cuts of the same area only once.)

  • a: Crop
  • b: Harvested area
  • c: UOM

The following questions deal with the production of OTHER TAME HAY.
Include: First and all subsequent harvests from the same Other Tame Hay area this year.

Other tame hay - Question identifier:13.

Did you cut any of your Other Tame Hay as dry hay?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Other tame hay - Question identifier:14.

What yield or total production of Other Tame Hay as dry hay did you or will you obtain?

  • a: Crop
  • b: Production of dry hay
  • c: UOM

Other tame hay - Question identifier:15.

Did you bale any of your Other Tame Hay as dry hay?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Production of dry hay in the form of bales (include round and/or square)

  • a: Bale Type
  • b: Number of bales
  • c: Weight of bales
  • d: UOM (lb, kg)

Other tame hay - Question identifier:16.

Did you produce any other form of your Other Tame Hay as dry hay?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Other forms of production of dry hay (include forage wagons and hay stacks)

  • a: Other Form
  • b: Weight
  • c: UOM (MT, IT, KG, LB)

Total production of Other Tame Hay as dry hay (sum of questions 15+16)

  • a: Crop
  • b: Production of dry hay
  • c: UOM

Other tame hay - Question identifier:17.

Did you cut any of your Other Tame Hay for silage?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Other tame hay - Question identifier:18.

What is the yield or total production of Other Tame Hay for silage did you or will you obtain?

  • a: Crop
  • b: Production for silage
  • c: UOM

Forage seed

Forage seed - Question identifier:19.

What is your total area of forage seed? (Exclude under-seeded areas.)

  • a: Total area
  • b: UOM

Forage seed - Question identifier:20.

Total Tame Hay and Forage Seed areas (sum of D3 + D11 + D19) UOM (ac/ha)

Section E: LAND BALANCE

Summerfallow: Land on which no crop will be grown during the year, but which may be cultivated or worked for weed control and/or moisture conservation, or it may simply be left to lay fallow in order to renew the soil.
Include: - Chemfallow: summerfallow where herbicides are used without working the soil;
- Winterkilled land: winterkilled area from crops sown in the previous fall, which will not be reseeded or pastured to
another crop;
- Fall crop area ploughed under but not reseeded;
- Idle land: improved land which was cropped, pastured or used for agricultural purposes last year, but is not being
cropped this year.

Land for pasture or grazing: All land which is being used for pasture, grazing, native pasture, native hay, rangeland and grazable bush used for the grazing or
feeding of livestock.
Exclude: - Areas to be harvested as dry hay, silage or forage seed;
- Community pastures, co-operative grazing associations or grazing reserves.
If a field is used the same year for harvesting Tame Hay and as a pasture, count it only once as a Tame Hay field.

Other Land:
- Area of farmstead: farm buildings, farmyard, home garden and roads;
- New broken land: land which has been cleared and prepared for cultivation but will not be cropped;
- Wasteland, woodland, cut-over land, slough, swamp, marshland and irrigation ditches;
- Fruits and vegetables, mushrooms, maple trees, Christmas trees and sod.

What is your total area of Summerfallow, Land for pasture or grazing and Other Land in 20XX (current year)?

  • 1: Summerfallow
  • 2: Land for pasture or grazing
  • 3: Other Land
  • 4: Total Land Balance (sum of E1 to E3)

Section F: TOTAL LAND AREA

What will be the Total Land Area in 20XX, using the appropriate UOM?

  • 1: Total Land Area
  • 2: Sum of sections A3c + B2bb + C6 + D4
  • 3: Difference between E1 and E2 (E1-E2)
    If the difference is substantial, please explain in comments.
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