June 2017 Farm Survey - Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia (Non-Peace)

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)

Include: - Land rented from other operations and Crown or public land used for agricultural purposes.
Exclude: - Land rented to other operations.

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

Which crops did you seed?

• a: Fall Rye
• b: Winter Wheat

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

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

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

Quebec respondents only - Question identifier:4.

What percentage of your Winter Wheat remaining to be harvested as grain, is intended for human consumption?

Section B: SEEDED AREAS - Question identifier:1.

Did you or will you seed any crops in 20XX?

• a: Yes
• b: No (Go to section C)

Section B: SEEDED AREAS - Question identifier:2.

Please indicate what is or will be your seeded area using the appropriate UOM for the following crops.

• a: Barley (include Winter Barley seeded in the fall of 20XX)
• b: Buckwheat
• c: Canola (include Winter Canola seeded in the fall of 20XX)
• d: Corn for Grain (include seed corn but exclude sweet corn) (Go to question 5)
• e: Dry Beans, Black (Black Turtle, Preto)
• f: Dry Beans, Cranberry (Romano)
• g: Dry Beans, Dark Red Kidney
• h: Dry Beans, Faba (Fava, Broad)
• i: Dry Beans, Great Northern
• j: Dry Beans, Light Red Kidney
• k: Dry Beans, Pinto
• l: Dry Beans, Small Red (Red Mexican)
• m: Dry Beans, White Pea (Navy)
• n: Dry Beans, Other and unknown
• o: Fodder Corn
• p: Mixed Grains (two or more grains sown together)
• q: Oats
• r: Potatoes
• s: Soybeans (Go to question 6)
• t: Spring Rye
• u: Sugar Beets
• v: Tobacco
• w: Wheat, Spring (If Quebec respondent, go to question 4. Else, go to the next crop. If this is the last crop, go to question 3)
• x: Other Field Crops (list in comments)
• y: Total seeded area (sum of 2a to 2x)

Section B: SEEDED AREAS - Question identifier:3.

Of the total area to be seeded to field crops this spring, what percentage have you seeded at this time?

QUEBEC RESPONDENTS ONLY - Question identifier:4.

What percentage of your Spring Wheat area is intended for human consumption?

Definitions:

Transgenic: A plant or animal containing one or more new genes introduced by genetic engineering.
Terminator gene: A gene that renders seeds sterile.
Genetically modified seed: A seed whose genetic information has been recently altered by genetic engineering or mutagenesis.
Genetic engineering: A technique involving the transfer of specific genetic information from one organism to another.
Mutagenesis: A process by which the genetic information of an organism is changed in a stable, heritable manner, via the use of chemicals or radiation.
Biotechnology: The application of science and engineering in the use of living organisms.

Other terms used for genetically modified seed:

Soybeans: Roundup Ready.
Corn for Grain: Liberty Link, Roundup Ready, HTH, Bt Corn (YieldGard, KnockOut, NatureGuard, Xtra, StarLink and Herculex)

Section B: Corn for Grain and Soybeans (continued) - Question identifier:5.

Of your XXXX acres/hectares/arpents of Corn for Grain reported in Section B - Seeded Areas, how many are seeded or will be seeded with genetically modified seed?(Exclude varieties produced by traditional cross-breeding techniques.)

• a: Area seeded with: Genetically modified seed
• b: UOM

Section B: Corn for Grain and Soybeans (continued) - Question identifier:6.

Of your XXXX acres/hectares/arpents of Soybeans reported in Section B - Seeded Areas, how many are seeded or will be seeded with genetically modified seed? (Exclude varieties produced by traditional cross-breeding techniques.)

• a: Area seeded with: Genetically modified seed
• b: UOM

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 C TAME HAY AND FORAGE SEED - Question identifier:1.

Will you grow any Alfalfa or Tame Hay or Forage Seed in 20XX?

• a: Yes
• b: No (Go to section D)

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

Which crops will you grow?

• a: Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures (go to question 3.)
• b: Other Tame Hay (go to question 4.)
• c: Forage Seed (go to question 5.)

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:3.

What will be your total area of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures? (Exclude under-seeded areas.)

• a: Total area
• b: UOM

Other tame hay - Question identifier:4.

What will be your total area of all other tame hay? (Exclude under-seeded areas.)

• a: Total area
• b: UOM

Forage seed - Question identifier:5.

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

• a: Total area
• b: UOM

Forage seed - Question identifier:6.

What will be your total area of Tame Hay and Forage Seed? (sum of question 3 to 5)

• a: Total area
• b: UOM

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;
- Idle land: improved land which was cropped, pastured or used for agricultural purposes last year, but is not being cropped this year;
- Fall crop area ploughed under but not reseeded;
- New broken land: land which has been cleared and prepared for cultivation but will not be cropped;
- Winterkilled land: winterkilled area from crops sown in the previous fall, which will not be reseeded or pastured to another crop;
- Wasteland, woodland, cut-over land, slough, swamp, marshland and irrigation ditches;
- Summerfallow land: 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;
- Chemfallow: summerfallow where herbicides are used without working the soil;
- Fruits and vegetables, mushrooms, maple trees, Christmas trees and sod.

What is your total area of land for pasture or grazing and other land in 20XX (current year), using the appropriate UOM?

• 1: Land for pasture or grazing
• 2: Other Land
• 3: Total Land Balance (sum of D1 to D2)

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.