Agricultural Water Survey - 2010
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Information for the Respondent
Information for the Respondent
A)Crop List
Field Crops:
Barley
Borage seed
Buckwheat
Canary seed
Canola
Caraway seed
Chick peas
Coriander seed
Corn for fodder
Corn for grain
Dry beans
Dry field peas
Flaxseed
Lentils
Linola
Mixed grains
Mustard seed
Oats
Potatoes
Rye
Safflower
Soybeans
Sugar beets
Sunflower seeds
Tobacco
Triticale
Wheat
Other field crops
Fruits:
Apples
Apricots
Blueberries
Cherries
Cranberries
Grapes
Kiwis
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Prunes
Raspberries
Saskatoon berries
Strawberries
Other fruit
Vegetables:
Asparagus
Beans (green or wax)
Beets
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Chinese)
Cabbage (regular)
Carrots (including baby)
Cauliflower
Celery
Corn (sweet)
Cucumbers
Garlic
Gherkins
Leeks
Lettuce
Melons (watermelon)
Melons, other
Onions (dry)
Onions, green
Parsley
Parsnips
Peas (green)
Peppers
Pumpkins
Radishes
Rhubarb
Rutabagas
Spinach
Squash
Tomatoes
Turnips
Zucchini
Other vegetables
B)Irrigation Methods
Sprinkler:
Hand move
Solid or permanent set
Side roll, wheel line, wheel move or wheel roll
Traveller, volume gun, travelling gun, walker, overhead or circular
Linear move
Centre pivot
Micro:
Surface drip
Sub-surface drip
Micro-sprinkler
Bubblers
Microjet
Hand watering
Surface:
Down rows
Furrows
Corrugations
Border dyke
Level basins
Uncontrolled flooding
Back flooding
Purpose
The Agricultural Water Survey is conducted to gather information on irrigation water use, irrigation methods and practices, and sources and quality of water used for agricultural purposes on Canadian farms. The results will help farm operators, governments and the Canadian public gain a better understanding of the demand for water and how it is used on Canadian farms.
Authority
This is a voluntary survey conducted under the authority of the Statistics Act, Revised Statutes of Canada, 1985, Chapter S19. Your cooperation is important to ensure that the information collected in this survey is as accurate as possible.
Confidentiality
Statistics Canada is prohibited by law from publishing any statistics which would divulge information obtained from this survey that relates to any identifiable business, institution or individual, unless written consent has been given by the respondent, or as permitted by the Statistics Act. The data reported on this questionnaire will be treated in confidence, used for statistical purposes and published in aggregate form only. The confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act are not affected by either the Access to Information Act or any other Legislation.
Data-sharing agreements
In an effort to reduce respondent burden, Statistics Canada has entered into agreements, under Section 12 of the Statistics Act, for sharing information from this survey with: Agriculture and Agri-food Canada; Environment Canada; Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture; New Brunswick Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture; the Institut de la statistique du Québec; Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives; Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture; and Alberta Agriculture and Food. These organizations must keep the information confidential and use it for statistical or research purposes only, not for regulatory activities.
Under Section 12 of the Statistics Act, you may refuse to share your information with any of these organizations by writing a letter of objection to the Chief Statistician and returning it with the completed questionnaire. Please specify the organization with which you do not want to share your data. For agreements with provincial government organizations, the shared data will be limited to information pertaining to farm operations located within the jurisdiction of the respective province.
Record linkage
To enhance the data from this survey, Statistics Canada may combine it with information from other surveys or from administrative sources.
Definitions
A) Crop Guide
Field Crops:
Barley, Borage seed, Buckwheat, Canary seed, Canola, Caraway seed, Chick peas, Coriander seed, Corn for fodder, Corn for grain, Dry beans, Dry field peas, Flaxseed, Lentils, Linola, Mixed grains, Mustard seed, Oats, Potatoes, Rye, Safflower, Soybeans, Sugar beets, Sunflower seeds, Tobacco, Triticale, Wheat and Other field crops.
Fruits:
Apples, Apricots, Blueberries, Cherries, Cranberries, Grapes, Kiwis, Nectarines, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Prunes, Raspberries, Saskatoon berries, Strawberries and Other fruit.
Vegetables:
Asparagus, Beans (green or wax), Beets, Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Cabbage (Chinese), Cabbage (regular), Carrots (including baby), Cauliflower, Celery, Corn (sweet), Cucumbers, Garlic, Gherkins, Leeks, Lettuce, Melons (watermelon),
Melons (other), Onions (dry), Onions (green), Parsley, Parsnips, Peas (green), Peppers, Pumpkins, Radishes, Rhubarb, Rutabagas, Spinach, Squash, Tomatoes, Turnips, Zucchini and Other vegetables.
B) Irrigation Methods
Sprinkler:
Hand move, Solid or permanent set, Side roll, wheel line, wheel move or wheel roll, Traveller, volume gun, travelling gun, walker, overhead or circular, Linear move and Centre pivot.
Micro:
Surface drip, Sub-surface drip, Micro-sprinkler, Bubblers, Microjet and Hand watering.
Surface:
Down rows, Furrows, Corrugations, Border dyke, Level basins, Uncontrolled flooding and Back flooding.
Instructions
Please refer to the GROWING SEASON when answering the following questions.
Include: all irrigated land, producing or non-producing, used for fruits, vegetables, field crops, hay and improved pasture, on owned land or land rented or leased FROM OTHERS.
Exclude: land rented or leased TO OTHERS, summerfallow, Christmas trees and non-irrigated land.
Cropland and Irrigation
Cropland and Irrigation - Question identifier:1.
Are you an irrigator, or have you previously irrigated your crops?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Cropland and Irrigation - Question identifier:2.
In the growing season, what was the total area of irrigated cropland and irrigated improved pasture of this operation?
Unit of measure
- 1: Acres
- 2: Hectares
- 3: Arpents
Irrigation Volumes
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:3a.
Did you produce or grow FIELD CROPS on this operation during the growing season?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:3b.
Irrigated FIELD CROP area
Unit of measure
- 1: Acres
- 2: Hectares
- 3: Arpents
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:3c.
Irrigation method
- 01: Sprinkler
- 02: Micro
- 03: Surface
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:3d.
How much water was applied to the FIELD CROPS in each of the following months?
Months
- 01: April
- 02: May
- 03: June
- 04: July
- 05: August
- 06: September (estimate if necessary)
- 07: October (estimate)
- 08: Total
Unit of measure
- 01: Inches per acre
- 02: Millimetres per hectare
- 03: Total acre-feet
- 04: Total gallons
- 05: Total litres
- 06: Total cubic feet
- 07: Total cubic metres
- 08: Acre-feet per acre
- 09: Gallons per acre
- 10: Litres per hectare
- 11: Cubic feet per acre
- 12: Cubic metres per hectare
- 13: Other unit of measure, specify
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:4a.
Did you produce or grow FRUIT CROPS on this operation during the growing season?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:4b.
Irrigated FRUIT CROP area
Unit of measure
- 1: Acres
- 2: Hectares
- 3: Arpents
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:4c.
Irrigation method
- 01: Sprinkler
- 02: Micro
- 03: Surface
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:4d.
How much water was applied to the FRUIT CROPS in each of the following months?
Months
- 01: April
- 02: May
- 03: June
- 04: July
- 05: August
- 06: September (estimate if necessary)
- 07: October (estimate)
- 08: Total
Unit of measure
- 01: Inches per acre
- 02: Millimetres per hectare
- 03: Total acre-feet
- 04: Total gallons
- 05: Total litres
- 06: Total cubic feet
- 07: Total cubic metres
- 08: Acre-feet per acre
- 09: Gallons per acre
- 10: Litres per hectare
- 11: Cubic feet per acre
- 12: Cubic metres per hectare
- 13: Other unit of measure, specify
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:5a.
Did you produce or grow VEGETABLE CROPS on this operation during the growing season?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:5b.
Irrigated VEGETABLE CROP area
Unit of measure
- 1: Acres
- 2: Hectares
- 3: Arpents
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:5c.
Irrigation method
- 01: Sprinkler
- 02: Micro
- 03: Surface
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:5d.
How much water was applied to the VEGETABLE CROPS in each of the following months?
Months
- 01: April
- 02: May
- 03: June
- 04: July
- 05: August
- 06: September (estimate if necessary)
- 07: October (estimate)
- 08: Total
Unit of measure
- 01: Inches per acre
- 02: Millimetres per hectare
- 03: Total acre-feet
- 04: Total gallons
- 05: Total litres
- 06: Total cubic feet
- 07: Total cubic metres
- 08: Acre-feet per acre
- 09: Gallons per acre
- 10: Litres per hectare
- 11: Cubic feet per acre
- 12: Cubic metres per hectare
- 13: Other unit of measure, specify
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:6a.
Did you produce or grow HAY on this operation during the growing season?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:6b.
Irrigated HAY area
Unit of measure
- 1: Acres
- 2: Hectares
- 3: Arpents
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:6c.
Irrigation method
- 01: Sprinkler
- 02: Micro
- 03: Surface
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:6d.
How much water was applied to the HAY in each of the following months?
Months
- 01: April
- 02: May
- 03: June
- 04: July
- 05: August
- 06: September (estimate if necessary)
- 07: October (estimate)
- 08: Total
Unit of measure
- 01: Inches per acre
- 02: Millimetres per hectare
- 03: Total acre-feet
- 04: Total gallons
- 05: Total litres
- 06: Total cubic feet
- 07: Total cubic metres
- 08: Acre-feet per acre
- 09: Gallons per acre
- 10: Litres per hectare
- 11: Cubic feet per acre
- 12: Cubic metres per hectare
- 13: Other unit of measure, specify
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:7a.
Did you produce or grow IMPROVED PASTURE on this operation during the growing season?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:7b.
Irrigated IMPROVED PASTURE area
Unit of measure
- 1: Acres
- 2: Hectares
- 3: Arpents
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:7c.
Irrigation method
- 01: Sprinkler
- 02: Micro
- 03: Surface
Irrigation Volumes - Question identifier:7d.
How much water was applied to the IMPROVED PASTURE in each of the following months?
Months
- 01: April
- 02: May
- 03: June
- 04: July
- 05: August
- 06: September (estimate if necessary)
- 07: October (estimate)
- 08: Total
Unit of measure
- 01: Inches per acre
- 02: Millimetres per hectare
- 03: Total acre-feet
- 04: Total gallons
- 05: Total litres
- 06: Total cubic feet
- 07: Total cubic metres
- 08: Acre-feet per acre
- 09: Gallons per acre
- 10: Litres per hectare
- 11: Cubic feet per acre
- 12: Cubic metres per hectare
- 13: Other unit of measure, specify
Irrigation Practices and Water Sources
Irrigation Practices and Water Sources - Question identifier:8.
Which of the following practices were used for the purpose of water or energy conservation? (Mark all that apply)
- 01: Wind breaks
- 02: Leaving stubble on fields (for example, minimum tillage, direct seeding)
- 03: Watering at night or in the morning
- 04: Pressure reduction
- 05: Water or energy saving nozzles
- 06: Other energy saving methods or devices
- 07: No practices done
Irrigation Practices and Water Sources - Question identifier:9.
Did this operation stop irrigating OR not irrigate for any reason?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Irrigation Practices and Water Sources - Question identifier:10.
Why was irrigation stopped or not done? (Mark all that apply)
- 01: Shortage of surface water
- 02: Shortage of underground water (include shallow wells and deep wells)
- 03: Irrigation equipment failure
- 04: Poor water quality
- 05: Cost of water
- 06: Irrigation ban
- 07: Crop did not require irrigation
- 08: Labour shortage
- 09: Fuel or energy cost
- 10: Other reason
Irrigation Practices and Water Sources - Question identifier:11.
Did this operation use any of the following sources of water? (Mark all that apply) (If OFF-FARM water is selected, go to Question 12. Otherwise, go to Question 14.)
- 01: ON-FARM underground water or well water (include shallow wells and deep wells)
- 02: ON-FARM lakes, rivers, creeks or streams, ponds or dugouts that is direct access (surface water)
- 03: OFF-FARM water transported TO THE FARM for example, via pipeline, canal system or vehicle (this includes municipal water)
- 04: Other
Irrigation Practices and Water Sources - Question identifier:12.
Which of the following OFF-FARM water sources did this operation use for irrigation purposes? (Mark all that apply)
- 01: Tap water (drinking water or municipal water)
- 02: Treated wastewater
- 03: Provincial water sources (irrigation district, irrigation project)
- 04: Private sources
- 05: Other sources
Irrigation Practices and Water Sources - Question identifier:13.
Why did this operation need to obtain water from an OFF-FARM source? (Mark all that apply)
- 01: No water or not enough water available ON THE FARM (for irrigation)
- 02: Poor quality of ON-FARM water (for irrigation)
- 03: Other reason
The following questions deal with irrigation water that has been treated to improve its overall quality.
Irrigation Practices and Water Sources - Question identifier:14.
Did this operation treat water prior to use for irrigation purposes?
- 01: Yes
- 02: No
Irrigation Practices and Water Sources - Question identifier:15.
Which of the following water treatment practices were used by this operation for irrigation water? (Mark all that apply)
- 01: Treatment to kill bacteria or other foreign bodies (that is disinfection)
- 02: Treatment to equalize pH levels
- 03: Treatment to remove solids (that is filtration)
- 04: Treatment to prevent or to clear mineral fouling
- 05: Treatment to prevent corrosion
- 06: Treatment to reduce water hardness
- 07: Treatment to reduce salinity
- 08: Other treatment to purify water
Thank you for your cooperation.
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