September 2015 Farm Survey - Quebec and Ontario

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General Information

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  • 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 stored grains, areas and expected yields 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.
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Definitions

Unit of measure (UOM)

Area:
Acres
Hectares
Arpents

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

units per Arpents:

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


Total production:

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

Section A: Corn for Grain and Soybeans in Storage

Section A: Corn for Grain and Soybeans in Storage - Question identifier:1.

Did you have any Corn for Grain or Soybeans in storage on your farm on August 31, 20XX?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Section A: Corn for Grain and Soybeans in Storage - Question identifier:2.

Indicate the quantity in storage on your farm on August 31, 20XX.

  • a: Corn for Grain (include seed corn but exclude sweet corn)
    - Quantity in storage
    - Unit of measure (bu, mt, it, kg, lb, cwt, Other)
  • b: Soybeans
    - Quantity in storage
    - Unit of measure

Section A: Corn for Grain and Soybeans in Storage - Question identifier:3.

What is the percent moisture content of the Corn for Grain in storage? (If Quebec respondent, go to Question 4.)

Quebec

Quebec - Question identifier:4.

What percentage of your Corn for Grain in storage is intended for the commercial market?

Section B: FALL RYE AND WINTER WHEAT SEEDED AND HARVESTED

The following questions deal with ALL LAND OPERATED.

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

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

Which crops did you seed?

  • a: Fall Rye
  • b: Winter Wheat

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

Please indicate the area seeded and the area harvested as grain. Also indicate the yield or total production you obtained using the appropriate UOM.

a: Fall Rye
Seeded area/ Unit of measure
Harvested as grain area
Yield-total production / Unit of measure

b: Winter Wheat
Seeded area/ Unit of measure
Harvested as grain area
Yield-total production / Unit of measure

c: Total harvested as grain area (sum of 3a to 3b)
Harvested as grain area / Unit of measure

Quebec

Section C: FALL RYE AND WINTER WHEAT SEEDING INTENTIONS

Section C: 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 C: 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 C: 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 D: SEEDED AREAS, HARVESTED AREAS AND YIELD

Section D: 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 D: 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 (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)
  • 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
  • t: Spring Rye
  • u: Sugar Beets
  • v: Tobacco
  • w: Wheat, Spring
  • x: Other Field Crops
  • y: Total seeded area (sum of 2a to 2x)

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

What is the percent moisture content of the harvested or to be harvested Corn for Grain?

Section D: SEEDED AREAS, HARVESTED AREAS AND YIELD - Question identifier:4.

What is the percent moisture content of the harvested or to be harvested Fodder Corn?

Quebec

Quebec - Question identifier:5.

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

Quebec - Question identifier:6.

What types of silos and/or other forms of production for silage do you have?

  • a: Vertical silos (include round and/or cylinder) (go to question 7.)
  • b: Horizontal silos and/or other forms of horizontal silage (include bins, pits, stack silos, bunker silos, trench silos and bag silage) (go to question 8.)
  • c: Other forms of production for silage (include forage wagons) (go to question 9.)

Quebec - Question identifier:7.

What are the dimensions, the percent moisture content and the percentage filled of the (1st, 2nd, ... 6th) vertical silo?

  • a: Production in vertical silos (include round and/or cylinder)

    - Silo #
    - Diameter (in feet)
    - Height (in feet)
    - % full
    - % moisture

Production in vertical silos (include round and/or cylinder)

  • a: # of Silo
  • b: Diameter (in feet)
  • c: Height (in feet)
  • d: % full
  • e: % moisture

Quebec - Question identifier:8.

What are the dimensions, the percent moisture content and the percentage filled of the (1st, 2nd, ... 6th) horizontal silo and/or of the (1st, 2nd, ... 6th) other form of horizontal silage?

  • a: Production in horizontal silos and/or other forms of horizontal silage (include bins, pits, stack silos, bunker silos, trench silos and bag silage)

    - Silo #
    - Width (in feet)
    - Length (in feet)
    - Height (in feet)
    - % full
    - % moisture

Production in horizontal silos and/or other forms of horizontal silage (include bins, pits, stack silos, bunker silos, trench silos and bag silage)

  • a: # of Silo
  • b: Width (in feet)
  • c: Length (in feet)
  • d: Height (in feet)
  • e: % full
  • f: % moisture

Quebec - Question identifier:9.

What are the weight and the percent moisture content of the (1st, 2nd, ... 6th) other form of production for silage?

  • a: Other forms of production for silage (include forage wagons)

    - Other Form
    - Weight
    - UOM (MT, IT, KG, LB)
    - % moisture
  • b: Sum of questions 6+7+8.

Other forms of production for silage (include forage wagons)

  • a: Other Form
  • b: Weight
  • c: UOM (MT, IT, KG, LB)
  • d: % moisture
  • e: Sum of questions 7+8+9.

Section E: Tame Hay and Forage Seed

Section E: Tame Hay and Forage Seed - Question identifier:1.

Are you growing any Tame Hay or Forage Seed in 20XX?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Section E: 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 16.)
  • c: Forage seed (go to question 29.)

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

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:11.

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

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Production for silage 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)
  • e: % Moisture

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:12.

Did you produce any other form of your Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures for silage?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No
  • i: Vertical silos (include round and/or cylinder) (Go to Question 13)
  • ii: Horizontal silos and/or other forms of horizontal silage (include bins, pits, stack silos, bunker silos, trench silos and bag silage) (Go to Question 14)
  • iii: Other forms of production for silage (include forage wagons and hay stacks) (Go to Question 15)

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:13.

What are the dimensions, the percent moisture content and the percentage filled of the (1st, 2nd, ... 6th) vertical silo?

Production in vertical silos (include round and/or cylinder)

  • a: # of Silo
  • b: Diameter (in feet)
  • c: Height (in feet)
  • d: % full
  • e: % moisture

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:14.

What are the dimensions, the percent moisture content and the percent filled of the (1st, 2nd, ... 6th) horizontal silo and/or the (1st, 2nd, ... 6th) other form of horizontal silage?

Production in horizontal silos and/or other forms of horizontal silage (include bins, pits, stack silos, bunker silos, trench silos and bag silage)

  • a: # of Silo
  • b: Width (in feet)
  • c: Length (in feet)
  • d: Height (in feet)
  • e: % full
  • f: % moisture

Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures - Question identifier:15.

What are the weight and the percent moisture content of the (1st, 2nd, 6th) other form of production for silage?

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

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

Total production of Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures for silage (sum of questions 11+13+14+15)

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

Other tame hay

Other tame hay - Question identifier:16.

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

  • a: Total area
  • b: UOM

Other tame hay - Question identifier:17.

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:18.

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

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Other tame hay - Question identifier:19.

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:20.

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:21.

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 20+21)

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

Other tame hay - Question identifier:22.

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

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Other tame hay - Question identifier:23.

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

Other tame hay - Question identifier:24.

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

  • a: Yes
  • b: No

Production for silage 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)
  • e: % Moisture

Other tame hay - Question identifier:25.

Did you produce any other form of your Other Tame Hay for silage?

  • a: Yes
  • b: No
  • i: Vertical silos (include round and/or cylinder) (go to question 26.)
  • ii: Horizontal silos and/or other forms of horizontal silage (include bins, pits, stack silos, bunker silos, trench silos and bag silage) (go to question 27.)
  • iii: Other forms of production for silage (include forage wagons and hay stacks) (go to question 28.)

Other tame hay - Question identifier:26.

What are the dimensions, the percent moisture content and the percentage filled of the (1st, 2nd, ... 6th) vertical silo?

Production in vertical silos (include round and/or cylinder)

  • a: # of Silo
  • b: Diameter (in feet)
  • c: Height (in feet)
  • d: % full
  • e: % moisture

Other tame hay - Question identifier:27.

What are the dimensions, the percent moisture content and the percent filled of the (1st, 2nd, ... 6th) horizontal silo and/or the (1st, 2nd, ... 6th) other form of horizontal silage?

Production in horizontal silos and/or other forms of horizontal silage (include bins, pits, stack silos, bunker silos, trench silos and bag silage)

  • a: # of Silo
  • b: Width (in feet)
  • c: Length (in feet)
  • d: Height (in feet)
  • e: % full
  • f: % moisture

Other tame hay - Question identifier:28.

What are the weight and the percent moisture content of the (1st, 2nd, ... 6th) other form of production for silage?

  • a: Other forms of production for silage (include forage wagons)

    - Other Form
    - Weight
    - UOM (MT, IT, KG, LB)
    - % moisture
  • b: Sum of questions 6+7+8.

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

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

Total production of Other Tame Hay for silage (sum of questions 24+26+27+28) UOM (IT)

Forage seed

Forage seed - Question identifier:29.

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

  • a: Total area
  • b: UOM

Forage seed - Question identifier:30.

Total Tame Hay and Forage Seed areas (sum of E3 + E16 + E29) UOM (ac/ha/arp)

Section F: 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?

  • 1: Summerfallow
  • 2: Land for pasture or grazing
  • 3: Other Land
  • 4: Total Land Balance (sum of F1 to F3)

Section G: 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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