Table 3
Topics and number of comments submitted

Table 3
Topics and number of comments submitted
Table summary
This table displays the results of Topics and number of comments submitted. The information is grouped by # (appearing as row headers), Topic category, Step # on 2011 CEAG questionnaire, Step # on 2016 CEAG questionnaire and Number of comments received (appearing as column headers).
# Topic category Step # on 2011 census questionnaire Step # on 2016 discussion questionnaire Number of comments received
A. Existing topics with modifications and comments by data users (details in Table 4)
1.0 All Steps- General support for all questions on census n.a. n.a. 8
1.1 General comments on core content n.a. n.a. 42
1.2 Bees 23 14 3
1.3 Fruit, berries or nuts 11 10 6
1.4 Greenhouse products 20 12 1
1.5 Gross farm receipts 31 20 7
1.6 Maple tree taps 22 n.a. 3
1.7 Market value of land and buildings 29 19 7
1.8 Mushrooms 21 13 2
1.9 Poultry 24 15 & 16 (Proposed for removal: chicken or turkey production, egg production) 5
1.10 Poultry: hatchery 27 16 3
1.11 Sod, nursery products, Christmas trees 10 9 1
1.12 Total area of land 7 6 8
1.13 Units of measurement n.a. n.a. 1
1.14 Vegetables 9 8 3
1.15 Workable and non-workable land 12 11 9
B. Existing core content with removal of categories (details in Table 4)
1.16 Field crops and hay 8 7 (separate category for caraway seed removed) 21
1.17 Livestock 28 17 (separate categories for rabbits, elk, deer, wild boars removed) 30
1.18 (Farm) Machinery and equipment 30 18 (proposed to combine some categories: all tractors; all farm vehicles; all harvesting equipment; all tillage, cultivation, seeding and planting equipment) 32
1.19 Operating expenses 32 Proposed for removal: detailed expenses to be replaced by taxation data 46
Operating expenses: crops 32 Proposed for removal: detailed expenses to be replaced by taxation data 8
Operating expenses: custom/machinery 32 Proposed for removal: detailed expenses to be replaced by taxation data 6
Operating expenses: livestock 32 Proposed for removal: detailed expenses to be replaced by taxation data 8
Operating expenses: wages 32 Proposed for removal: detailed expenses to be replaced by taxation data 7
C. Steps and questions proposed for removal (details in Table 4)
1.20 Baled crop residue 16 Proposed for removal 35
1.21 Computer and Internet access and use 34 Proposed for removal 22
1.22 Inputs (herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, commercial fertilizer or lime) 17 Proposed for removal 57
1.23 Irrigation 18 Proposed for removal 53
1.24 Land management practices (practices and land features) 14 Proposed for removal 55
1.25 Manure 19 Proposed for removal 54
1.26 Operating arrangement 4 Proposed for removal 28
1.27 Operators: names and characteristic 3 Proposed for removal 5
Operators: live on farm 3 Proposed for removal 9
Operators: work on the farm and other work 3 Proposed for removal 37
1.28 Organic 35 Proposed for removal 81
1.29 Labour – paid 33 Proposed for removal 46
1.30 Poultry: chicken or turkey production 25 Proposed for removal 36
1.31 Poultry: egg production 26 Proposed for removal 41
1.32 Summerfallow 13 Proposed for removal 39
1.33 Tillage and seeding practices 15 Proposed for removal 50
D. New topics proposed by data users (details in Table 5)
2.1 Agri-tourism n.a. n.a. 5
2.2 Animal welfare n.a. n.a. 3
2.3 Census date n.a. n.a. 1
2.4 Direct sales / marketing n.a. n.a. 17
2.5 Education n.a. n.a. 7
2.6 Entry and exit of farms n.a. n.a. 1
2.7 Environmental practices n.a. n.a. 2
2.8 Ethnic food production n.a. n.a. 1
2.9 Farm management n.a. n.a. 3
2.10 Finance - PIN (Participant Information Number) n.a. n.a. 2
2.11 GMO n.a. n.a. 8
2.12 GPS data n.a. n.a. 1
2.13 Grain storage n.a. n.a. 1
2.14 Injuries n.a. n.a. 1
2.15 Labour – unpaid n.a. n.a. 2
2.16 Marketing n.a. n.a. 4
2.17 Non-agricultural sources of on-farm income n.a. n.a. 1
2.18 Product processing n.a. n.a. 2
2.19 Questionnaire design n.a. n.a. 1
2.20 Succession plan n.a. n.a. 13
2.21 Technology n.a. n.a. 15
2.22 Urban farms n.a. n.a. 2
2.23 Waste n.a. n.a. 1
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