Confidential when completed. 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 the Statistics Act.
The purpose of this survey is to obtain information on the crops you have seeded or intend to seed this year as well as hay and pasture land.
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 without the previous written consent of that business, institution or individual. 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.
Statistics Canada advises you that there could be a risk of disclosure of your information if you choose to return it by fax, e-mail or other electronic means. Upon receipt of your information, Statistics Canada will provide the level of protection required by the Statistics Act.
Review the information on the label. If any information is incorrect or missing, please make the necessary corrections in the boxes below.
- Farm name (if applicable)
- Family name
- First name and initial
- Number and street name
- Postal code
- City
- Telephone
- E-mail address (if applicable)
- Partner's name (if applicable)
- Telephone
- Partner's name (is applicable)
- Telephone
- Corporation name (if applicable)
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 A - Fall Rye and Winter Wheat
1. Did you seed any Fall Rye or Winter Wheat in the fall of 2008?
- Yes
- No (go to section B)
2. Which crops did you seed?
- Fall Rye
- Winter Wheat
3. Please indicate the area seeded and the area remaining to be harvested as grain using the appropriate UOM .
- Fall Rye
- Winter Wheat
- Total remaining to harvest as grain area (sum of 3a to 3b)
Section B - Seeded Area
1. Did you or will you seed any crops in 2009?
- Yes
- No (go to Section C)
2. Please indicate what is or will be your seeded area using the appropriate UOM for the following crops.
- Barley
- Borage Seed
- Buckwheat
- Canary Seed, Hairless (Canario)
- Canary Seed, Regular
- Canola
- Caraway Seed
- Chick Peas, Desi
- Chick Peas, Kabuli
- Chick Peas, Other and unknown
- Coriander Seed
- Corn for Grain (include seed corn but exclude sweet corn)
- Dry Beans, Black (Black Turtle, Preto)
- Dry Beans, Cranberry (Romano)
- Dry Beans, Dark Red Kidney
- Dry Beans, Faba (Fava, Broad)
- Dry Beans, Great Northern
- Dry Beans, Light Red Kidney
- Dry Beans, Pinto
- Dry Beans, Small Red (Red Mexican)
- Dry Beans, White Pea (Navy)
- Dry Beans, Other and unknown
- Dry Field Peas - Green
- Dry Field Peas - Yellow
- Dry Field Peas - Other and unknown
- Flaxseed
- Fodder Corn
- Lentils - Large green
- Lentils - Red
- Lentils - Small green
- Lentils - Other and unknown
- Linola (solin)
- Mixed Grains (two or more grains sown together)
- Mustard Seed - Brown
- Mustard Seed - Oriental
- Mustard Seed - Yellow
- Mustard Seed - Other and unknown
- Oats
- Potatoes
- Safflower
- Soybeans
- Spring Rye
- Sugar Beets
- Sunflower Seeds (include Sunola & other dwarf varieties)
- Triticale
- Wheat, Durum
- Wheat Spring, Canadian Western Extra Strong (utility)
- Wheat Spring, Hard Red
- Wheat Spring, Red Prairie (semi-dwarf varieties)
- Wheat Spring, White Prairie (include semi-dwarf varieties but exclude Soft White Spring Wheat)
- Wheat Spring, Soft White (exclude White Prairie Spring Wheat)
- Wheat Spring, Other (unlicensed varieties, including Grandin Wheat)
- Other Field Crops (list in comments)
- Total seeded area (sum of 2a to 2ba)
(go to the next question)
3. Of the total area to be seeded to field crops this spring, what percentage have you seeded at this time?
Section C - 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, soudan-sorghum 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, soudan-sorghum 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 purposes such as alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures, varieties of clover, trefoil, bromegrass, timothy, orchardgrass, canarygrass, ryegrass, fescue, soudan-sorghum and wheatgrass.
Exclude - Forage crops harvested or to be harvested for hay or to be used for pasture.
1. Will you have any Tame Hay or Forage Seed in 2009?
- Yes
- No (go to section D)
2. Which crops will you have?
- Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures (go to question 3.)
- other tame hay (go to question 4.)
- forage seed (go to question 5.)
Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures
3. What will be your total area of alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures? (Exclude under-seeded areas.)
- Total area and unit of measure
Other tame hay
4. What will be your total area of all other tame hay? (Exclude under-seeded areas.)
- Total area and unit of measure
Forage seed
5. What will be your total area of forage seed? (Exclude under-seeded areas.)
- Total area and unit of measure
6. Total Tame Hay and Forage Seed areas (sum of C3 to C5)
- UOM ( ac , ha , arp )
Section D - 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 2009, using the appropriate UOM ?
- Summerfallow
- Land for pasture or grazing
- Other Land
- Total Land Balance (sum of D1 to D3)
(go to Section E)
Section E - Total Land Area
What will be the Total Land Area in 2009 using the appropriate UOM ?
- Total Land Area
- Sum of sections A3c + B2bb + C6 + D4
- Difference between E1 and E2 (E1-E2)
If the difference is substantial, please explain in comments.
(go to Section F)
Section F - Federal/Provincial Agreement to Share Information
1. Federal/provincial agreement to share information
Manitob, Saskatchewan and British Columbia residents:
To avoid duplication of enquiry, this survey is conducted under a co-operative agreement to share information with your provincial department of agriculture in accordance with Section 12 of the Statistics Act. Any information shared with a provincial ministry of agriculture is released in aggregate form only. The provincial ministry of agriculture must guarantee the confidentiality of all shared data. Statistics Canada does not provide the respondent's name or address to any provincial ministry of agriculture.
Do you agree to share this information?
- Yes
- No (go to question 2.)
2. Request for survey results
- Yes
- No (go to question 3.)
3. Total interview time
- Time (end of survey)
Comments: