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 areas and production of crops, and 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)
- Surname or Family Name
- Usual First Name and Initial
- Area Code
- Telephone
- R.R.
- Box No.
- Number and Street Name
- Postal Code
- Post Office (name of city, town or village where mail is received)
- E-mail Address (if applicable)
- Partner's Name (if applicable)
- Telephone
- Partner's Name (if 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 seeded and harvested
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. In the table below, indicate the area seeded, the area harvested as grain and the yield or total production you obtained.
- UOM (ac, ha)
- Seeded area
- UOM (1 to 12 and 19) (see end of the section)
- Harvested as grain area
- Average Yield
a. Fall Rye
b. Winter Wheat
c. Total harvested as grain area (sum of 3a to 3b)
Unit of measure (UOM) – Section A
Yield - Area
- Bushels (BU)
- Acres - 1
- Hectares – 7
- Kilograms (KG)
- Acres - 2
- Hectares – 8
- Metric Tonnes (MT)
- Acres - 3
- Hectares – 9
- Imperial Tons (IT)
- Acres - 4
- Hectares – 10
- Pounds (LB)
- Acres - 5
- Hectares – 11
- Hundred Weight (CWT)
- Acres - 6
- Hectares – 12
- Total production
- BU 19 - 1 (19)
- MT 19 - 2 (21)
- IT 19 - 3 (22)
- KG 19 - 4 (20)
- LB 19 - 5 (23)
- CWT 19 - 6 (24)
Section B fall rye and winter wheat seeding intentions
1. Did you or do you intend to seed any Fall Rye or Winter Wheat in the fall of 2009?
- Yes
- No (go to section C.)
2. Which crops did you or do you intend to seed?
- Fall Rye
- Winter Wheat
3. What area did you or do you intend to seed?
- Fall Rye
- Winter Wheat
- Intended area
- UOM (ac, ha)
Section C seeded area, harvested area and yield
1. Did you seed any crops in 2009?
- Yes
- No (go to section D.)
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.
- Seeded area
- UOM (ac, ha)
- Harvested/harvested as grain area
- Average Yield
- UOM 1 to 12 and 19 (see end of the section)
a. Barley
b. Borage Seed
c. Buckwheat
d. Canary Seed, Hairless (Canario)
e. Canary Seed, Regular
f. Canola
g. Caraway Seed
h. Chick Peas, Desi
i. Chick Peas, Kabuli
j. Chick Peas, Other and unknown
k. Coriander Seed
l. Corn for Grain (include seed corn but exclude sweet corn)
m. Dry Beans, Black (Black Turtle, Preto)
n. Dry Beans, Cranberry (Romano)
o. Dry Beans, Dark Red Kidney
p. Dry Beans, Faba (Fava, Broad)
q. Dry Beans, Great Northern
r. Dry Beans, Light Red Kidney
s. Dry Beans, Pinto
t. Dry Beans, Small Red (Red Mexican)
u. Dry Beans, White Pea (Navy)
v. Dry Beans, Other and unknown
w. Dry Field Peas - green
x. Dry Field Peas - yellow
y. Dry Field Peas - other and unknown
z. Flaxseed
aa. Fodder Corn
3. What is the percent moisture content of the harvested or to be harvested Fodder Corn?
ab. Lentils - large green
ac. Lentils - red
ad. Lentils - small green
ae. Lentils - other and unknown
af. Linola (solin)
ag. Mixed Grains (two or more grains sown together)
ah. Mustard Seed - brown
ai. Mustard Seed - oriental
aj. Mustard Seed - yellow
ak. Mustard Seed - other and unknown
al. Oats
am. Potatoes
an. Safflower
ao. Soybeans
ap. Spring Rye
aq. Sugar Beets
ar. Sunflower Seeds (include Sunola & other dwarf varieties)
as. Triticale
at. Wheat, Durum
au. Wheat Spring, Canadian Western Extra Strong (utility)
av. Wheat Spring, Hard Red
aw. Wheat Spring, Red Prairie (semi-dwarf varieties)
ax. Wheat Spring, White Prairie (include semi-dwarf varieties butexclude Soft White Spring Wheat)
ay. Wheat Spring, Soft White (exclude White Prairie Spring Wheat)
az. Wheat Spring, Other (unlicensed varieties, including Grandin Wheat)
ba. Other Field Crops (list in comments)
bb. Total seeded area (sum of 2a to 2ba)
Unit of measure (UOM) – Section C
Yield - Area
- Bushels (BU)
- Acres - 1
- Hectares – 7
- Kilograms (KG)
- Acres - 2
- Hectares – 8
- Metric Tonnes (MT)
- Acres - 3
- Hectares – 9
- Imperial Tons (IT)
- Acres - 4
- Hectares – 10
- Pounds (LB)
- Acres - 5
- Hectares – 11
- Hundred Weight (CWT)
- Acres - 6
- Hectares – 12
- Total production
- BU 19 - 1 (19)
- MT 19 - 2 (21)
- IT 19 - 3 (22)
- KG 19 - 4 (20)
- LB 19 - 5 (23)
- CWT 19 - 6 (24)
Section D 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. Did you grow any Tame Hay or Forage Seed in 2009?
- Yes
- No (go to section E.)
2. Which crops did 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 was your total area of Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures? (Exclude under-seeded areas.) UOM (ac, ha)
- Alfalfa and Alfalfa mixtures
(Go to the next crop. If this is the last crop, go to question 6.)
Other tame hay
4. What was your total area of all Other Tame Hay? (Exclude under-seeded areas.) UOM (ac, ha)
- Other Tame Hay
(Go to the next crop. If this is the last crop, go to question 6.)
Forage seed
5. What was your total area of Forage Seed? (Exclude under-seeded areas.) UOM (ac, ha)
- Forage Seed
6. Total Tame Hay and Forage Seed areas (sum of D3 to D5). UOM (ac, ha)
Section E 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 was your total area of Summerfallow, Land for pasture or grazing and Other Land in 2009? UOM (ac, ha)
1. Summerfallow
2. Land for pasture or grazing
3. Other Land
4. Total Land Balance (sum of E1 to E3)
Section F total land area
What was the Total Land Area in 2009? UOM (ac, ha)
1. Total Land Area
2. Sum of sections A3c + C2bb + D6 + E4
3. Difference between F1 and F2 (F1-F2) If the difference is substantial, please explain in comments.
Section G federal/provincial agreement to share information
1. Federal/provincial agreement to share information
Manitoba, 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
2. Request for survey results
- Yes
- No
3. Total interview time
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