November Atlantic Agricultural Survey, 2009

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 collect information on livestock and crops. The statistics produced from the survey enable those active in the agricultural sector to observe and assess changes in the industry, measure performance and keep the agricultural community and general public informed of developments. The questions in Section I (Cattle and Calves Supplementary) are sponsored by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, to aid in the analysis of the cattle sector since bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).

Statistics Canada is collecting information concerning the farm described on the label. If the operators of this holding manage any other farm(s) entirely separate from this farm (i.e., separate accounting books are kept), please do not include any data for the other farm(s) on this questionnaire.

Section A.

When answering the questions, please include as of October 1, 2009 ...

... all livestock (cattle or calves, pigs, and/or sheep or lambs) on your operation regardless of ownership, including livestock pastured, custom fed or fed under contract for others.

... all livestock owned by the operator and held on Crown land, community pastures, and grazing projects.

... Please DO NOT REPORT livestock (cattle or calves, pigs and/or sheep or lambs) which are owned by you but kept on a farm, ranch or feedlot operated by someone else.

Section B. Crops seeded in the fall of 2008

1. Did you seed any Winter Wheat in the fall of 2008?

  • Yes
  • No (Go to Section C.)

2. Indicate the area seeded, the area harvested as grain and the yield or total production you obtained. (Include UOM, see Section D.)

  • Winter Wheat
  • Seeded area
  • Harvested area
  • Yield/production

(Go to Section C.)

Section C. Crops seeding intentions for the fall of 2009

1. Do you intend to seed any Winter Wheat in the fall of 2009?

  • Yes
  • No (Go to Section D.)

2. What area do you intend to seed in the fall of 2009? (Include UOM, see Section D.)

  • Winter Wheat

  • Intended area

(Go to Section D.)

Section D. Seeded area, harvested area and yield

1. Did you seed any crops for grain or plant any potatoes in 2009?

  • Yes
  • No (Go to Section E.)

2.  Which of the following crops did you seed or will you seed in 2009?  (Report seeded area, harvested area or expected to be harvested (as grain), yield/production you obtained or expect to obtain, and UOM, see Section D.)

  1. Mixed Grains (two or more grains sown together)
  2. Oats
  3. Barley
    1. Corn for grain (include seed corn and exclude sweet corn)
    2. What is the percentage of moisture content?
    1. Fodder corn (If yield or production not known, go to question 3 page 4)
    2. What is the percentage of moisture content?
  6. Spring Wheat
  7. Soybeans
  8. Potatoes
  9. Other Field Crops (list in comments)

(Go to Section E.)

Unit of measure (UOM)

Area

  • Acres
  • Hectares

Yield

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

Total Production

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

Other UOM

  • Barrels per Acre (potatoes NB)
  • Barrels per Hectare (potatoes NB)
  • Total Production - Barrels (potatoes NB)
  • Other (enter units in comments)

Production - Fodder Corn

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

  1. Vertical silos (include round and/or cylinder) (Go to Question 4.)
  2. Horizontal silos and/or other forms of horizontal silage (include bins, pits, stack silos, bunker silos, trench silos and bag silage) (Go to Question 5.)
  3. Other forms of production for silage (include forage wagons) (Go to Question 6.)

4. What are the dimensions, the percent moisture content and the percentage filled of the (1st, 2nd, ... 6th) vertical silo? (Report silo diameter and height in feet, % full, and % moisture.)

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

  • Silo 1
  • Silo 2
  • Silo 3
  • Silo 4
  • Silo 5
  • Silo 6

(Go to the next type of silo/other form in Question 3. If this is the last type of silo/other form, go to the next crop in Section D, Question 2. If this is the last crop, go to Section E.)

5. 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? (Report silo width, length, and height in feet, % full, and % moisture.)

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

  • Silo 1
  • Silo 2
  • Silo 3
  • Silo 4
  • Silo 5
  • Silo 6

(Go to the next type of silo/other form in Question 3. If this is the last type of silo/other form, go to the next crop in Section D, Question 2. If this is the last crop, go to Section E.)

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

Other forms of production for silage (include forage wagons)

  • Other Form 1
  • Other Form 2
  • Other Form 3
  • Other Form 4
  • Other Form 5
  • Other Form 6

Unit of measure (UOM)

Weight

  • MT
  • IT
  • KG
  • LB

(Go to the next crop in Section D, Question 2. If this is the last crop, go to Section E.)

Section E. Tame hay

1. Are you growing any Tame Hay in 2009? (Exclude all forage crop area used only for pasture.)

  • Yes
  • No (Go to Section F.)

2. What is your total area of Tame Hay in 2009? (Exclude under-seeded areas. Include UOM.)

  • Tame Hay
  • Total area

(Go to Question 3.)

3. What area of Tame Hay did you harvest or expect to harvest this year?
(Count different cuts of the same area only once. Include UOM.)

  • Tame Hay
  • Harvested area

(Go to Question 4.)

4. Did you harvest any of your Tame Hay as dry hay?

  • Yes
  • No (Go to Question 8.)

5. What total production of dry hay did you obtain? (Include first and all subsequent harvests from the same Tame Hay area this year. Include UOM.)

  • Tame Hay as dry hay
  • Production of dry hay

See units of measure (UOM) table in Section D.

(If a value is entered, go to Question 8, else go to Question 6.)

6. Did you bale any of your Tame Hay as dry hay? (Include first and all subsequent harvests from the same Tame Hay area this year. Report number of bales, average weight of bales and UOM.)

  • Yes
  • No (Go to Question 7.)

Production of dry hay in the form of bales

  • Square bale
  • Round bale
  • Other types

(Go to Question 7.)

7. Did you produce any other forms of your Tame Hay as dry hay?

  • Yes
  • No (Go to Question 8.)

Other forms of production of dry hay (include forage wagons and hay stacks.  Report weight and UOM.)

  • Other Form 1
  • Other Form 2

(Go to Question 8.)

8. Did you harvest any of your Tame Hay for silage?

  • Yes
  • No (Go to Section F.)

9. What is the total production of silage that you obtained from your tame hay? ? (Include UOM.)

  • Tame Hay
  • Production for silage

See units of measure (UOM) table in Section D.

(If value is entered, go to Section F, else go to Question 10.)

10. Did you bale any of your Tame Hay for silage? (Report number of bales, average weight of bales, UOM, and % moisture.)

  • Yes
  • No (Go to Question 11.)

Production for silage in the form of bales

  • Square bale
  • Round bale
  • Other types

(Go to Question 11.)

11. Did you produce any other forms of your Tame Hay for silage?

  • Yes
  • No (Go to Section F.)
  1. Vertical silos (include round and/or cylinder) (Go to Question 12.)
  2. Horizontal silos and/or other forms of horizontal silage (include bins, pits, stack silos, bunker silos, trench silos and bag silage) (Go to Question 13.)
  3. Other forms of production for silage (include forage wagons and hay stacks) (Go to Question 14.)

12. What are the dimensions, the percent moisture content and the percentage filled of the (1st, 2nd, ... 6th) vertical silo? (Report silo diameter and height in feet, % full, and % moisture.

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

  • Silo 1
  • Silo 2
  • Silo 3
  • Silo 4
  • Silo 5
  • Silo 6

(Go to the next type of silo/other form in Question 11. If this is the last type of silo/other form, go to Section F.)

13. 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? (Report silo width, length, height in feet, % full, and % moisture.)

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

  • Silo 1
  • Silo 2
  • Silo 3
  • Silo 4
  • Silo 5
  • Silo 6

(Go to the next type of silo/other form in Question 11. If this is the last type of silo/other form, go to Section F.)

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

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

  • Other Form 1
  • Other Form 2
  • Other Form 3
  • Other Form 4
  • Other Form 5
  • Other Form 6

(Go to Section F.)

Section F. Total farm area

1. What is your total area of land for pasture or grazing and other land in 2009? (Report total area and UOM.)

  • Land for pasture or grazing
  • Other land
  • Total farm area operarted

(Go to Section H.)

Section H. Cattle and/or calves

1. On October 1, 2009 did you have any cattle or calves on this operation?
Include animals you own on grazing projects, community pastures or Crown land.

  • Yes
  • No (Go to Section J.)

2.  Are cattle or calves kept (on this operation) for someone else? (If yes include them as part of inventory.)

  • Yes
  • No

Total Number at October 1, 2009

3. Bulls, 1 year and over
4. Dairy cows
5.  Beef cows
6. Calves, under 1 year
7. Heifers, 1 year and over

  1. for Dairy Replacement Heifers (1 year and over)
  2. for Beef Replacement Heifers (1 year and over)
  3. for Slaughter or Feeder Heifers (1 year and over)

8. Steers, 1 year and over
9. Total cattle and/or calves (sum of questions 3 to 8)
10. (On this operation) How many calves were born alive between July 1 and October 1, 2009?
11. (On this operation) How many cows and heifers do you expect to calve between October 1 and December 31, 2009?

(Go to Section I.)

Section I. Cattle and calves supplementary

At October 1, 2009

1. Of the dairy cows reported (Section H, Question 4), how many are more than 10 years of age? (i.e. cows born before 1999)
2. Of the beef cows reported (Section H, Question 5), how many are more than 10 years of age? (i.e. cows born before 1999)
3. Of the (Section H, Question 7c) feeder heifers reported, how many are in the following three weight categories;

  1. More than (or equal to) 1100 lb (500 kg)
  2. Between 900 lb and 1100 lb (409 to 500 kg)
  3. Less than (or equal to) 900 lb (409 kg)

4. Of the (Section H, Question 8) steers (1 year and over) reported, how many are in the following three weight categories;

  1. More than (or equal to) 1250 lb (568 kg)
  2. Between 1000 lb and 1250 lb (455 to 568 kg)
  3. Less than (or equal to) 1000 lb (455 kg)

5. Of those (Section H, Question 7c) feeder heifers and/or (Section H, Question 8) steers (1 year and over ) reported as of October 1, how many are being fed a finishing ration (mostly grain)?
6. Of those feeder heifers (Section H, Question 7c) and/or steers (1 year and over ) (Section H, Question 8) reported as of October 1, how many are under 21 months of age?

(Go to Section J.)

Section J. Pigs

1. On October 1, 2009 did you have any pigs (on this operation)?

  • Yes
  • No (Go to Question 1a)

1a. Were there any pigs (on this operation) during the past three months July, August and September 2009?

  • Yes (Answer Questions 7, 8 and 9.)
  • No (Go to Section K.)

2. Are pigs kept (on this operation) for someone else? (If yes include them as part of inventory.)

  • Yes
  • No

Total Number at October 1, 2009

3. Boars, 6 months and over
4. Sows, for breeding and bred gilts
5. All other pigs

  1. Under 45 pounds (-20 kg) (Include suckling pigs)
  2. 45 to 130  pounds (20 to 60 kg)
  3. Over 130 pounds (60+ kg)

6. Total pigs (sum of questions 3 to 5)
7. (On this operation) How many sows and bred gilts farrowed during July, August and September 2009?
8. How many pigs were born alive during the same period (July, August and September 2009)?
9. Of the (number) pigs born alive, how many died or were destroyed before weaning during July, August and September 2009?
10.  How many sows and bred gilts are expected to farrow during October, November and December 2009?
11.  How many sows and bred gilts are expected to farrow during January, February and March 2010?

(Go to Section K.)

Section K. Sheep and/or lambs

1. On October 1, 2009 did you have any sheep or lambs (on this operation)?  Include animals you own on grazing projects, community pastures or crownland.

  • Yes
  • No (Go to Question 1a)

1a. Were there any sheep or lambs kept (on this operation) between July 1 and October 1, 2009?

  • Yes (Please answer Questions 8, 9 and 10.)
  • No       

2. Are sheep or lambs kept (on this operation) for someone else? (If yes include them as part of inventory.)

  • Yes
  • No

Total Number at October 1, 2009

3. Rams, 1 year and over
4. Ewes
5. Replacement lambs
6. Market lambs
7. Total sheep and lambs (sum of questions 3 to 6)
8.  (On this operation) How many lambs were born between July 1 and October 1, 2009?
9. How many sheep and lambs died, including those killed by disease or predators, between July 1 and October 1, 2009?
10. (On this operation) How many lambs do you expect to be born between October 1 and December 31, 2009?

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