Nursery Production Survey and Nursery and Floriculture Chemical Use Survey

February 2007
Dear Nursery Producer:

You have been selected for an extremely important role: as a participant in the January
2007 Nursery and Christmas Tree Production Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of
Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Please take a few minutes to fill
out and return the questionnaire about your 2006 production.
This survey is the only comprehensive measure of production in the nursery industry, and
provides useful and important information on many levels. For you as an individual, the
completion of this survey provides a systematic way to review what your operation did in
2006. You can identify profit centers and level of profit. When the results are published in
the USDA Nursery Crops 2006 Summary in September 2007, you will be able to compare
your own operation to industry averages. The summary can also help you identify state and
national trends as you plan the future of your business.
Information you provide is also vital to our industry as a whole. All of us in the nursery
industry – whether growers, buyers, suppliers or others – rely on this information to help us
make sound business decisions. There is an ever-dwindling pool of government and
university resources to be used for the development of products and technology for
tomorrow. The survey results provide a reliable source of public information for all members
of our industry as well as for industry representatives working with policymakers at the state
and national levels. Only with comprehensive, accurate data on the size, scope and
economic impact of our industry will we be able to get our fair share of these limited
resources.
Please don’t pass up the opportunity to participate in this important survey. Your
participation is crucial. Rest assured that your survey responses will be kept completely
confidential, as required by federal law. NASS safeguards the privacy of all survey
respondents and publishes only state- and national-level data from this survey, ensuring that
no individual operation or grower can be identified.
On behalf of your fellow growers throughout the United States, we thank you in advance for
your service to agriculture through participation in this important survey.
Sincerely,

Robert Dolibois, President
American Nursery & Landscaping
Association

Beth Walterscheidt, President
National Christmas Tree Association