QID 150028 Agricultural Labor Survey - Agricultural Services - Janu

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Project Code 180 QID 150028

OMB No. 0535-0109 Approval Expires 4/30/2009

AGRICULTURAL LABOR SURVEY AGRICULTURAL SERVICES January 2008

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

USDA, NASS, Florida Field Office 1222 Woodward Street P.O. Box 530105 Orlando, FL 32853-0105 1-800-344-6277 Fax: 407-648-6029 E-mail: [email protected]

Your help is needed to estimate the number of agricultural workers and their average wage rate. Authority to collect information on the Agricultural Labor Survey is Title 7, Section 2204 of the U.S. Code. The information will be used to compile and publish estimates at a Regional and National level for the United States. Response is voluntary and all answers are confidential.

Name __________________________________

Contact _________________________________

Address _________________________________

_________________________________________

Phone

Attempted Contacts

Date

Time

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1.	[Verify name and mailing address of this operation. Make any corrections necessary (including the correct operation name) on the label and continue.]	[ Check if name label verified]

2. Does this agricultural service [as listed on the label] do business under any other name?
		YES a. What is the other name? _______________________________
		NO – [Continue]
3. Is there a farming/ranching operation associated with [name on label]?
	YES – [Continue] NO – [Go to item 4.]

a. Are the financial records for the farming/ranching operation separate from those for the agricultural service operation?
	YES – [Continue] NO – [Complete this questionnaire for the agricultural service AND the farming/ranching operation COMBINED. Go to item 4.]

(1) What is the name of the farming/ranching operation? [Enter name]
	__________________________________________________________
	[Complete this questionnaire for the agricultural service operation ONLY]

	NUMBER
4. On how many separate farms/ranches in this State were agricultural services provided during the week beginning Sunday, January 6th and ending Saturday, January 12th? [Enter number]	001

	Survey	Status	Sub.	June 1
OFFICE USE ONLY:	138 1	921	941	930
	Codes for Status: 8 = Active 11 = R 9 = Inactive 12 = Unknown

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Section 2 - PAID WORKERS

	January 2008
	Su	M	T	W	Th	F	S
			1	2	3	4	5
	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
	27	28	29	30	31

1. Did this operation have anyone on the payroll to do agricultural work the week of January 6th through the 12th? [Include part-time workers, paid family members and hired managers.]	CODE
YES - [Enter Code 1 and continue.] NO - [Enter Code 3 then go to page 4, item 1.]	400

2. For the paid workers, record the number of workers, hours worked, and the gross wages paid the week of January 6^th through the 12^th. Please separate the workers by the main type of work they were hired to do based on the following
groups:

	Code	Work Hired to Do
	1	FIELD WORKERS Jack-of all-trades and machinery operators on crop farms, fruit or vegetable pickers, greenhouse or nursery workers, hay balers and haulers, etc.
	2	LIVESTOCK WORKERS Jack-of-all-trades and machinery operators on livestock or poultry operations, workers hired to fix fences, tend animals, milk cows, gather eggs, etc.
	3	SUPERVISOR/MANAGER Hired managers, range foremen, crew leaders, etc. Exclude individuals not directly involved in day-to-day decisions on the farm.
	4	OTHER WORKERS Office workers, bookkeepers, pilots, pesticide applicators, etc.

Work Hired to Do	Worker Code (shown above)	Number of Paid Workers	Total Hours Worked		Total Gross Wages That Week (Dollars)
	411	412	413		414
	421	422	423		424
	431	432	433		434
	441	442	443		444
	451	452	453		454
3. TOTAL PAID WORKERS		360

4. In 2008, how many of these TOTAL PAID WORKERS, will be paid by this operation----		NUMBER OF WORKERS
a. For 150 days or more of work?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		500
b. For 149 days or less of work?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		501
Sum MUST equal TOTAL PAID WORKERS, item 3 above.	TOTAL

CONCLUSION

[OFFICE USE ONLY: If this Ag Service is from an operator questionnaire, continue; else go to item 2].

1. Did you (the operator named on the label) SUBCONTRACT any of the work performed
for [name on farm operator questionnaire] with another agricultural service?

YES – What is the name of the other agricultural service(s)?
Firm # 1 ______________________________________________________ (Contact State Office)
Firm # 2 ______________________________________________________ (Contact State Office)
	NO

2. Would you like to receive a free copy of the results of this survey in the mail? (The survey results will also be available on the Internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov on February 15, 2008 after 3 pm ET.)
		CODE
YES – [Enter Code 1] NO – [Enter Code 3]		099
Thank You for your response
Respondent: ______________________________________________________ Date: ___________________________ Phone: ( ______ ) _________ - ____________________

Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.		Office Use for POID
1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 8-Known Zero	9901	1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth	9902	1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web 6-e-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other	9903	098	100		789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
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