Census of Agriculture Content Test

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

FORM 05-A01(I)

INSTRUCTION SHEET
UNITED STATES 2005 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE TEST
For additional help, call the toll free helpline at 1-888-424-7828
If you call for assistance, please have the form(s) available. To serve you
better, the assistant will ask for the 11-digit CENSUSID printed in the address
area on the front of your report form(s).

Who Should Report – A reply is needed from everyone who received
a report form, including individuals, landlords, tenants, partnerships,
corporations, institutions, and even those not involved in conducting
agricultural operations. Complete the enclosed report form and return it
to us in the preaddressed envelope provided by February 1, 2006,
whether you farmed in 2005 or not.
No Agricultural Land - If you had no agricultural land, no association
with agriculture, and no livestock or poultry, complete section 1 and
section 15 on the form. Then write “No agricultural land and no
livestock” below the address area, and mail report form in the return
envelope.
Landlord Only - If you are a landlord only (all land is rented out to
others), complete section 1 and section 15. Mail the report form in the
return envelope. Your tenant(s) will receive a form to report production
for the land they rent. If you have conservation land, please complete the
form.
Partial Year Operations - - If you stopped farming during 2005,
complete the report form for the portion of the year that you did farm.
Write “Stopped farming during 2005” and the date you stopped farming
in the area below the address area. Mail report form in the return
envelope.
Did Not Operate At All in 2005 - Write “Do not have agricultural
activity” and, if applicable, enter the date you stopped farming in the area
below the address area. Mail the report form in the return envelope.
If you owned farm or ranch land in 2005 that was idle and NOT
rented out, you should complete and return the report form.
Land in Federal conservation programs in 2005 - If you had land in
the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Wetlands Reserve Program
(WRP), Farmable Wetlands Program (FWP), or Conservation Reserve
Enhancement Program (CREP) and you made the decisions on the acres,
include the conservation land in this operation.
Involved In More Than One Operation - If you made decisions for
more than one operation, you should have received a report form for each
operation. Provide information for each operation on a separate form.
To obtain additional report forms, please call the toll-free help line at
1-888-424-7828.
Received More Than One Report Form For the Same Operation - If
you received more than one report form for the same operation, complete
only ONE form per operation. Write "Duplicate" below the address area
of each extra form. Also, write the 11-digit CENSUSID number of the
EXTRA form(s) ON THE COMPLETED FORM in the space provided
on the front of the form. Return all forms in the same return envelope
with your completed form so that we can correct our records.
If You Have a Partnership Operation - Complete only ONE form for
the entire partnership's agricultural operation and include ALL partners'
shares on the one form. If you made decisions for more than one
partnership operation, complete a report form for each separate operation.
We have listed all the known partners below the address area to assist in
defining the operation. Please make any necessary corrections to these
names. If you have questions, please call the toll-free help line, 1-888424-7828.
Specialty Commodities - Horses, bees, elk, emus, fish, nursery, etc., are
an important part of the agriculture industry. Report for all items,
regardless of the amount of production or sales you had in 2005.
How to Enter Your Responses - Use BLUE or BLACK INK only.
Enter your replies in the unit requested, i.e., dollars, bushels, tons, etc.
When reporting dollars, report in whole dollars only. Convert fractions
to decimal equivalents. Please print clearly and keep numbers and letters
within the white boxes. Mark all applicable Yes/No and None boxes with
an “X”.

Instructions for Specific Sections
Section 1 - ACREAGE IN 2005
Your answers in this section will determine the land (Acres in “THIS
OPERATION”) referred to throughout the report form. Include land
associated with your agricultural operation in 2005, whether in
production or not. Include all land that you owned or rented during 2005,
even if only for part of the year. Exclude unrelated residential or
commercial land. Report in whole acres.
Item 1 - Report all land owned in 2005 whether held under deed,
purchase contract or mortgage, homestead law, or as heir/heiress or
trustee of an undivided estate. Include all land owned by you and/or your
spouse, or by the partnership, corporation, or organization named on the
front of the report form.
Item 2 - Report all land rented or leased by the acre by you or your
operation. Exclude land used under Government grazing permits or on a
per-head or animal unit (AUM) basis. BLM Section 15 land leased by
your operation with a specified acreage tract should be included here
even though your fees to BLM are paid on an AUM basis.
Item 3 - Include all land rented out for any purpose if it was part of the
acreage reported in items 1 and 2. Your tenant(s) will receive a form to
report production for the land they rent. Do not report land placed in the
conservation programs as acres rented to others.
Item 4 - This is all land you operated at any time in 2005. Land use
should be reported for these acres.
If total acres equals zero (0) After completing section 1, if the acres in item 4 equal zero and you did
not raise or own any livestock or poultry in 2005, skip to and complete
section 15. Write “All land rented out” in the space below section 1 if all
your land was operated by a renter or sharecropper. Mail the report form
in the return envelope.
Item 6 - Include all land used by this operation on a per-head or animal
unit (AUM) basis regardless of who it was leased from. Include land
leased from private individuals and American Indian reservations.
Report the land even if used for only a portion of the year. Report
livestock on those acres in the livestock sections of the report form. If
you grazed land with other operators, report only the share of the acres
your operation used.
Section 2 – CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
Items 1 and 3 – 9 - Value of sales - Report the value of all crops and
livestock sold from this operation in 2005 in the value of sales column
on the appropriate line(s) of section 2. Report the value sold in 2005
regardless of the year crops were harvested or raised. Include the value
of your landlord’s share of the commodities harvested. Report the value
of the sales from land you rented from others. Also, report as sold
commodities, such as cattle, that you owned and moved to someone
else=s operation for further feeding. Report gross value before expenses
and taxes. Include payments received in 2005 from cooperatives or
marketing organizations for crops produced on this operation regardless
of the year in which the crops were harvested. Also, include as sales
your estimate of the value of any crop or livestock removed from this
operation in trade of services, such as hay cut in exchange for labor or
other services. If the sale price or market value is not known, give your
best estimate of the market value when removed. Report the total value
you received for animals and poultry sold from this operation in 2005,
without deducting production or marketing expenses (cost of feed, cost
of livestock purchased, cost of hauling and selling, etc.).
Do NOT include:
! Proceeds from CCC loans or other government programs.
! The value of sales of any livestock and poultry owned by you that
were kept and sold from a location you did not operate.

! Crops bought for resale without additional growing, such as plugs
and started plants or garden center items, such as pot liners,
chemicals, and fertilizers.

trees and the number cut in 2005 in item 5. Value of sales should be
reported only for those items grown on the operation, not items bought
for immediate resale.

Items 1 and 3 – 9 - Acres irrigated - Include acres irrigated by all
methods and from all water sources including those irrigated from
lagoons through a sprinkler or flood system.

Items 7 - 9 Livestock
Include all animals on this operation on December 31, 2005, owned by
you, raised by you under contract, or kept by you for others. Include
animals on unfenced lands, National Forest land, cooperative grazing
association land, or rangeland administered by the Bureau of Land
Management on a per-head, Animal Unit Month (AUM), or lease basis.
Animals in transit on December 31, 2005, should be reported by the
person who had control of the animals.

Item 1 - Field and forage crops
Crop name – Enter the crop name of each crop grown on the operation
in 2005. For wheat, enter the specific type of wheat grown (Durum,
spring or winter) and harvested in 2005. Do not report acres planted for
the 2006 harvest season.
Acres harvested - Enter the acres harvested in 2005. Round fractions to
whole acres except for tobacco where tenths should be reported. If more
than one cutting of hay is cut from the same acres, report the acres only
once, but the total quantity harvested from all cuttings in the next
column.
Total quantity harvested - If the harvest was incomplete by December
31, 2005, please estimate the total quantity to be harvested.
Unit – Report the unit of measure for the amount reported in the total
quantity harvested column. Examples of units include bushels, tons,
and pounds.
Double cropping - If two or more crops were harvested from the same
land (double cropping), report the total acres and production of each
harvested crop.
Interplanted crops - If two crops were grown at the same time in
alternating strips in the same field, report the acreage of the field used for
each crop.
Skip row planting - If a crop was planted in an alternating pattern of
planted and non-planted rows, such as two rows planted and two rows
skipped (2 X 2), report the acreage of the field occupied by the crop and
report the skipped portion as cropland idle in Section 3, item 1d.
Item 2 – Grain storage capacity
Report total capacity of all structures normally used, even if they were
not used. Do not report any capacity or usage of off-farm public storage
or capacity of structures leased to others.
Item 3 – Vegetables, potatoes, and melons
For crops planted more than once during the year, report the total acres
harvested during 2005. For example, if 1 acre was planted to lettuce,
harvested, and an additional acre was planted and harvested, report 2
acres of lettuce under total acres.
Item 4 – Fruits, nuts, and berries
Report fruit and nut trees only if there is a combined total of 20 or more
trees and vines whose production is either for home use or for sale.
Exclude abandoned acres of orchards or vineyards, which should be
reported in Section 3, item 1d. Bearing age acres are the acres of trees or
vines that produced any fruit or nut crop in 2005 or previous years. If
fruit and nut trees and vines were interplanted with crops other than trees
or vines, report only the total acres for the orchard crop in item 4, and the
total acres of each interplanted crop in their appropriate section(s).
Item 5 – Woodland crops and maple syrup
Cut Christmas trees - Acres in production of cut Christmas trees
includes both those to be harvested in future years as well as those
harvested in 2005. Trees cut should include only those trees cut in 2005.
Short rotation woody crops - A short rotation woody crop is a tree that
is harvested in 10 years or less. These are trees for use by the paper or
pulp industry, or as engineered wood. The wood is too soft to be used for
lumber.
Acres harvested in 2005 should be reported as having been both in
production and harvested. Acres not harvested in 2005 should be
reported in production only.
Maple syrup - Producers should report number of taps and gallons of
syrup. If sap was sold, estimate the number of gallons of syrup it would
have produced. Report the acres of tapped maple trees in section 3, item
3, woodland not pastured.
Item 6 – Greenhouse and nursery crops
Report Christmas trees grown on this operation and sold live as nursery
stock. Report all acres of Christmas trees in production for cut Christmas

Contract and custom feeding operations – Report counts of cattle and
calves, poultry, or hogs and pigs kept by you on this operation on a
contract or custom fed basis in items 7 - 9, regardless of ownership.
Report numbers of animals or poultry on December 31, 2005. Report as
sold animals and poultry kept on a contract or custom basis and removed
or sold from this operation in 2005.
Animals and poultry to exclude from the report form - Exclude
animals or poultry kept on land rented to others or kept under a share
arrangement on land rented to others. Exclude animals quartered in
feedlots which are not located on this operation. Animals kept on a place
not operated by you are to be reported on the report form for that
operation. Do not report the sale of animals bought and then resold within
30 days. Such purchases and sales are considered dealer transactions.
Number sold - Report all animals and poultry sold or moved from this
operation in 2005, without regard to ownership or who shared in the
receipts. Include animals sold for a landlord or given to a landlord or
others in trade or in payment for goods or services. Do not report number
sold of any hogs and pigs, cattle and calves, or poultry owned by you that
were kept and sold from a location that you did not operate.
Animals moved from this operation - For animals moved from this
operation to another, such as for further feeding, report them as "sold."
Cattle moved are not considered sold if they were moved to another
operation for a short term, such as winter wheat or corn stubble grazing,
or during the winter to public grazing land.
Beefalo - Report as cattle.
Buffalo - Report as bison.
Colonies of bees – Report all colonies of bees owned by you, regardless
of location. Pounds of honey collected should also be reported. Do not
report colonies of bees on your operation if they are not owned by you.
Fish in captivity – Report aquaculture products raised and sold by this
operation. On a separate line specify the sale of each type separately.
Include only aquaculture actively raised. Do not include fish or other
items caught in the wild.
Goats – Report goats based on utilization regardless of breed.
Horses – Report the number of horses on this operation regardless of
ownership. Exclude horses owned by this operation but stabled
elsewhere.
Sheep – Report sheep, lambs, and ewes owned by you, regardless of
location. Report pounds of wool shorn in 2005 only. Contract and
Custom Feeding Operations – Do not report inventory of sheep and lambs
that are not owned by you. They are to be reported on the owner=s report
form.
Item 10 – Landlord’s share of sales - If you rent land under a share crop
arrangement, report the value of the landlord’s share of the sales reported
in items 1 and 3 – 9.
Item 11 - Direct sales - For direct sales, report the sales of crops,
livestock, poultry, or agricultural products sold directly to consumers for
their own consumption from roadside stands, farmers markets, pick your
own, door to door, etc. Include only those commodities sold directly for
human consumption, such as vegetables, fruit, eggs, milk, cattle,
chickens, hogs, turkeys, etc. Report only commodities grown or raised
on this operation.
Exclude crops, livestock, poultry, or other products that you bought and
resold within 30 days. Exclude processed products such as hams and
jellies. Exclude Acraft items@ such as bird houses, woodwork, etc.
Section 3 – LAND AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS
The sum (item 5) of the acres entered in items 1 – 4 should equal the total
acres in section 1, item 4, which is “this operation” for this census report.
Do not report any crops grown on land rented or leased to others or
worked by others on shares during 2005.

Land used for more than one purpose – Do not report the same acreage
in more than one of the listed purposes. If part or all of your land was
used for more than one listed purpose in 2005, report that land only in the
first purpose listed. For example, if you planted and harvested a grain
crop and grazed the crop residue in the fall, report the land in item 1a,
cropland harvested. Do not report it again in item 2c, cropland used only
for pasture or grazing.
CRP/WRP and other federal conservation programs – Report acres in
the land item that best describes the acres. For example, CRP land may
be reported in cropland harvested, idle cropland, or woodland not
pastured depending on its use.
Item 1a – Cropland harvested
Double cropping or interplanted crops - If more than one crop was
harvested from the same land in 2005, report that land only once as
cropland harvested.
Christmas trees to be cut - Report acres of Christmas trees to be cut in
later years as cropland harvested.
Skip row planted crops – Report the acres that represent planted rows
as cropland harvested, item 1a. Report the acres that represent the total
nonplanted or skipped rows as cropland idle in item 1d.
Item 1c – Cropland summer fallowed - Include cropland left unseeded
for the 2005 harvest and summer fallowed, cultivated by tillage, or
treated with herbicides to control weeds and conserve moisture. Include
cropland summer fallowed in 2005 even though it may have been planted
to wheat, etc., for the 2006 harvest.
Item 6 – Crop insurance - Report all acres covered by any Federal or
non-Federal crop insurance policy in 2005. Land in pasture insurance
programs should also be included. Include acres covered by guaranteed
revenue policies.
Item 7 – Government payments – For conservation program cost
shares, include the government’s share of the amount paid. Exclude any
payments from loans or programs which must be repaid. Report amount
received for commodities placed under CCC loan during 2005. Include
amount received even if commodity was redeemed or forfeited prior to
December 31, 2005. Exclude CCC loans to build crop storage facilities.
Section 4 - TYPE OF ORGANIZATION
Use the following definitions to determine the type of organization for
this operation:
Family or Individual Operation - Farm or business organization
controlled and operated by a family or an individual (sole proprietor).
Include family operations that are not incorporated and not operated
under a partnership agreement. Report family corporations under
AIncorporated under state law.@
Partnership Operation - Two or more persons who conduct an
operation together and share work and profits. Co-ownership of land by
husband and wife or joint filing of income tax forms by husband and wife
does not constitute a partnership unless a specific agreement to share
contributions, decision making, profits, and liabilities exists. Production
under contract or under a share rental agreement does not constitute a
partnership.

this operation, not items cut from other nonfarm timber acreage.
Exclude income from a sawmill business. Exclude the sale of Christmas
trees or maple syrup or sap products. Report sales of Christmas trees or
maple syrup or sap products in section 2, item 5.
Section 6 – ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
A farm produces organic products if it operates according to the
practices outlined in the National Organic Standards. Farms exempt
from certification because they sell less than $5,000 in organic
products a year should also report in this section. Acres used for
organic production include pastureland and acres where crops were
harvested, as well as any acres not used in the census year because
crops failed, land was in a cover rotation, or crops were not yet of
bearing age. Total sales of organic products include all sales of the
products, regardless of whether an organic premium was obtained.
Acres being converted to organic production apply to all acres in the
farm operation that are in the three year transition period before land
can be certified.
Section 7 - PRODUCTION EXPENSES
Include:
Include farm production expenses paid by you or your landlord(s) for
crops, livestock, or poultry produced on this operation in 2005 in items 1
through 15. Include expenses associated with the generation of farmrelated income reported in Section 5. Include expenses incurred in 2005
only if they were paid in 2005. Please estimate if exact figures are not
known. Refer to the individual expenditure items below for further
explanations.
Item 2 - Include surfactants and oils and other products used to increase a
chemical=s effectiveness.
Item 6 - Report the purchase cost of all grains, silage, hay, commercially
mixed and premixed feeds, ingredients, concentrates, etc., fed to livestock
or poultry on this operation. Custom feedyards should not include feed
costs for custom fed cattle if the owners of the cattle were billed for the
feed. Feed raised on this operation should not be reported as purchased.
Item 9 - Include the cost of repairs and upkeep of farm machinery,
vehicles, buildings, fences, and other equipment used in the farm
business. Exclude repairs to vehicles not used in the farm business.
Exclude expenditures for the construction of new buildings or the cost of
additions to existing buildings. Include expenses for repairs to machinery
and equipment used only for customwork if income from those machines
is reported in Section 5.
Item 10a - Include gross salaries and wages, commissions, dismissal pay,
vacation pay, and bonuses paid to hired workers, family members, hired
managers, administrative and clerical employees, and salaried corporate
officers. Include cost for benefits such as employer's social security
contributions, unemployment compensation, workman's compensation
insurance, employer paid life and medical insurance expense, pension
plans, etc.
Item 10b - Include the labor costs of workers furnished on a contract
basis by labor contractor, crew leader, or cooperative for harvesting
vegetables or fruit, shearing sheep, or similar farm activities. Exclude
costs for building or repair work done by a construction contractor.
Include the cost of customwork or machine hire in item 11.

Incorporated Under State Law - A corporation is a legal entity or
artificial person created under the laws of a State to carry on a business,
including family corporations. Exclude cooperatives, even if they are
incorporated.

Item 12a - Exclude rent paid for operator dwelling or other nonfarm
property. Exclude the value of shares of crops or livestock paid to
landlords.

Other - Estate or trust (defined as a fund of money or property
administered for the benefit of another individual or organization), prison
farm, grazing association, American Indian Reservation, university farm,
institution run by a government or religious entity, cooperatives (an
incorporated or unincorporated enterprise or an association created and
formed jointly by the members), etc.

Item 13 - Report all interest expenses paid in 2005 for the farm business.
Include interest paid on CCC loans in item 13b. Exclude interest
associated with activities not related to production of crops or livestock
on this operation, such as land or buildings rented to others, packing
sheds, or feed mills that provided services to others. Exclude interest on
owner/operator dwelling where amount is separated from the interest on
the land and buildings on this operation.

Section 5 - INCOME FROM FARM-RELATED SOURCES
Items 1 through 7 refer only to those income producing activities for
which you use part of the land, machinery, equipment, labor, or capital
normally used on this operation and which you do not consider as
entirely separate from your farming activities. Include insurance
payments for crop or livestock losses in item 6. Report gross amounts
received before taxes and expenses.

Item 14 - Include real estate property taxes you paid on the acres and
buildings you owned and used in the farm business. Exclude property
taxes on land or buildings rented to someone else, property taxes paid on
other property not associated with the farm business, and income and
excise taxes.

Item 2 – Cash rent or share payments -Exclude rental income from
nonfarm property.

Section 8 - FERTILIZERS and CHEMICALS APPLIED
Report acres on this operation on which commercial fertilizer was applied
during 2005 only once, even if multiple applications were made. Report
fertilizer and manure expenditures in section 7, item 1.

Item 3 – Forest products - Include only those forest products cut from

Chemicals - Include acres on which custom application of chemicals
was made. If multiple applications of chemicals for the same purpose
(for example, herbicides) were made on the same acres, report acreage
only once. If chemicals were applied for different purposes, report the
acres for each purpose that the chemicals were used. Report agricultural
chemical expenditures in section 7, item 2. Estimate the acreage for spot
treatments.
Section 9 - FARM LABOR
Report the number of paid farm or ranch workers doing agricultural labor
on this operation in 2005. Include paid family members. Include workers
such as hired bookkeepers, office workers, maintenance workers, etc., if
their work is primarily associated with agricultural production on this
operation. Include in item 1a any short term or temporary workers who
may have worked only a few days. Exclude contract labor.
Section 10 - MARKET VALUE OF LAND, BUILDINGS,
MACHINERY, and EQUIPMENT
Item 1 – The value for each of the three listed categories (owned, rented
from others, and rented to others) should be your estimate of the value of
the land, houses, barns, and other buildings if they were sold in the
current market. The real estate tax assessment value should not be used
unless that value represents a full market value assessment and the land,
house, and buildings could reasonably be assumed to be sold at that price.
Do not deduct real estate marketing charges from your estimate. Report
the total value, not the value on a per-acre basis.
Item 2 – The estimated market value refers to all machinery and
equipment kept primarily on this operation and used for the farm
business. Report the value in its present condition, not the replacement or
depreciated value. Include mobile implements and hand tools.
Permanently installed equipment or equipment which is an integral part
of a building should be included as a part of the value of land and
buildings and reported in section 10, item 1.
Section 11 - MACHINERY and EQUIPMENT
Report the total on this operation or normally on this operation and
normally used on this operation in the first column. Do not report
obsolete or abandoned equipment. In the second column report only the
number manufactured in the last five years.
Section 12 - AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY WITHIN THE
BORDERS OF AMERICAN INDIAN RESERVATIONS,
PUEBLOS, AND SERVICE AREAS
Complete this section if any of your cropland or livestock was on an
American Indian reservation in 2005. Include land on deeded acres you
owned and operated or leased from others as well as any trust acres you
used. Do not include tribally controlled farms, ranches, or herds.
Section 13 - PRACTICES
Item 1c – Include water for any purpose – irrigation, cleaning, etc.
Item 1g – Rotational grazing is the practice of subdividing pasture and
forage fields into small sections, or paddocks, and allowing the high
quality forage to be grazed quickly followed by a rest period.
Item 1m – Include any barn (used or not) on your operation that was
built prior to 1960.
Section 14 - OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS
This section collects information about the operators of this operation. A
farm may be a family operation and still have multiple operators.
Complete one column for each operator, listing the principal operator or
senior partner in the first column.
Corporations and Other Operations (Cooperatives, Estates, etc.) Complete the principal operator column for the person in charge, such as
a hired manager, business manager, or other person primarily responsible
for the on-site, day-to-day operation of the farm or ranch business.
Complete up to two additional columns as needed.
Item 1 - Enter the number of people who make day-to-day decisions for
this operation. Do not report as operators minor-aged children who only
work on the farm.
Item 2 - Answer each question for up to three operators. If there are
more than three, answer for three operators only.
Item 2c - The principal occupation of the operator(s) is the occupation at
which an operator spent the majority of his/her worktime. If the operator
spent the majority working for another agricultural operation for wages,
it is considered hours devoted to Aother.@
Item 2g - Report the first year the specified operator began to operate

any part of this operation on a continuous basis. If the operator returned
to a place previously operated, report the year operations were resumed.
Item 3 - The number of households that share in the net farm income are
those households involved with the day-to-day decisions and not those
households that received funds because they are only the landlords,
custom equipment operators, or provide other supplies that are listed in
section 7, Production Expenses. Your answer should not exceed the
number of operators listed in item 1.
Section 15 - CONCLUSION
Item 1 – If your operation might be identified under a different name
than printed on the front of the form (for example, a farm name or
another partner), please provide these names.
Item 2a – All farms and ranches should receive their own forms to
complete. If you operated another farm or ranch, indicate here whether
you received a form for that operation.