QID Ag Census Draft Sections 27 and 28 Farm Labor and Fertil

SECTION 27

FARM LABOR

1. How many hired farm or ranch workers, including paid family members and office workers -
a. Worked less than 150 days on this operation in 2009? Exclude contract labor.		0941	None	Number of Hired Workers
b. Worked 150 days or more on this operation in 2009? Exclude contract labor. .		0942
2. How many migrant workers on this operation in 2009? Include hired and contract workers. A migrant worker is a farm worker whose employment required travel that prevented the migrant worker from returning to his/her permanent place of residence the same day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		xxxx		Number of Migrant Workers
SECTION 28	FERTILIZERS AND CHEMICAL APPLIED
1. Were any fertilizers, manure, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, nematicides, other pesticides, growth regulators, or other chemicals used on this operation during 2009? Include rock phosphate, lime, and gypsum as fertilizer. 1568 1 Yes - Complete this section 3 No – Go to SECTION 29

2. Commercial fertilizer and soil conditioners applied to - -
a. Cropland in 2009? Exclude cropland used only for pasture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	0932	None	Number of Acres
b. Pastureland and rangeland acres in 2009? Include cropland used only for pasture or grazing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	0933
3. Acres of cropland and pastureland on which animal manure was applied. . . . . . . . .	1569
4. Acres treated with chemicals to control the items listed below. The same acres can be reported in more than one item below. However, report acres only once for each item regardless of the number of applications
a. Insects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	0936		Number of Acres
b. Weeds, grass, or brush – Include both pre-emergence and post emergence. . .	0936
c. Nematodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	0937
d. Diseases in crops and orchards such as blight, smut, rust, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	0938
5. Acres of crops treated to control growth, thin fruit, ripen, or defoliated. . . . . . . . . . . .	0940