Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Post-harvest Chemical Use Surveys

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AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE

MANAGEMENT SURVEY

ORGANIC SOYBEAN

PRODUCTION PRACTICES and

COSTS REPORT

for 2006

RESPONDENT BOOKLET

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Section B, item 14		SEED TYPE CODE LIST
	3 Organic soybean variety (Clear Hilum food-grade) 4 Organic soybean variety (Vinton food-grade) 5 Organic soybean variety (other food-grade varieties) 6 Organic soybean variety (non-food grade varieties) 7 None of the above

Section B, item 16
REASONS FOR CHOOSING ORGANIC PRODUCTION SYSTEM
	1 Protect health of family and community?
	2 Adopt more environmentally friendly practices?
	3 Increase farm Income?
	4 For some other reason? [Specify:___________]

Section B, item 35a		Section C, Column 6 & Section D, Column 9
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE COVERAGE		FERTILIZER/PESTICIDE APPLICATION METHODS
1 Basic Catastrophic Insurance (Federal CAT) bought for a flat fee and protects against crop loss greater than 50% of average yield, at 55% of the price. 2 Buy-up Above Basic Federal CAT for higher levels of yield and price protection (such as 65% of yield and 100% Price, multi peril crop insurance). 3 Revenue Insurance include Income Protection (IP), Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC), and Revenue Assurance (RA). 4 Organic Plan Insurance includes: 1) certified organic acreage, 2) transitional acreage being converted to certified organic, and 3) buffer zone acreage. 5 Other Federal Crop Insurance (Group Risk Plan, Adjusted Gross Revenue, Group Risk Income Protection, etc.).		1 Broadcast, Ground without incorporation 2 Broadcast, Ground with incorporation 3 Broadcast, by aircraft 4 In seed furrow 5 In irrigation water 6 Chisel/injected or knifed in 7 Banded/sidedressed in or over row 8 Foliar or directed spray 9 Spot treatments (Section D only)

Section C, item 4	Common Fertilizers and Their Percent Analysis
[Enumerator Note: If Respondent cannot report the formulation for Section C, item 4, use the formulations below.]
		Percent Active Ingredients
Name		Form	N	P2O5	K2O	S
Ammonia		D/L	80	---	---	---
Ammoniated superphosphate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	12-17	22-35	---	---
Ammonium metaphosphate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	12	51	---	---
Ammonium nitrate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	32-34	---	---	---
Ammonium phosphate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	11-18	46-48	---	---
Ammonium phosphate nitrate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	27-30	10-15	---	---
Ammonium phosphate sulfate (APS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	13-16	20	---	15
Ammonium polyphosphate (APP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		L	10-11	34-37	---	---
Ammonium polysulfide (Ammonium Sulfate). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		L	20-21	---	---	24
Ammonium sulfate nitrate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	20-30	---	---	5
Ammonium thiosulfate solution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		L	12	---	---	26
Anhydrous ammonia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		L/G	82	---	---	---
Aqua ammonia (Ammonium Hydroxide). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		L	16-25	---	---	---
Bone meal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	0-2	10-20	---	---
Calcium ammonium nitrate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	15-16	---	---	---
Diammonium phosphate sulfur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	15-16	39-41	---	---
Diammonium phosphate (DAP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	16-21	46-53	---	---
Elemental sulfur. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	---	---	---	52-100
Greensand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	---	1	6	---
Magnesium sulfate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	---	---	---	13
Mixed fertilizer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	2	6	12	---
			3	9	18	---
			3	10	30	---
			5	10	15	---
			5	10	30	---
			5	15	30	---
			8	24	24	---
			9	18	9	---
			10	34	---	---
Monoammonium phosphate (MAP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	11-13	48-62	---	---
Natralene		D/L	40	---	---	---
Nitrogen solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		L	7-58	---	---	---
Nitric phosphate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	12-17	22-35	---	---
Phosphate rock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	---	2-35	---	---
Phosphoric acid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		L	---	2-76	---	---
Potassium carbonate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	---	---	34-48	---
Potassium chloride (Muriate of potash). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	---	---	60-62	---
Potassium magnesium sulfate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	---	---	22	23
Potassium metaphosphate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	---	55-57	37-38	---
Potassium nitrate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	13	---	44	---
Potassium orthophosphate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	---	30-60	30-50	---
Potassium polyphosphate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		L	---	40-60	22-48	---
Potassium sodium nitrate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	15	---	14-15	---
Potassium solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		L	---	---	13-15	---
Potassium sulfate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	---	---	50-53	16
Sodium nitrate (Nitrate of Soda). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	15-16	---	---	---
Sulfuric acid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		L	---	---	---	20-26
Super phosphate (22% & under). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	---	16-22	---	11
Super phosphate (over 22%). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	---	23-39	---	11
Triple super phosphate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	---	40-54	---	11
Urea. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	45-46	---	---	---
Urea, sulfure coated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	36-38	---	---	13-16
Urea ammonium phosphate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	25-58	28-35	---	---
Urea ammonium nitrate (UAN). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		L	28-32	---	---	---
Urea phosphate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		D	17	44	---	---

CHEMICALS and PESTICIDES for Organic Soybeans, F = Fungicide; H = Herbicide; I = Insecticide; M = Misc. Other; MD = Defoliant/Dessicant; MG = Growth Regulator AS = Aqueous Suspension, D = Dust, DF = Dry flowable, DG = Water-Dispersible Granules, E or EC = Emulsifiable Concentrate, ES = Emulsifiable solution, F or L = Flowable, G or GR = Granular, L = Liquid, LV = Low volatility, M or ME = Microencapsalted, P = Pellets, S = Solution, SC = Soluble Concentrate, SL = Slurry, SP = Soluble powder, W or WP = Wettable powder, WDG or WG = Water-Dispersible Granules, WSP = Water-soluble packet
D/L	Class	Code	Product Name		D/L	Class		Code		Product Name
D	I	1672	Able		D	F		7283		Mycostop biofungicide
D	I	1156	Agree WG		L	I		1551		Neemix 4.5
					D	F		7454		Plant Shield HC
D	F	7206	Basic Copper 53		L	I		1957		PyGanic EC 1.4 II
D	I	1812	Biobit HP		L	I		1958		PyGanic EC 5.0 II
D	I	1367	Britz Bt Dust		D	F		7604		RootShield Granules
					D	F		7263		SoilGard 12G
L	I	1282	Condor		L	I		1183		Spod-X LC
D	I	1168	Conserve Fire Ant Bait
D	I	1173	Conserve Professional Fire Ant Bait		D	F		7605		TC-22 HC
L	I	1186	Conserve SC		D	F		7481		TC-22 Planter Box
D	F	7517	Contans WG		L	I		1167		THAT Flowable Sulfur
D	I	1477	Crymax		L	I		7561		TOPCOP
L	I	1180	CYD-X		L	F		7321		Trilogy
D	I	1865	Deliver		D		I		1163	VectoBac WDG
D	I	1023	DiPel 2X
D	I	1516	DiPel DF		D		I		1685	XenTari DF
					D		I		1377	XenTari WDG
D	I	1900	Entrust
					Conversion Factors for Liquid and Dry Products Liquid Products 1 Gallon = 4 Quarts 1 Quart = 2 Pints 1 Pint = 16 Fluid Ounces 2 Cups = 1 Pint Dry Products 1 Pound = 16 Dry Ounces 1 Ounce = 28.3 Grams 1 Pound = 453 Grams
L	M	9266	Garlic Shield
L	I	1555	Gemstar LC
L	I	1942	GF-120 NF Naturalyte
D	I	1161	Gnatrol DG
D	I	1142	Javelin WG
D	I	1671	Lepinox WDG
L	I	7145	Lime Sulfur Solution

PEST MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SOURCES
	1 County, Cooperative, or University Extension Advisor, Publications or Demonstrations
	2 Farm Supply or Chemical Dealer
	3 Commercial Scouting Service
	4 Independent Crop Consultant or Pest Control Advisor/Custom Applicator
Section E, item 24. . . . . . . . . . .	5 Other Growers or Producers
	6 Producer Associations, Newsletters or Trade Magazines
	7 Electronic Information Services (DTN, Internet, World Wide Web, etc.)
	8 Employee Pest Advisor
	9 Other – (Specify:____________________________________________)
	10 None – Operator used no outside information source

Section F, item 1	MACHINERY and IMPLEMENT CODES
PLOWS and DISKS			MISCELLANEOUS TILLAGE		HARROWS (DRAGS)
01 Chisel Plow (Big Ox) 02 Coulter Plow (Coulter Chisel, Soil Saver, Soil Conserver) 03 Deep Ripper (Knife, Bed knife, Slide) 04 Disk Plow Moldboard 05 Regular 06 Two Way 07 Stubble-mulch (Noble, Sweeps, Hoeme Plow, Muckeroy Plow) 08 Subsoiler (Chisel, Ripper, V-ripper) 09 Disk-chisel (Mulch Tiller) Offset Disk 10 Heavy Disk 11 Light Disk 12 One-way Disk (Disk Tiller) 13 Single Disk Tandem Disk 14 Plowing 15 Regular 16 Paraplow			61 Land-all, Do-all, Mix-n-till, Till-all (Disk, Shovels, Reel & Spikes) 62 Mulch Treader, Picker, Treader, Skew 63 Roto-tiller 64 Roterra (Roto-spike, Lely) 65 Sand-fighter 66 Soil Finisher (Finishing Tool, Mulch Finisher Tri-tiller, Task Master) 67 Root Crown Puller 68 Stalk Puller/Chopper		30 Heavy Harrow 31 Field Conditioner (Scratcher, Seed Bed Conditioner, Soil Conditioner, Ground Hog) 32 Finishing (Harrogator, Spiral, Roller, Knives, Shanks, Pegs, Smoother) 33 Flex-tine Tooth (Coil Tine) 34 Multi-weeder (Cultivator & Harrow) 35 Rail, Pipe, Log, Plank 36 Rod Weeder 37 Roller (Culti-mulcher, Pulvi-mulcher, Crumbler, Packer-mulcher, Packer & Shanks) 38 Spike Tooth 39 Spring Tooth 40 Powered Spike Tooth Harrow
			BEDDERS-SHAPERS
			41 Bedder (Shaper) (Bedshaper, Crowder) 42 Bed Shaper Disk 43 Hipper 44 Row 45 Float 46 Lister (Middle-buster) 47 Rorovator-bedder 48 Seedbed Roller (Flat Roller) 49 Sub-soil Bedder (Ripper-hipper) 50 Discovator
PACKERS					CULTIVATORS
51 Culti-packer (Pulverizer, Crow-foot, Serrated, Ring, Spiral) Roller-packer 52 Attachment 53 Smooth & Flat					21 Field Cultivator (Regular Digger, Triple K, Danish Tined, Swedish Tined, Incorporated, S-tine, Cultivator, Vibra-shank Harrow, Lilliston Tiller 22 Furrow-out 23 Rotary Hoe (Crust Buster) Row 24 Disk Sweep, Shovel 25 Rolling, Rotary Field Cultivator 26 Heavy Duty (Duckfoot Cultivator) 27 Marker 28 Fallow Master
			FERTILIZER APPLICATORS
			71 Aerial (Airplane) 72 Attachment to implement 73 Manure Spreader 74 Self-propelled 75 Truck Spreader Tractor Mounted 76 Anhydrous 77 Dry 78 Liquid Trailer Mounted 79 Anhydrous 80 Dry 81 Liquid
PLANTERS
111 Bedder-shaper Planter 112 Lister-bedder 113 No-till, Minimum Till, (Ripper Planter) 114 Conventional, Regular (Tye, Flex) 115 Air Delivery/vacuum 116 Ridge till

CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS		LAND FORMING EQUIPMENT		HAULING EQUIPMENT
91 Aerial (Airplane) 92 Attachment to implement 93 Largest Self propelled (or Large Truck) 94 Motocycle/atv Sprayer 95 Small Self-propelled (Spra-coupe, Hi-cycle) 96 Small Truck (Skid Mounted) 97 Tractor Mounted 98 Trailer Mounted		171 Backhoe 172 Disk Border Maker 173 Ditch Closer 174 Ditcher 175 Levee Plow Disk 176 Quarter Drain Machine 177 Rear Mounted Blade 178 Corrugator (Furrow Dicer, Dammar Dicer, Dicer) 180 Land Plane Leveler (Water Leveler) 181 Laser Planer, Laser Leveler 182 Gate Setter 183 Bull Dozer		Bale wagon/mover 142 Bale wagon (PTO) 143 Bale Wagon (Self-propelled) 144 Bale Loader 158 Stack Mover 160 Front End Loader 161 Round Bale Mover 195 Hay wagon Trailers 194 General Purpose Wagon or Cart 195 Hay Wagon 208 Gravity Wagon 209 Grain Cart with Auger 221 Forage Wagon 222 Dump Wagon 220 Other Trailers Trucks 301 Single Axle 302 Tandem Axle 303 Tri Axle 304 Semi 305 Other Trucks
DRILLS and SEEDERS
101 Aerial Seeding 102 Broadcast Seeder Drill 103 Air Delivery 104 Lister Disk 105 No-till or minimum till 106 Plain 107 Press, Disk or Hoe
		ENUMERATOR NOTE: For Land Forming Equipment codes 171 – 183, enter Total Hours Operated in column 9.
		MOWERS and BALERS		ENUMERATOR NOTE: For Hauling Equipment codes above, enter Total Hours Operated in column 9.
		141 Amish Harvester Baler 145 Motor Mounted 146 PTO (Large) 147 PTO (Small) 148 Self-propelled 159 Stacker, Automatic Mowers 149 Mower-chopper-Rotary 150 Conditioner/PTO 151 Self-propelled 152 Drum disk 153 Flail 154 Sickle Rake 155 Dump 156 Side Delivery 157 Wheel 162 Hay Tedder
HARVESTING EQUIPMENT
Small Grains/Row Crops Combine 121 Hillside 122 Self propelled, 2wd 123 Self-propelled, 4wd 124 Track 125 PTO/motor Mounted Windrower-swather 126 (Grain/hay)PTO 127 (Grain/hay) self-propelled 133 Corn Picker 134 Hand Harvesting
				OTHER IMPLEMENTS
				191 Burn Buggy 192 Chaff/straw Saver 193 Electric-discharge Weed Killer 196 Off-field Thresher 197 Rock Picker 198 Rock Windower or Rake 199 Rodent (Gopher) Killer 200 Roller Groover 201 Rubber-wheeled Weed Puller 202 Flail Shredder 203 Rotary Shredder 204 Silage Harvester 205 Stalk Shredder, Stalk Cutter 206 Swath Roller 207 Tractor or Truck–No attachments 223 Flame Thrower
PTO Power Take-off WD Wheel Drive

SECTION G, IRRIGATION TYPE CODES
PRESSURE SYSTEMS	GRAVITY SYSTEMS
HAND-MOVE	10 SIPHON TUBE from unlined ditches
SOLID or PERMANENT SET	11 SIPHON TUBE from lined ditches
SIDE ROLL or WHEEL LINE	12 PORTAL SYSTEM from unlined ditches
CENTER PIVOT or LINEAR MOVE with sprinklers on main line	13 PORTAL SYSTEM from lined ditches
CENTER PIVOT or LINEAR MOVE with sprinklers below main line, but more than 2 feet above ground	14 ANY POLY PIPE SYSTEM
6 CENTER PIVOT or LINEAR MOVE with sprinklers less than 2 feet above ground	15 GATED PIPE (not poly pipe)
7 BIG GUN	16 IMPROVED GATED PIPE (surge flow or cablegation not poly pipe)
8 LOW FLOW IRRIGATION (drip, trickle or micro sprinkler)	17 SUBIRRIGATION
9 OTHER - SPECIFY	18 OPEN DISCHARGE FROM WELL or PUMP
	19 OTHER - SPECIFY

RUN-OFF CODES
	1 Retained at the end of the field?
	2 Reused to irrigate on the farm?
Section G, item 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	3 Collected in evaporation ponds on the farm?
	4 Drained from the farm?
	5 There is no runoff.