QID 150028 Agricultural Labor Survey - January 2008

12

Project Code 180 QID 150028

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

AGRICULTURAL LABOR SURVEY January 2008

NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE

						U.S Department of Agriculture P.O. Box 1148 Cheyenne, WY 82003-1148 1-888-424-7828 Fax: 307-432-5598 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.

Attempted Contacts

Date

Time

Notes

Stratum

POID

Tract

Subtr.

__ __ __ __

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

__ __

__ __

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. Since June 1, have you or will you (name on label)--
a. grow any crops or cut hay? [Include grains, row crops, oilseeds, fruits, nuts, vegetables (including strawberries and melon crops), nursery and greenhouse, Christmas trees, and other specialty crops.]
	YES – [Go to item 3] NO – [Continue]
b. own or raise any livestock or poultry? [Include livestock and poultry owned, and any being raised under contract for someone else.]
	YES – [Go to item 3] NO – [Continue]
c. sell any agricultural products?
	YES – [Go to item 3] NO – [Continue]
d. receive government agricultural payments? [Exclude government payments received as a landlord.]
	YES – [Go to item 3] NO – [Continue]			OFFICE USE
e. have more than 19 acres of idle cropland or more than 99 acres of pastureland?				785
	YES – [Go to item 3] NO – [Go to Section 6, page 7, item 1.]

				OFFICE USE
3. Are the day-to-day decisions for this operation made by one individual, a hired manager, or partners? [Check one]				R. UNIT
				921
One individual – [Go to Section 2, page 3, item 1] A hired manager – [Go to Section 2, page 3, item 1] Partners – How many partners make the day-to-day decisions?				SUB.
				941
	Number			June 1
[Enter number of partners, including operator, and then continue]. . . . . . . . . . .				930

PARTNER

NAMES

4.	Please identify the other person(s) in this partnership, then Go to Section 2, page 3. [Verify partner(s) name and make necessary corrections if name have already been entered.]
	[Check if verified]								OFFICE USE
	Name:	________________________________		Phone: (______) __________					Stratum
		(First) (Middle) (Last)							925
	Address:	_______________________________		___________________		____	_______		Ind. Op.
		(Rt or St.)		(City)		(State)	(Zip)		924
	Did this partner operate land individually on June 1, 2007?
	Yes No

	[Check if verified]									OFFICE USE
	Name:	________________________________		Phone: (______) __________						Stratum
		(First) (Middle) (Last)								926
	Address:	_______________________________		___________________			____	_______		Ind. Op.
		(Rt or St.)		(City)			(State)	(Zip)		924
	Did this partner operate land individually on June 1, 2007?
	Yes No

	[Check if verified]									OFFICE USE
	Name:	________________________________		Phone: (______) __________						Stratum
		(First) (Middle) (Last)								927
	Address:	_______________________________		___________________			____	_______		Ind. Op.
		(Rt or St.)		(City)			(State)	(Zip)		924
	Did this partner operate land individually on June 1, 2007?
	Yes No

	[Check if verified]									OFFICE USE
	Name:	________________________________		Phone: (______) __________						Stratum
		(First) (Middle) (Last)								928
	Address:	_______________________________		___________________			____	_______		Ind. Op.
		(Rt or St.)		(City)			(State)	(Zip)		924
	Did this partner operate land individually on June 1, 2007?
	Yes No

		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

Section 2 - CONTRACT, AGRICULTURAL SERVICE OR CUSTOM WORKERS
1. During the week of January 6th through the 12th, was any work performed on your operation using---
Contract labor An agricultural service Custom work for a fee or under contract
	For those workers on the payroll that you paid wages directly to the worker, please report those workers in Section 3 – PAID WORKERS, below.

YES – [Enter code 1 and continue] NO – [Enter code 3 then go to Section 3, below]	CODE
	029

	Examples of Contract, Agricultural Service and Custom Work: Artificial insemination (AI); combining; corn or cotton picking; fertilizing; harvesting of fruit, vegetable or berry crops; hay baling; milk testing; pruning; sheep shearing; spraying; thinning; veterinarian work; weeding.
		What was done?				How many workers were there?
		Total Contract, Ag. Service and Custom Workers				030

Section 3 - PAID WORKERS

1. Did this operation have anyone on the payroll to do agricultural work the week of January 6^th through the 12^th?

[Include part-time workers, paid family members and hired managers. Only report Hired Workers that were directly paid by the farm operation. Do not include contract laborers or workers, reported in Section 2, above.]

CODE

YES - [Enter code 1 then continue on next page] NO - [Enter Code 3 then go to Section 4, page 5]

400

Section 3 – PAID WORKERS (continued)
		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

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

Section 4 -

VALUE OF SALES

1. Please classify this operation in terms of total gross value of sales [Be sure sales represent only 2007 and earlier years’ production.]

Considering:

Sales of all crops, livestock, poultry, and livestock products (milk, eggs, etc.) sold in 2007. The value of product removed for all crops, livestock, and poultry produced under contract in 2007. Sales of all miscellaneous agricultural products in 2007. All government agricultural payments received in 2007. Landlord’s share of government payments and crops sold in 2007.

a. What code represents the total gross value of sales, including government agricultural payments?

Total Value				GVS Code
‘None’ during 2007. . . . . . . . . . . . . .				99
$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $	1 --- 1,000 --- 2,500 --- 5,000 --- 10,000 --- 25,000 --- 50,000 --- 100,000 --- 250,000 --- 500,000 ---	$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $	999 ….. 2,499 ….. 4,999 ….. 9,999 ….. 24,999 ….. 49,999 ….. 99,999 ….. 249,999 ….. 499,999 ….. 999,999 …..	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10				GVS Code
								550
$	1,000,000 and over …………….			11
b. Does the GVS (gross value of sales)Code in Code Box 550 equal to ‘1’ or ‘99’? YES - [Continue] NO - [Go to page 6, item 2]
c. Record all 2008 crops, land uses, and livestock or poultry now on the total acres operated, then go to page 6, item 2.

Land Use	ACRES	Field Crops Intended For Harvest	ACRES	Other Crops		ACRES
CRP/WRP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		__________________ …		Cut Christmas Trees
Idle Cropland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		__________________ …		___________________ .. .
Summer Fallow . . . . . . . . . . . . .		__________________ …		___________________ …
_________________ . . . . . . . .		__________________ …		___________________ …
_________________ . . . . . . . .		__________________ …
				Livestock		NUMBER
Government Payments	WHOLE DOLLARS	Fruits/Nuts	ACRES	Cattle – Dairy ……….
CRP/WRP Payments . . . . . . . .		__________________ …		Cattle – Other ………
Other Gov’t Payments . . . . . . . .		__________________ …		Chickens ……………
		__________________ …		Hogs …………………
Pasture/Rangeland Cropland Used Only For Pasture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	ACRES	__________________ …		Horses ………………
		__________________ …		Mules/Burros ……….
				___________________ …
Permanent Pasture . . . . . . . . . .		Vegetables/Melons	ACRES	___________________ …
Woodland Pasture . . . . . . . . . . .		__________________ …		___________________ …
		__________________ …		___________________ …
Aquaculture	NUMBER	__________________ …			Office Use
Acres of Ponds in Use . . . . . . .					TOTAL POINTS
Foodsize/Stockers . . . . . . . . . . .		Berries	ACRES		552
Fingerlings/Broodfish . . . . . . . .		__________________ …			PASTURE POINTS
Trout Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		__________________ …			554

Section 4 -

VALUE OF SALES (Continued)

2.	Of the farm or ranch income reported, which of these categories represents the largest portion of the gross income from this operation?

Code

1 – Grains, Oilseeds, Dry Beans, and Dry Peas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1

(corn, flaxseed, grain silage and forage, grains and oilseeds, popcorn, rice, small grains, sorghum, soybeans, sunflowers, straw, etc.)

2 – Tobacco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2

3 – Cotton and Cottonseed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3

4 – Vegetables, Melons, Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4

(beets, cabbage, cantaloupes, pumpkins, sweet corn, tomatoes, watermelons, vegetable seeds, etc.)

5 – Fruit, Tree Nuts and Berries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5

(almonds, apples, blueberries, cherries, grapes, hazelnuts, kiwifruit, oranges, pears, pecans, strawberries, walnuts, etc.)

6 – Nursery, Greenhouse, Floriculture and Sod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

(bedding plants, bulbs, cut flowers, flower seeds, foliage plants, mushrooms, nursery potted plants, shrubbery, sod, etc.)

7 – Cut Christmas Trees and Short Rotation Woody Crops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

7

FARM TYPE CODE

8 – Other Crops and Hay, CRP and Pasture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

8

551

(grass seed, hay and grass silage, hops, maple syrup, mint, peanuts, sugarcane, sugarbeets, CRP, etc.)

9 – Hogs and Pigs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

9

10 – Milk and Other Dairy Products from Cows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10

11 – Cattle and Calves. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

11

(beef and dairy cattle for breeding stock, fed cattle, beef and dairy cull animals, stockers and feeders, veal calves, etc.)

12 – Sheep, Goats, and their Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

12

(wool, mohair, milk and cheese)

13 – Horses, Ponies, and Mules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (burros and donkeys)

13

14 – Poultry and Eggs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

14

(broilers, chickens, turkeys, ducks, eggs, emus, geese, hatchlings, ostriches, pigeons, pheasants, quail, poultry products, etc.)

15 – Aquaculture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15

(catfish, trout, ornamental and other fish, mollusks, crustaceans, etc.)

16 – Other Animals and Other Animal Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16

(bees, honey, rabbits, fur-bearing animals, semen, manure, other animal specialties, etc.)

Section 5 - PEAK HIRED WORKERS							NUMBER OF WORKERS
1. During 2007, what was the largest number of hired workers, including paid family members, on the payroll on any one day?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .							277
							CODE
DON’T KNOW - [Enter code 2] NONE - [Enter code 3]							278

[Skip page 7, go to back page, item 1 and continue]

Section 6 – CHANGE IN OPERATOR Complete this section only if you answered “NO” for all questions in item 2 on the face page.
1. .	Has the operation named on the label been sold, rented or turned over to someone else?
	YES – [Go to item 2] NO – [Continue ]					a.	Will the land be used for any agricultural purpose by you (the operator), or anyone else in the next year (including growing crops or raising livestock)?
							YES NO DON’T KNOW
							Regardless of answer to above, write a note to explain the situation, then go to back page, item 1.
						___________________________________________________________
						___________________________________________________________
						___________________________________________________________

2.	Please provide the following information for the operation that has taken over the land:
	Operation Name: _______________________________________________________________________________ Operator Name: ________________________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________ Phone: (_______)________________________ City: ______________________________________ State: __________________________ Zip: ________________

3.	Was this new operation, reported in item 2, in business before June 1, 2007?
	YES - [Continue]
	NO - [Continue]

4.	Is this new operation, reported in item 2, managed?
	YES - [Go to back page, item 1]
	NO - [Continue]

5.	Were any individuals associated with the new operation, reported in item 2 above, operating land individually before June 1, 2007?
	YES - [Go to back page, item 1]
	NO - [Go to back page, item 1]

CONCLUSION

1. Do you (the operator named on the label) make any day – to – day decisions for ANOTHER farm or ranch?

	YES – [Continue] NO – [Go to item 2 below]
a. What is the name of this operation? _____________________________________________________ [OFFICE USE ONLY: If ADDITIONAL OPERATION IS INDIVIDUAL OR PARTNERSHIP, complete a separate questionnaire for the additional operation.]
b. Was this additional operation in business before June 1, 2007?
		YES – [Continue] NO – [Continue]

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: ( ______ ) _________ - ____________________

									Office Use for POID
									789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	Date
								MM DD YY
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	9910
								__ __ __ __ 08
S/E Name
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The time to complete this information collection is estimated to average 15 minutes per response.