QID 060099-fl Vers Commercial Floriculture Survey - January 2012

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Project 148 QID 060099-fl Version 12	OMB No. 0535-0093 Approval Expires 10/31/2012
COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE SURVEY - January 2012 (for 2011 Production)
			NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
		U.S. Department of Agriculture Room 5030, South Building 1400 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20250-2000, Phone: 1-800-727-9540 Fax: 202-690-2090 Email: [email protected] Information requested in this survey is used to prepare estimates of selected agricultural commodities. Under Title 7 of the U.S. Code and CIPSEA (Public Law 107-347), facts about your operation are kept confidential and used only for statistical purposes in combination with similar reports from other producers. Response is voluntary.

INTRODUCTION
1. During 2011, which of the following Floriculture crops did this operation PRODUCE and SELL?
Foliage plants
Propagative floriculture material and unfinished plants
Cut cultivated greens
Cut flowers
Potted flowering plants
Herbaceous perennials
Annual bedding/garden plants
None of the above (Please complete Sections 10 and 11 starting on page 11 and return by mail.)
2. Did this operation produce and sell $10,000 or more of these Floriculture crops in 2011? (Include retail and wholesale sales of crops produced or finished by this operation.)
YES, go to Item 3.	NO, continue.
a. Will this operation produce and sell $10,000 or more of these Floriculture crops in 2012?			Office Use
YES, complete Sections 8, 9 and 11 starting on page 9.		NO, complete Sections 8, 9 and 11 starting on page 9.	002
3. Did this operation produce and sell $100,000 or more of these Floriculture crops in 2011?			003
YES, please review the instructions below and complete all Sections of the questionnaire.			450
NO, complete Sections 8, 9, and 11 starting on page 9.			451

INSTRUCTIONS

What to Report…

1. All production grown under glass, fiberglass and other rigid plastic, film plastic, shade cloth, natural shade, other shade, or outdoors.

2. The value of sales before deductions for commissions and transportation are made.

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB number is 0535-0093. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 60 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

SECTION 1		FOLIAGE PLANTS FOR INDOOR OR PATIO USE (Pots and Baskets)
1. Did this operation finish and sell any potted foliage plants or foliage hanging baskets for indoor or patio use during 2011? YES , continue. NO , go to SECTION 2.
	INCLUDE: - Only those plants FINISHED for indoor or patio use and not intended for landscape use. Plants that have flowers which are secondary compared with foliage features. Ivy, cacti, ferns, palms, and succulents, etc., as well as indoor/patio shrubs, trees and vines FINISHED by you. EXCLUDE: - UNFINISHED plants sold to others for further “growing on” to be reported in Section 2.
			Total Covered Area in Production in 2011	Total Open Area in Production in 2011	Percent of Total Quantity Grown and Sold (Cells 920 + 921 = 100%)		Sales in 2011
	Foliage Plants*		Temporary and Permanent greenhouses and shade-houses	Non-covered space for growing foliage	Retail	Wholesale	Total Value of Retail Sales	Total Value of Wholesale Sales
	Potted Plants		223	224	920	921	225	115
			Square Feet	Square Feet	%	%	$	$
	Hanging Baskets		Retail Sales in 2011		Wholesale Sales in 2011
			Number Grown and Sold	Total Value	Number Grown and Sold		Total Value
			108	780	109		110
			Baskets	$	Baskets		$
	*A partial list of Foliage Plants includes: Aglaonema, Aloe Vera, Cacti, Dieffenbachia, Dracaena, Epipremnum (Pothos), tropical Ferns (potted), Ficus, Hedera (ivy), Philodendron, Schefflera (Brassaia), Spathiphyllum, and succulents ,Syngonium (Nephthytis).

SECTION 2		PROPAGATIVE FLORICULTURE MATERIAL, BAREROOT AND UNFINISHED PLANTS
1. Did this operation produce and sell any propagative floriculture material or unfinished plants during 2011?
	YES, continue. NO, go to SECTION 3.
	INCLUDE: - Bareroot perennials, cuttings, liners, plug seedlings, prefinished plants, or tissue cultured plantlets. - Plants sold to other growers for FURTHER GROWING-ON.
	EXCLUDE: - FINISHED plants sold to others to be reported in Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. - Seeds, bulbs, tubers, rhizomes, or corms.
2. What were the total values of sales of propagative (unfinished) materials by category?
a. Cut flowers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			901 $	d. Herbaceous perennials. .	904 $
b. Potted flowering plants. . . . . . .			902 $	e. Foliage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	905 $
c. Annual bedding/garden plants.			903 $	f. Cut cultivated greens. . . .	906 $

SECTION 3		CUT CULTIVATED GREENS
1. Did this operation produce and sell any cut cultivated greens during 2011? YES, continue. NO, go to SECTION 4.
	INCLUDE: those grown and sold for export.
	Cut Cultivated Greens		Retail Sales in 2011			Wholesale Sales in 2011
			Number Grown and Sold	Total Value		Number Grown and Sold		Total Value
	Leatherleaf Ferns		175	781		176		177
			Bunches	$		Bunches		$
	All Other Cut Cultivated Greens*		Percent of Total Quantity Grown and Sold (Cells 923 + 924 = 100%)			Sales in 2011
			Retail		Wholesale	Total Value of Retail Sales	Total Value of Wholesale Sales
			923		924	907	182
			%		%	$	$
	*A partial list of All Other Cut Cultivated Greens includes : Asparagus fern, Coniferous evergreens, Cordyline/TI, Eucalyptus, Hedera/Ivy, Holly, Huckleberry/Salal, Myrtle, Oregon/Sword Ferns, Pittosporum, and Podocarpus.

SECTION 4	CUT FLOWERS
1. Did this operation produce and sell any cut flowers during 2011? INCLUDE: those for dried flowers.
YES, continue.		NO, go to SECTION 5.
Cut Flowers			Retail Sales in 2011				Wholesale Sales in 2011
			Number Grown and Sold			Total Value	Number Grown and Sold	Total Value
Alstroemeria			452			453	454	455
			Stems			$	Stems	$
Standard Carnations			006			710	007	008
			Stems			$	Stems	$
Pompon Chrysanthemums			036			715	037	038
			Bunches			$	Bunches	$
Delphinium and Larkspur			456			457	458	459
			Stems			$	Stems	$
Gerbera Daisies			460			461	462	463
			Stems			$	Stems	$
Gladioli			046			716	047	048
			Spikes			$	Spikes	$
Iris			464			465	466	467
			Stems			$	Stems	$
All Lilies (Asiatic, Oriental, Others)			468			469	470	471
			Stems			$	Stems	$
Lisianthus			472			473	474	475
			Stems			$	Stems	$
All Orchids cut only			476			477	478	479
			Blooms			$	Blooms	$
All Roses cut only (Hybrid Tea, Sweetheart, Spray-types)			480			481	482	483
			Stems			$	Stems	$
Snapdragons			484			485	486	487
			Spikes			$	Spikes	$
Tulips cut only			488			489	490	491
			Stems			$	Stems	$
All Other Cut Flowers*			Percent of Total Quantity Grown and Sold (Cells 493 + 494 = 100%)				Sales in 2011
			Retail		Wholesale		Total Value of Retail Sales		Total Value of Wholesale Sales
			493		494		492		053
			%		%		$		$
*A partial list of All Other Cut Flowers includes: Anthurium, Aster, Carnation (miniature), Chrysanthemum (other), Daffodil/Narcissus, Dried Flowers, Freesia, Ginger, Gypsophila, Heather, Leptospermum, Liatris, Limonium, Protea, Statice, Stephanotis, Stock, Sunflower, and Zinnia.

SECTION 5		POTTED FLOWERING PLANTS FOR INDOOR OR PATIO USE
1. Did this operation finish and sell any potted flowering plants or potted flowering bulbs for indoor or patio use during 2011?
	YES, continue. NO, go to SECTION 6.
	EXCLUDE: - Plants intended for landscape use. - Finished plants purchased from others and resold. - Sales as bulbs. - Hardy/garden mums to be reported in Section 6. - Bedding plants, geraniums, potted blooming annuals, or flowering hanging baskets to be reported in Section 7. - Caladium to be reported in Section 7.
	Potted Flowering Plants		Type of Container	Retail Sales in 2011		Wholesale Sales in 2011
				Number Sold	Total Value	Number Sold	Total Value
			Pots less than 5”	056	720	058	060
	African Violets				$		$
			Pots 5” or more	057	721	059	235
					$		$
			Pots less than 5”	070	726	072	074
	Azaleas, finished florist				$		$
	Showing color		Pots 5” or more	071	727	073	237
					$		$
	Chrysanthemums, florist		Pots less than 5”	063	722	065	067
	Exclude hardy/garden				$		$
	garden mums to be		Pots 5” or more	064	723	066	236
	reported in Section 6.				$		$
			Pots less than 5”	077	730	079	081
					$		$
	Lilies, Easter		Pots 5” or more	078	731	080	238
					$		$
			Pots less than 5”	701	732	703	705
					$		$
	All Orchids potted		Pots 5” or more	702	733	704	706
					$		$
			Pots less than 5”	091	734	093	095
					$		$
	Poinsettias		Pots 5” or more	092	735	094	240
					$		$
			Pots less than 5”	561	562	563	564
					$		$
	Roses, florist potted		Pots 5” or more	565	566	567	568
					$		$
	Spring Flowering Bulbs		Pots less than 5”	569	570	571	572
	(Plants grown from bulbs				$		$
	including Tulips, Hyacinths,		Pots 5” or more	573	574	575	576
	Daffodils/ Narcissus, Other Lilies, etc.)				$		$
	All Other Potted		Pots less than 5”	083	736	085	102
	Flowering Plants*				$		$
	(Exclude potted blooming annuals to be reported in Section 7.)		Pots 5” or more	084	737 $	101	241 $
	*A partial list of All Other Potted Flowering Plants includes: Anthurium (potted), Begonia, Carnations (potted), Christmas cherry, Christmas pepper, Cyclamen, Exacum, Gardenia, Gloxinia, Hibiscus (potted), Hydrangea, Kalanchoe, Primula, Regal Pelargonium, and Zygocactus.

SECTION 6		POTTED HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS
1. Did this operation finish and sell any potted hardy/garden Chrysanthemums, Hostas, or Other Potted Herbaceous perennials during 2011?
	YES, continue. NO, go to SECTION 7.
	INCLUDE: – Field and container grown plants.
	EXCLUDE: – Cuttings, liners, plug seedlings, bare root herbaceous perennials, prefinished plants or tissue cultured plantlets to be reported in Section 2.
	Potted Herbaceous Perennials		Type of Container	Retail Sales in 2011			Wholesale Sales in 2011
				Number Sold	Total Value		Number Sold	Total Value
			Pots less than 5”	800		801 $	802	803 $
	Chrysanthemums, hardy/garden		Pots 5” or more	804		805 $	806	807 $
			Less than 1 gal.	808		809 $	810	811 $
	Hostas		1 gal. up to 2 gal.	812		813 $	814	815 $
			2 gal. or larger	816		817 $	818	819 $
			Less than 1 gal.	832		833 $	834	835 $
	All Other Potted Herbaceous Perennials*		1 gal. up to 2 gal.	836		837 $	838	839 $
			2 gal. or larger	840		841 $	842	843 $
* A partial list of All Other Potted Herbaceous Perennials includes: Astilbe, Bleeding heart, Columbine, Coral bell, Coreopsis, Daylily Dianthus, Fern (hardy/garden), Iris, Peony, Phlox, Purple coneflower, Rudbeckia, Salvia (perennial), Sedum, and Veronica.

SECTION 7				ANNUAL BEDDING/GARDEN PLANTS
1. Did this operation finish and sell any annual bedding/garden plants during 2011?
YES, continue. NO, go to SECTION 8.
INCLUDE: -Annual bedding/garden plants finished and sold by this operation not used in commercial vegetable and strawberry production.
EXCLUDE: -Finished bedding/garden plants purchased from others and resold. -Transplants used in commercial vegetable and strawberry production. -Foliage plants to be reported in Section 1. -Plugs and propagative material to be reported in Section 2. -Prefinished plants sold to others for finishing to be reported in Section 2.
							880				881
2. Report flat size used if NOT 10” x 20” to 11” x 22”							____ ____ ●____ ____		Inches X		____ ____ ●____ ____		Inches
REPORT AS: -FLATS when using a common insert (for example: 606, 1204, 1206, 1801, 1803, etc.) -POTS if produced as separate units, including pots produced in shuttle trays, carrier flats, or flats of individual pots. -POTS containers of annuals and mixed annuals such as color bowls, strawberry jars, or combination planters.
		Annual Bedding/			Type of	Retail Sales in 2011				Wholesale Sales in 2011
		Garden Plants			Container	Number Sold		Total Value		Number Sold		Total Value
					Flats	577		578 $		579		580 $
		Begonias			Pots less than 5”	581		582 $		583		584 $
					Pots 5” or more	585		586 $		587		588 $
					Hanging baskets	589		590 $		591		592 $
					Flats	910		911 $		912		913 $
	Geraniums				Pots less than 5”	140		762 $		142		144 $
	from vegetative cuttings				Pots 5” or more	141		763 $		143		243 $
					Hanging baskets	914		915 $		916		917 $
					Flats	844		845 $		846		847 $
	Geraniums				Pots less than 5”	147		764 $		149		151 $
	from seeds and plug seedlings				Pots 5” or more	148		765 $		150		244 $
					Hanging baskets	848		849 $		850		851 $
					Flats	637		741 $		638		639 $
	New Guinea				Pots less than 5”	680		766 $		682		684 $
	Impatiens				Pots 5” or more	681		767 $		683		685 $
					Hanging baskets	659		747 $		660		661 $
			ANNUAL BEDDING/GARDEN PLANTS (continued on next page)

		SECTION 7	ANNUAL BEDDING/GARDEN PLANTS (continued)
					Retail sales in 2011		Wholesale Sales in 2011
		Annual Bedding/ Garden Plants		Type of Container	Number Sold	Total Value	Number Sold	Total Value
				Flats	632	742 $	633	634 $
		Impatiens, other		Pots less than 5”	672	768 $	674	676 $
				Pots 5” or more	673	769 $	675	677 $
				Hanging baskets	655	748 $	656	657 $
				Flats	852	853 $	854	855 $
				Pots less than 5”	856	857 $	858	859 $
		Marigolds		Pots 5” or more	860	861 $	862	863 $
				Hanging baskets	864	865 $	866	867 $
				Flats	868	869 $	870	871 $
				Pots less than 5”	872	873 $	874	875 $
		Pansies/Violas		Pots 5” or more	876	877 $	878	879 $
				Hanging baskets	884	885 $	886	887 $
				Flats	642	743 $	643	644 $
				Pots less than 5”	688	770 $	690	692 $
		Petunias		Pots 5” or more	689	771 $	691	693 $
				Hanging baskets	663	749 $	664	665 $
				Flats	123	744 $	124	125 $
		All Other		Pots less than 5”	154	772 $	156	158 $
		Flowering and Foliar Plants1/		Pots 5” or more	155	773 $	157	245 $
				Hanging baskets	104	750 $	105	106 $
		Vegetable Type		Flats	128	745 $	129	130 $
		Bedding Plants for home use 2/		Pots less than 5”	161	774 $	163	165 $
		(exclude transplants for commercial production )		Pots 5” or more	162	775 $	164	246 $
		1/ A partial list of All Other Flowering/Foliar Plants includes: Ageratum, Alyssum (sweet), Caladium, Celosia, Coleus, Combination planter/color bowl, Dusty Miiller, Fuchsia, Gazania, Nicotiana, Portulaca, Salvia (annual), Snapdragon, Verbena, Vinca, Zinnia.
		2/ Vegetable Type Bedding Plants include: Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Other Crucifers, Herbs (culinary), Pepper (sweet & hot), Tomato and others.

SECTION 8		AREA USED FOR PRODUCTION
INSTRUCTIONS: Report greenhouse, other covered space, and outdoor land area used for the production of floriculture crops grown by this operation in 2011. [This is your operation area without counting crop turns.] INCLUDE: - Area for production of cut flowers, flowering and foliage plants, annual bedding/garden plants, herbaceous perennials, cultivated florist greens, and propagative floriculture material. Aisles, walkways and other production areas. EXCLUDE: - Non-floricultural production areas, such as fruit, vegetable, sod farms and tree and/or shrub nurseries. Non-agricultural production areas, such as roads, and parking areas. Production areas used exclusively to produce commercial vegetables or strawberries. NOTE: The roof covering (glazing) determines the greenhouse classification. For example, a greenhouse with a glass roof having film polyethylene insulation and fiberglass sides would be considered a glass greenhouse.
1. Of the area used for floriculture production in 2011, how much was in:
									Square Feet
a. Glass greenhouses?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .									247
b. Rigid plastic greenhouses (acrylics, polycarbonates, fiberglass and other rigid plastics)?. . . . . . . . .									184
c. Film plastic greenhouses (single or multi-layer poly)?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .									185
d. Shade houses (slat, saran, and other covers)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .									186
					Square Feet				Acres (Nearest Tenth)
e. Open ground (including natural shade)?. . . . . . .					882		OR		187 ._____

SECTION 9			GROSS VALUE OF SALES AND NUMBER OF HIRED WORKERS
1. What was the total gross value of sales for the reported floriculture crops in 2011?
Check sales group.
		0 to 999 dollars		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	99
		1,000 to 9,999 dollars		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1
		10,000 to 19,999 dollars		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	2
		20,000 to 24,999 dollars		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	3
		25,000 to 39,999 dollars		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	4					Office Use
		40,000 to 49,999 dollars		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	5					899
		50,000 to 99,999 dollars		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	6
		100,000 to 249,999 dollars		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	7
		250,000 to 499,999 dollars		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	8
		500,000 to 999,999 dollars		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	9
		1,000,000 dollars or more		. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	10
2. What was the largest number of workers on the payroll on any one day in 2011?								None		Workers
	INCLUDE: - Full-time, part-time workers, hired managers, and PAID family members.									898
	EXCLUDE: - Workers employed only for the retail operation, those working as landscapers, and non-paid family members.

SECTION 10			CHANGE IN OPERATOR
		Complete this section only if this operation did NOT produce any commercial floriculture products in 2011: item 1 on the front page is checked “None”.
 1. Has this operation been sold, rented, or turned over to someone else? YES, continue. NO				1a. Will this operation produce any cut flowers, potted flowering plants, potted foliage plants, flowering or foliage hanging baskets, bedding plants (annual and perennial), cut cultivated florist greens, propagative material or unfinished plants during 2012? YES DON’T KNOW NO [Regardless of answer to above, write a note to explain the situation, then go to SECTION 11, ITEM 3.] ______________________________________
2. Please provide the following information for the operation that has taken over, then go to SECTION 11, ITEM 3.
a. What is the name and address of the new operation? Operation Name: ______________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________ Operator Name: ______________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________

SECTION 11	CONCLUSION
1. Are you involved in any additional floriculture or greenhouse operations in this State?
YES, please list name and address of operation(s) in this State:_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________
1a. Did you include the production from the additional operation(s) in this report? YES NO
NO, continue.
2. Does this operation operate any floriculture farms or greenhouses in any other State(s)?
YES, please list name and address of operation(s) in other State(s):_____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________
NO, continue.
2a. Did you include the production from the additional operation(s) in this report? YES NO
3. Survey Results: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to www.nass.usda.gov/results/
Would you rather have a brief summary sent to you at a later date?				1 Yes 3No		99
4. Reported by: ___________________________________________
Date: ____________________________________________________
Telephone Number: ( )____________________________
Counties of Operation		______________________________
		______________________________
Thank You.
Comments:	___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
	___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
	___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Respondent Name:

Phone: ( )

9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

Response

Respondent

Mode

Enum.

Eval.

Change

Office Use for POID

1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est 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

785

921

789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __

Optional Use

407

408

9906

9916

S/E Name