QID 029894 2011 Spring Acreage Survey - AK

Project 123 QID 029894		OMB No. 0535-0002: Approval Expires 3/31/2014
	2011 SPRING ACREAGE SURVEY			NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
			Alaska Field Office P.O. Box 799 Palmer, AK 99645 Phone 907-745-4272, Fax 907-746-4654 1-800-478-6079, Fax 1-800-741-4654 http://www.nass.usda.gov/ak [email protected]

Your help is needed in preparing the 2011 Crop Acreage estimates. IF EXACT ACREAGES ARE NOT KNOWN, PLEASE GIVE YOUR BEST ESTIMATES. 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.

Please return this form by June 5, 2011

ACRES OPERATED Please report the total acres operated under this land arrangement.
1. On June 1, how many acres did this operation:	ACRES
Own? ..........................................................................................................................+
Rent or Lease from others or use Rent Free? (Exclude land used on an animal unit month (AUM) …………………………………. +
Rent to others? .......................................................................................................... −
2. Then the total acres operated on June 1 was: …..………………………………………=
3. Of the total acres operated, how many acres are considered CROPLAND, including land in hay, summer fallow, cropland idle, cropland used for pasture and cropland in government programs?

IF YOU DON’T INTEND TO PLANT OR HARVEST CROPS IN 2011 PLEASE CHECK HERE [ ] AND RETURN THIS SHEET.

REPORT HAY ACRES TO BE HARVESTED
4. How many acres will be cut for dry hay in 2011? (Exclude straw, haylage and greenchop.)	ACRES
Small Grain Hay? (Excluding straw.)………………………………………………...
All Other Hay? (Including brome, timothy, and other tame and wild hay.)……………..

REPORT OF ACRES PLANTED OR TO BE PLANTED	ACRES
5. For the following small grains, please report acres planted for all purposes this past fall or this spring, and acres harvested and to be harvested for either grain or seed in the 2011 crop year. (Include cover crops planted on government program land.)	Planted for All Purposes	Harvested And To Be Harvested for either Grain or Seed
Barley? (Including acres planted as cover crop, grazed off, cut for hay/haylage, or abandoned.)…………………………………………………
Oats? (Including acres planted as cover crop, grazed off, cut for hay/haylage, or abandoned.)…………………………………………………………………
	ACRES
6. POTATOES……………………………………………………………………………….
7. ALL OTHER CROPS (Please specify crop.) Including vegetables, grass seed, specialty crops, and any other crop not already listed.	ACRES
a.__________________________..............................................................................
b.__________________________............................................................................
c.__________________________..............................................................................

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Name:                                                                        PHONE:                                     DATE:                                            

Office Use
Response	Respondent	Mode

National Agricultural Statistics Service Cooperating With Alaska Division of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Agriculture Alaska Cooperative Extension Ag & Forestry Experiment Station