Questionnaire Content Changes

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2017 Census of Agriculture

Questionnaire Content Changes

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Content Changes for 2017 Census of Agriculture


All sections

  • Removed “principal operator” wording in most places throughout the questionnaire (for example, Type of Organization section, Personal Characteristics section, internet question)


Personal Characteristics Section

  • Changed wording from “involved in day to day decisions” to “involved in the decisions”.

  • Removed “principal operator” wording in most places (see next change), including the column headings for listing the person’s involved in decisions.

  • Added “Is this person a principal operator or senior partner?” and replaced “is operator 2 or 3 the spouse of the principal operator?” with “is this person the spouse of a principal operator or senior partner”?

  • Added decision making questions.

  • Added “is this person completing this form?”

  • Added the veteran question.

  • Removed “”What percent of this person’s total household income came from this operation?”

  • Moved internet question and number of households who share in the income to other sections.


Type of Organization

  • Changed the wording of the ownership question.


Land Use Practices

  • Added “how many acres on this operation have been irrigated at least once in the past five years (2013-2017)?”


Crop Insurance and Government Programs Section

  • Removed “Direct, counter cyclical and ACRE payments received in 2012 as defined under the 2008 Farm Bill”.

  • Removed “Amount received in 2012 from loan deficiency payments, marketing loan gains, and net value of commodity certificates”.

  • Added “do you know that you have the right to appeal ad adverse program decision to USDA’s National Appeals Division?”


Grain Storage Capacity

  • Removed section.


Field Crops Section

  • Added a question for “amount used on the operation for feed, seed, etc.” for each field crop

  • Added 0verall number of acres harvested and acres irrigated.


Hay Section

  • Added “amount used on the operation for feed, seed, etc.” for each type of hay.

  • Added an option for the respondent to report in tons harvested or number of bales/weight per bale

  • Some hay categories were combined.


Fruit/nuts/berries

  • Combined into one section with new wording for column headings.


Hogs and pigs

  • The inventory categories were combined into one question.


Sheep and lambs

  • Sheep and lamb categories were combined into one question.


Equine Section

  • Removed “For the horses and ponies NOT OWNED BY YOU reported in item 3 above, mark the one item which best describes they are on this operation: (operation is a race track, boarding facility, etc.)”.


Practices

  • Value added question expanded to ask for the type of product and the gross value of sales.


Marketing practices

  • Expanded questions to get the type of product and value of sales, not just a yes/no for food items marketed directly to consumers and to other outlets.


Fertilizers, Chemicals, and Soil Conditioners Applied

  • Added “Acres of cropland and/or pastureland treated with organic fertilizer.”


Production Expenses

  • Added additional breakout to capture “cover crop seed expense”  

  • Added “medical supplies, veterinary and custom services for livestock.”

  • Added “total expenses” to the end of the list of production expenses.


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