Census Screener Postcard

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In the past 12 months:
1. Did you raise or sell any livestock (including cattle, hogs, sheep, goats,
equine, poultry, bees, aquaculture, etc.)?

o Yes
o No

2. Did you operate cropland, pastureland, or other land with agricultural
activity? (Exclude personal or home use gardens.)

o Yes
o No

3. Do you have any land with potential for agricultural activity?

o Yes
o No

4. Did you receive any federal or state agricultural payments?
(Include Federal Farm Program, CRP, WRP, FWP, and CREP payments.)

o Yes
o No

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has sent you several surveys in the past to identify agricultural activity
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What farming practices are you using and how do you choose them?
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more about
thedecision-making
census, please visit
www.nass.usda.gov/AgCensus.
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call toll-free
practices
and
will be
sent out in April 2013. Your Ifresponses,
name, and
identifying
(888)postcard
424-7828.
This
is the first of a two-part survey. Please complete this initial survey and indicate your willingness
information will remain confidential.
to complete the longer, follow-up survey. The follow-up survey with additional questions about your farming
Thank youand
for decision-making
your participation.willProject
practices
be sentDirector:
out in April 2013. Your responses, name, and identifying
PLEASE RETURN BY MARCH 1, 2013
information will remain confidential.
Dr. V. Ernesto Méndez
Sincerely,
Department of Plant and Soil Science
Project Director:
PLEASE RETURN BY MARCH 1, 2013
University of Vermont
Dr. V. Ernesto Méndez
Burlington, VT 05405
Department of Plant and Soil Science
Hubert Hamer
802-656-2924 [email protected]
of Vermont
Administrator, National Agricultural University
Statistics Service
If
you have any
questions about your rights as a participant in a research
Burlington,
VT 05405
United States Department of Agriculture
project, you should
contact Nancy Stalnaker, the Director of the Research
802-656-2924
[email protected]
Protections Office at the University of Vermont at 802-656-5040
If you have any questions about your rights as a participant in a research
project, you should contact Nancy Stalnaker, the Director of the Research
Protections Office at the University of Vermont at 802-656-5040

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