QID Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Survey

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SECTION 1 - CROPLAND ACRES

Please report your total cropland acres on all the land you operated in 2021. Also, provide a breakdown of acres with tiling and without tiling. NOTE: TILE DRAINED acres refers to acres drained by clay tiles, perforated plastic pipes, and pattern tile systems

Please report your operations total cropland acres on all the land you operated including a breakdown of acres with tile drained and non-tile drained in 2021.

Note: TILE DRAINED acres refers to acres drained by clay tiles, perforated plastic pipes, and pattern tile systems.

Of all land operated in 2021, how many acres were …	Tiled	Non-tiled	Total (Tiled + Non-tiled)
Acres planted to corn	xxx	xxx	xxx
Acres planted to soybeans	xxx	xxx	xxx
Other acres of cropland	xxx	xxx	xxx
Total Cropland	105	106	104

SECTION 2 - NITROGEN MANAGEMENT

Please consider your nutrient applications in preparation for the 2021 crop season. Review the enclosed map of Illinois and the table of Nitrogen application rates. Our goal is to gather the number of CORN acres you fertilized AT OR BELOW the MRTN rate for your area.

2021 ACRES

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Consider your total CORN acres in 2021 and all of the nitrogen applications to those acres:

1. On how many CORN acres did your operation use the University of Illinois Recommended total Nitrogen rate (also known as Maximum Return to Nitrogen – MRTN) OR LESS than that rate. (refer to attached map and chart)?.........................................................................

1. What influenced your decision in determining your total Nitrogen rate (e.g. fertilizer provider, crop consultant, farm management software, etc.). List all that apply...............................................................................................................

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Of the total CORN ACRES in 2021, please record the acres fertilized with the strategies listed below. EXCLUDE manure applications.

Please consider all the acres of CORN you planted in 2021, and all the fertilizer you applied for that crop.	Corn Acres
How many CORN acres were fertilized with dry fertilizer blends containing Nitrogen in the fall and winter preceding 2021?	xxx
How many CORN acres were fertilized with Anhydrous Ammonia during the Fall and winter preceding 2021?	xxx
a. Of those acres fertilized with Anhydrous Ammonia in the fall, on how many acres did you fertilize using a nitrification or inhibitor?	xxx
Of your total corn acres, how many acres were part of a split-application, where some of the nitrogen was applied in the spring and some in fall or winter (split application acres)?	xxx
How many CORN acres were fertilized with 100% of your Nitrogen needs during the spring of 2021 (spring only Nitrogen applications)?	xxx
Of all the acres you fertilized in the spring with Nitrogen, including split application acres and spring only acres, on how many acres did you fertilize using a nitrification or urease inhibitor?	xxx

SECTION 3 - PHOSPHORUS APPLICATIONS and REASONS for REDUCING

1. Did your operation reduce PHOSPHORUS applications since 2011?

1 ^{Yes - Continue} 3 ^{No - Go to Section 4}

^ACRES

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^{a. On how many acres has your operation reduced phosphorus application rates since 2011?}

2. What influenced your operations decision in reducing phosphorus applications:

1. The Illinois Agronomy Handbook removal rates for phosphorus were updated in 2017?

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₁ Yes - Continue ₃ No - Go to Section 3, Question 2b _ACRES

1. On how many acres did your operation reduce phosphorus applications because of the Illinois

Agronomy Handbook?......................................

2. Soil test Information?

702

₁ Yes - Continue ₃ No - Go to Section 3, Question 2c _ACRES

1. On how many acres did your operation reduce phosphorus applications because of soil test results?....................................

3. Other reasons, including cost: Please list below.

710

ACRES

1. 

   703

   If other reasons, On how many acres did your operation reduce phosphorus applications?...........

ACRES

3. Has your operation changed the placement of phosphorus to move from broadcast to subsurface application or banding application?.........................................................

Yes - Continue No - Go to Section 4

1. On how many acres did your operation change placement of phosphorus from broadcast to subsurface or banding?

SECTION 4 – COVER CROPS

COVER CROPS refers to crops including grasses, legumes and forbs planted for conservation purposes, including erosion control, improving soil structure, moisture, and nutrient content, increasing beneficial soil biota, or providing habitat for inspects, pollinators and wildlife.

On how many acres did you plant cover crops preceding the 2021 crop?	xxx
Of those acres, how many acres utilized cover crops prior to CORN?	xxx
Of those acres, how many acres utilized cover crops prior to SOYBEANS? Please exclude double-crop soybeans planted after a winter wheat cash crop.	xxx

SECTION 5 - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

For these next questions please enter the code that best describes your operation’s level of knowledge.

1. 

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   506
   508
   518
   519
   xxx	Total Acres
   How many of those acres did you fertilize using a Nitrification Inhibitor?
   How many acres were fertilized with Nitrogen during the spring of 2021?
   How many of those acres did you fertilize using a Nitrification Inhibitor?

   
   

   ^{What is your operations level of knowledge of:} ENTER CODE

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   1 - Not at all knowledgeable 2 - Slightly knowledgeable

   3 - Somewhat knowledgeable 4 - Knowledgeable

   5 - Very knowledgeable

   The Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy?...................

2. Maximum Return to Nitrogen (MRTN) strategy?................

c. Wood chip bioreactors?......................................................

d. Constructed Wetlands?......................................................

e. Cover crop management (species selection, planting dates, termination strategy, etc.)?...........................................

f. Saturated buffers?.......................................................

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	ACRES
How many of those acres did you fertilize using a Nitrification Inhibitor?	xxx
3. How many acres were fertilized with Nitrogen during the spring of 2021?	xxx
4. How many of those acres did you fertilize using a Nitrification Inhibitor?	xxx

SECTION 6 - OTHER TECHNIQUES

1. Does this operation use any other practices to reduce nutrient losses from your fields?

1 ^{Yes - Continue} 3 ^{No - Go to Survey Results}

2. What practices are you using? Please list/explain below

810

ACRES PRACTICES USED

1. 

   801

   Specify:

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2. Specify:

811

802

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3. Specify:

812

803

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SURVEY RESULTS: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/

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This completes the survey. Thank you for your help.

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