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Project Code: 904
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
National Processing Center
1201 East 10th Street
Jeffersonville, IN 47132
Phone: 1-888-424-7828
Fax:1-812-218-2232
E-mail: [email protected]

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NASS is collecting information on the costs and returns for operating a farm or ranch in the United States and it is essential that we collect this information directly
from the producers to make the information as accurate as possible.
The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your responses will be kept confidential and any person who willfully discloses ANY
identifiable information about you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both. This survey is conducted in accordance with the Confidential
Information Protection provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 107-347 and other applicable Federal laws. For more information on how we protect your
information please visit: https://www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality. Response is YROXQWDU\. You may skip any question(s) you prefer not to answer.
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 control number for this information collection is 0535-0218. The time required to complete this
information collection is estimated to average 100 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.

[If this operation is a partnership, please identify the other person(s) involved.]

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For 2021, please report farm/ranch land owned, rented, or used by you, your spouse, or by the partnership, corporation or
organization for which you are reporting. (Include all cropland, idle land, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), pastureland, woodland,
wasteland, farmstead, acres used for crop/livestock production facilities, and all other building sites associated with this operation, etc.)

Number of Acres

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1.

How many acres of farm/ranch land were owned? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0020

2.

How many acres of farm/ranch land were rented or leased from others – (Exclude



land used on an animal unit month (AUM) or fee per head basis under a grazing permit.)

a. for a fixed cash rent payment? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0021
b. for a flexible rent payment? (Include hybrid rental arrangements where rent
paid is based on a fixed cash payment plus some shared production.). . . . . . . . . . . . . 0022
c. for a share of the crop or livestock production? (Exclude hybrid rental
arrangements.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0023



d. for free? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0024



3.

How many acres of farm/ranch land were rented or leased to others? (Include land
rented for cash, for a flexible rent, for a share of crop or livestock production, or rent free.) . . 0025



4.

Then the TOTAL ACRES in this operation in 2021 were:
(Total Items 1 + 2a + 2b + 2c + 2d - 3.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0026

5.

How many of the (Item 4) acres were considered FURSODQGin 2021? (Include land




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in government programs, fruit/nut/berry/nursery acres, and land planted to hay, including
wild hay. Exclude CRP acres planted to trees.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0063

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6. Including rent for land and/or buildings, what was the total CASH RENT PAID in 2021
by this operation? (Include rent paid in 2021 for previous years and rent paid in advance.

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Exclude storage bins, to be reported in SECTION H, Item 20. Exclude grazing of livestock, to
be reported in Item 7 below.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0044

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a. In 2021, what were the total fees this operation paid for the use of SXEOLFO\
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administered by a public agency through exchange-of-use.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0045

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b. In 2021, how much did this operation spend on pasturing or grazing of livestock
on SULYDWHO\RZQHGODQG(railroads, another farm/ranch, etc.) used on a fee per
head (AUM) or gain basis? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0046

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a. What was the estimated total MARKET VALUE of your landlord’s share
of FURSproduction from this operation in 2021? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0184

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b. What was the estimated total MARKET VALUE of your landlord’s share
of OLYHVWRFNproduction sold or removed from this operation in 2021?
(Exclude shared livestock production not part of a land rental arrangement.) . . . . . . . . . . 0276

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What was the estimated market value of the land and buildings on the acres
rented or leased FROM OTHERS on December 31, 2021? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0855

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Report any land this operation used (on DSHUKHDGRU$80EDVLV) that is administered
either by: public or private agencies, industrial corporations, grazing associations, or
rented from individuals on a short term grazing arrangement in 2021.

Report any crop or livestock 6+$5(5(17payments for land rented from others in 2021.

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10. Including rent for land and/or buildings, what was the total CASH RENT RECEIVED
in 2021 for acres rented TO OTHERS by this operation? (Include rent received in 2021

None

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for previous years, rent received in advance, and government payments received from those
acres. Exclude grazing of livestock, to be reported in SECTION G, Item
. . 3b.)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0042

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11. For acres 6+$5(5(17('to others, what was the total value of crop or livestock
shares received in 2021 by this operation? (Include rent received in 2021 from previous
years and government commodity payments received from those acres.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0043

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12. What was the estimated market value of the land and buildings on the acres rented
or leased TO OTHERS on December 31, 2021? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0857

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ALFALFA
Acres

13. How many acres of alfalfa did this operation have in 2021?
a. Establishment year (planted in 2021) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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b. First full harvest year (planted in 2020) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxx
c. Second or third harvest year (planted in 2018 or 2019) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

xxxx

d. Fourth or later year (planted in 2017 or earlier) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

xxxx

Acres

14. How many acres were not planted in alfalfa in 2021 but are planned for planting in alfalfa in 2022. . .

xxxx

Number

15. For your alfalfa fields, not including those fields planted in 2021, what is that typical number
of cuttings that you made in 2021? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

16.What is the main method used to harvest alfalfa in 2021? . . . . . . .

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1 Dry Bales
2 Wet Baleage
3 Wet Haylage

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(silos, bunkers, bags)

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4 Direct Grazing
5 Other
6 None harvested

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17.How many acres of alfalfa on this operation were irrigated in 2021? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Acre - Feet

18.What was the average amount of water applied on irrigated alfalfa in 2021? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

xxxx

CONSERVATION PRACTICES
19. For each of the conservation management practices listed below, report the total acres on this operation using this
practice in 2021 in Column 1. Report those acres that were using the practice AND received a cost share or financial
payment in Column 2. (Conservation payments are provided by USDA programs such as EQIP, CSP or similarly
structured state or local programs and provide financial assistance to help defray the cost of practice adoption.)

Tillage Practices

1

2

Acres where practice
was used in 2021
(regardless of payment)

Acres with conservation
payment in 2021 (zero if
no payment received)

a. No-Till or Strip-Till: crops planted directly through
undisturbed residue from the prior crop or into a narrow strip
that leaves most of the residue between planting rows.

2570

2571

b. Other Conservation Tillage (all crops) - full-width tillage leaves
at least 30% soil surface covered by crop residue at planting.

2576

2578

c. Cover crop not grazed or harvested for forage

2580

2581

d. Cover crop grazed but not harvested for forage

xxxx

xxxx

e. Cover crop harvested for forage

2583

2584

f. Nutrient management (based on a written plan)

2589

2590

g. Rotational or prescribed grazing - managing the harvest of
vegetation with grazing and/or browsing animals

2596

2597

2568

2569

Cover Crops

Other Practices

h. Riparian buffers/filter strips - planting of grasses, shrubs,
trees or other vegetation along the border of the field to
control erosion and reduce run-off into adjacent water bodies

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Were any crops harvested from this operation or did this operation receive any income from these crops in 2021?
(Include your landlord’s share and crops grown under contract. Exclude crops grown on land rented to others.)

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3 Low moisture corn
4 Barley
5 High moisture sorghum/milo (>20%)
6 Low moisture sorghum/milo
7 Wheat
9 Oats
10 Other feed grains
11 Distillers or brewers grain
12 Other non protein by-product
13 Cotton seed meal
14 Protein supplements
15 Protein by-products
16 Vitamin or mineral supplements
(include kelp)

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17 Alfalfa hay
(include alfalfa hay mixtures)
18 Other hay (include wild hay)
19 Straw
20 Corn silage
21 Sorghum/milo silage
22 Other silage or haylage
23 Alfalfa cubes or pellets
24 Green chop, all crops
25 Corn stalks
26 Milk or milk by-product
27 Liquid whey
28 Other feed additives
29 Antibiotics or
other medicated additives
30 Milk replacer or calf starter

21 Airtight upright silo
22 Other upright silo
23 Bin/tank for
high moisture grain
24 Bin for grain
25 Metal feed tank
26 Other bin/tank
27 Corn crib
28 Open building/shed
29 Closed building/shed
30 Trench or bunker silo
31 Slab
32 Hay tarp
33 Plastic bagging/wrapping
34 No facility used
35 Other, specify:

In 2021, did this operation grow and harvest feed that it fed to dairy cattle?
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