Non-substantive Change to 2021 ARMS III for all Versions

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Non-substantive Change to 2021 ARMS III for all Versions

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October 6, 2021

Non-substantive Change Request

0535-0218 – Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) Phase III

Cost and Returns Report

Corn Cost and Returns Report

Rice Cost and Returns Report

Dairy Cost and Returns Report



Following a review of the ARMS III questionnaires that were recently approved by OMB through a substantive change on August 10, 2021, the USDA Economic Research Service, with consultation with NASS updated the question text and enumerator instruction based on further consultation. The changes are described below. Almost all changes are wording changes to clarify what is needed from the respondent. Changes will be documented by each version separately.



Cost and Returns Report

Section A, Item 14 – from “How many acres on this operation were irrigated at least once in the past five years (2016-2021)?” To “How many acres on this operation were irrigated at least once in the past five years (2017-2021)?”

Section A, Item 15 – from “Has your operation ever received financial assistance from EQIP or CSP?” to “Has this operation ever received financial assistance from EQIP or CSP?”

Section A, Item 16 – from “Has your operation ever received technical assistance from NRCS?.” to “Has this operation ever received technical assistance from NRCS?.”

Section A, Item 17d – from “Cover crops not grazed or harvested for forage” to “Cover crops harvested for forage, whether grazed or not grazed.”

Section A, Item 17f – from “Cover crops not grazed or harvested for forage” to “Cover crops not grazed or harvested for forage”

Section A, Item 17j – from “Rotational or prescribed grazing - managing the harvest of vegetation with grazing and/or browsing animals” to “Rotational or management-intensive grazing - prescribed movement of grazing animals between paddocks to manage forage productivity”

Section B, Item 1 (No option) – from “Go to Item 3” to “Go to Section C

Section C, Item 2, Column 3 – from “On Dec. 31, 2021, how many [column 1] were owned by this operation?” to “On Dec. 31, 2021, how many [column 1] were owned by and located on or off this operation?”



Section E, Item 3 – Instruction from “[If you answered YES continue; otherwise go to Section F.]” to “[If you answered YES continue; otherwise go to Item 5.]

Section E, Item 5 – Title from “SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS” to “INCENTIVES FROM COMMODITY BUYERS”

Section E, Item 5 – from “An increasing number of commodity buyers require or encourage producers to use sustainable production practices such as cover crops or reduced fertilizer application rates. Excluding certified-organic production, did this operation sell to any buyers (including cooperatives) that directly encouraged sustainable production through any of the following methods?” to “Did your buyers (including cooperatives) require or encourage you to use sustainable production practices such as cover crops or reduced fertilizer application rates through any of the following methods? exclude certified-organic production.”

Section G, Item 2 – from “In 2021, did this operation receive Federal, State or local farm program payments? (Include government payments received through a cooperative. Exclude CCC loan payments.)” to “In 2021, did this operation receive Federal, State or local farm program payments? (Include government payments received through a cooperative as well as any forgivable Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and forgivable 'advances' from the Economic Injury Disaster Assistance program. Exclude CCC loan payments.)”

Section G, Item 2c(iv) – from “Agricultural disaster payments? (Include all disaster assistance programs such as Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program (RTCP). Exclude Federal crop, dairy, and livestock insurance and other indemnity payments.)” to “Agricultural disaster payments? (Include all disaster assistance programs such as Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program (RTCP). Exclude pandemic assistance, Federal crop, dairy, and livestock insurance and other indemnity payments.)”

Section G, Item 2d – from “Did you apply for any COVID-19 related loans or grants for this farm business?” to “Did you apply for any COVID-19 related loans or grants for this farm business in 2021 (If you applied but did not receive funds, please enter $0)?”

Section G, Item 2d – column 1 (Did You Apply?) was removed.

Section G, Item 2d – column 2 – from “If you applied, did you receive any payments? If so, how much?” to “Did you receive any payments in 2021? If so, how much?”

Section G, Item 2d(i) – from “Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program or Economic Injury Disaster Loan” to “Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program (Please include any Economic Injury Disaster Loan advances here. Report all other loans form Small Business Administration in Section J Farm Debt)”

Section G, Item 2d(ii) – from “Pandemic Assistance Program or COVID-19 Food Assistance Program (CFAP)” to “Pandemic Assistance for Producers such as COVID-19 Food Assistance Program (CFAP), Pandemic Cover Crop Program, Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program”

Section G, Item 2e – from “All other Federal, State, or local program payments?” to “All other Federal, State, or local program payments? (Please exclude Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and instead report those in Section J Farm Debt on page 15)”

Section G, Item 3h – from “income from energy production (e.g. natural gas, oil, and wind turbines)? Include income from royalties, leases/fixed payments, and one-time payments received in 2021” to “income from energy production (e.g. natural gas, oil, and wind turbines)? Include income from royalties, leases/fixed payments, and one-time payments received in 2021. If none, skip to item i - all other farm related sources of income.

Section G, Item 3i – An additional include for “carbon credits”

Section G, Item 7 – from “Did your agritourism business experience state or local operating restrictions or closures due to covid-19” to “Since March 2020, did your agritourism business experience state or local operating restrictions or closures due to COVID-19?”

Section H, between 41 and 42 – NEW Question: “ATVs, Side by Sides, UTVs, etc.”

Section H, Note between Items 46 & 47 from “[NOTE: If land rented from others reported in Section A, Land in Farm, please continue to Question 47. If no land rented from others, please go to Section I, Farm Assets]” to “[NOTE: If land rented from others reported in Section A, Land in Farm, please continue to Question 48. If no land rented from others, please go to Section I, Farm Assets].”

Section J, Item 3 (Include/exclude) – from “Include farm/ranch loans, debt on the producer’s house if owned by the operation, and multi-purpose loans used for both farm and non-farm purposes. Exclude PPP and any government sponsored COVID-19 loans, CCC commodity loans and any loans used exclusively for non-farm purposes.” to “Include farm/ranch loans, debt on the producer’s house if owned by the operation, Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), and multi-purpose loans used for both farm and non-farm purposes. Exclude CCC commodity loans and any loans used exclusively for non-farm purposes. Exclude PPP loans or grants and instead report those in Section G, question 2di on page 9.

Section J, Item 5 – Please report any debt that was forgiven during 2021 as a part of USDA's loan forgiveness program. (Exclude Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans.) was removed.

Section K, Item 3 – from “Enter the number of the column that contains the "principal producer" you selected” to “Enter the number of the column (either 1, 2, 3, 4) that contains the "principal producer" you selected.

Section K, Item 5a – from “Enter the number of the column that contains the principal producer’s spouse and then proceed to question 11” to “Enter the number of the column (either 1, 2, 3, 4) that contains the principal producer’s spouse and then proceed to question 11.”

Section K, Item 16 – Introductory text “Regarding your Input Acquisition and management practices used during 2021: For the inputs listed below please indicate if you engaged in the following acquisition practices for inputs such as seeds, fertilizer, chemicals, feed, and fuel.” was removed. Item 16 is now “In 2021, for the inputs listed below, did you shop around for the best price from multiple suppliers?”. Item 17 is now the question on the right side of the table “In 2021, did you participate in a buying club, CSA, alliance, etc. to purchase the inputs listed below?”

Section K, Item 17 – Introductory text “During 2021, if you used forward pricing for your inputs please indicate if you locked in a price or used forward pricing for inputs such as seeds, fertilizer, chemicals, feed, and fuel. Locking in pricing refers to the practice of negotiating, contracting, or verbally agreeing to a set price that will be honored by the seller in the future.” was removed.

Section K, Item 17, left column – It is now Item 20 and the question text was changed from “For inputs purchased during 2021, did you lock in a price or use forward pricing for the inputs listed below? Can include forward pricing that occurred prior to 2021.” to “For input used during 2021, were they purchased using a price you had previously locked in with a contract? Locking in pricing or forward pricing refers to the practice of contracting to set a price that will be honored by the seller in the future. Include all pricing made in advance of the 2021 planting season (including previous years).”

Section K, Item 17, center column – It is now Item 20 and the question text was changed from “If yes, what percent of the price that was locked in?” to “If yes, what percent of the total purchased amount was locked in?”.

Section K, Item 17, right column – It is now Item 20 and the question text was changed from “When was this price or discount negotiated?” to “When was this price locked in?”

Section K, Item 18, introductory text “During 2021 did you prepay or negotiate discounts for inputs?” was removed.

Section K, Item 18, left two columns “During 2021 did you prepay for the inputs listed below?” and “If yes, what percentage of your input used was prepaid?” were removed.

Section K, Item 18, right two columns “During 2021 did you negotiate price discounts?” and “If yes, what percentage of your price was discounted?” are now Item 18.

NEW Section K, Item 19 “During 2021, did you use farm management or other services for advice on input sources or prices (yes/no/don't know)”. Question is asked for seeds, fertilizer, chemicals, fuel, and feed.





Corn Cost and Returns Report

Section A, Item 10, instruction – from “(Include rent received in 2021 for previous years, rent received in advance, and government payments received from those acres. Exclude grazing of livestock, to be reported in SECTION H, Item 3b.)” to “Include rent received in 2021 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.)”

Section A, Item 13 – from “Has your operation ever received financial assistance from EQIP or CSP?” to “Has this operation ever received financial assistance from EQIP or CSP?”

Section A, Item 14 – from “Has your operation ever received technical assistance from NRCS?.” to “Has this operation ever received technical assistance from NRCS?.”

Section A, Item 17d – from “Cover crops not grazed or harvested for forage” to “Cover crops harvested for forage, whether grazed or not grazed.”

Section A, Item 17e – from “Cover crop for grazing [PLACEHOLDER]” to “Cover crops grazed but not harvested for forage”

Section A, Item 17f – from “Cover crops not grazed or harvested for forage” to “Cover crops not grazed or harvested for forage”

Section A, Item 17j – from “Prescribed grazing - managing the harvest of vegetation with grazing and/or browsing animals” to “Rotational or management-intensive grazing - prescribed movement of grazing animals between paddocks to manage forage productivity”

Section C, Item 2, Column 3 – from “On Dec. 31, 2021, how many [column 1] were owned by this operation?” to “On Dec. 31, 2021, how many [column 1] were owned by and located on or off this operation?”

Section E, Item 1 (No option) – from “Go to Section F” to “Go to Item 3

Section E, Item 3 – Title from “SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS” to “INCENTIVES FROM COMMODITY BUYERS”

Section E, Item 3 – from “An increasing number of commodity buyers require or encourage producers to use sustainable production practices such as cover crops or reduced fertilizer application rates. Excluding certified-organic production, did this operation sell to any buyers (including cooperatives) that directly encouraged sustainable production through any of the following methods?” to “Did your buyers (including cooperatives) require or encourage you to use sustainable production practices such as cover crops or reduced fertilizer application rates through any of the following methods? exclude certified-organic production.”

Section G, Item 2 – from “In 2021, did this operation receive Federal, State or local farm program payments? (Include government payments received through a cooperative. Exclude CCC loan payments.)” to “In 2021, did this operation receive Federal, State or local farm program payments? (Include government payments received through a cooperative as well as any forgivable Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and forgivable 'advances' from the Economic Injury Disaster Assistance program. Exclude CCC loan payments.)”

Section G, Item 2c(iv) – from “Agricultural disaster payments? (Include all disaster assistance programs such as Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program (RTCP). Exclude Federal crop, dairy, and livestock insurance and other indemnity payments.)” to “Agricultural disaster payments? (Include all disaster assistance programs such as Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program (RTCP). Exclude pandemic assistance, Federal crop, dairy, and livestock insurance and other indemnity payments.)”

Section G, Item 2d – from “Did you apply for any COVID-19 related loans or grants for this farm business?” to “Did you apply for any COVID-19 related loans or grants for this farm business in 2021 (If you applied but did not receive funds, please enter $0)?”

Section G, Item 2d – column 1 (Did You Apply?) was removed.

Section G, Item 2d – column 2 – from “If you applied, did you receive any payments? If so, how much?” to “Did you receive any payments in 2021? If so, how much?”

Section G, Item 2d(i) – from “Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program or Economic Injury Disaster Loan” to “Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program (Please include any Economic Injury Disaster Loan advances here. Report all other loans form Small Business Administration in Section J Farm Debt on page 15)”

Section G, Item 2d(ii) – from “Pandemic Assistance Program or COVID-19 Food Assistance Program (CFAP)” to “Pandemic Assistance for Producers such as COVID-19 Food Assistance Program (CFAP), Pandemic Cover Crop Program, Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program

Section G, Item 2e – from “All other Federal, State, or local program payments?” to “All other Federal, State, or local program payments? (Please exclude Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and instead report those in Section J Farm Debt on page 15)

Section H, Item 1 – from “In 2021, how much was spent for each item by the PRODUCER(S) and PARTNER(S): (Include only expenses related to this operation. Exclude expenses NOT related to this farm/ranch; expenses of performing custom work FOR others, if this is a separate business; and expenses on land rented to others.)” to “Report total production expenses by this operation in 2021 (Include only expenses related to this operation. Exclude expenses NOT related to this farm/ranch; expenses of performing custom work FOR others, if this is a separate business; and expenses on land rented to others.)”

Section H, between 41 and 42 – NEW Question: “ATVs, Side by Sides, UTVs, etc.”

Section H, Note between Items 46 & 47 from “[NOTE: If land rented from others reported in Section A, Land in Farm, please continue to Question 47. If no land rented from others, please go to Section I, Farm Assets]” to “[NOTE: If land rented from others reported in Section A, Land in Farm, please continue to Question 48. If no land rented from others, please go to Section I, Farm Assets].”

Section J, Item 3 (Include/exclude) – from “Include farm/ranch loans, debt on the producer’s house if owned by the operation, and multi-purpose loans used for both farm and non-farm purposes. Exclude PPP and any government sponsored COVID-19 loans, CCC commodity loans and any loans used exclusively for non-farm purposes.” to “Include farm/ranch loans, debt on the producer’s house if owned by the operation, Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), and multi-purpose loans used for both farm and non-farm purposes. Exclude CCC commodity loans and any loans used exclusively for non-farm purposes. Exclude PPP loans or grants and instead report those in Section G, question 2di on page 8.

Section J, Item 5 – Please report any debt that was forgiven during 2021 as a part of USDA's loan forgiveness program. (Exclude Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans.) was removed.

Section K, Item 3 – from “Enter the number of the column that contains the "principal producer" you selected” to “Enter the number of the column (either 1, 2, 3, 4) that contains the "principal producer" you selected.

Section K, Item 5a – from “Enter the number of the column that contains the principal producer’s spouse and then proceed to question 11” to “Enter the number of the column (either 1, 2, 3, 4) that contains the principal producer’s spouse and then proceed to question 11.”

Section K, Item 12 – Removed.

Section L, Item 1 – from “Use the value codes from the box above to answer the questions in Section M. (Exclude farm income reported earlier.) Which value code represents the total income received by the principal producer, spouse, and household in 2021 from” to “Use the value codes from the box above to answer the questions in Section L. (Exclude farm income reported earlier.) Which value code represents the total income received by the principal producer, spouse, and household in 2021 from”

Section M, Item 6a (instruction) – from “(If your operation is an LLC that elected to file for tax purposes as a C-Corporation, consider this as income here.) [Skip Item 7 and proceed to Section O.]” to “(If your operation is an LLC that elected to file for tax purposes as a C-Corporation, consider this as income here.) [Skip Item 7 and proceed to Section N.]”





Rice Cost and Returns Report

Section A, Item 10, instruction – from “(Include rent received in 2021 for previous years, rent received in advance, and government payments received from those acres. Exclude grazing of livestock, to be reported in SECTION H, Item 3b.)” to “Include rent received in 2021 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 5b.)”

Section C, Item 2, Column 3 – from “On Dec. 31, 2021, how many [column 1] were owned by this operation?” to “On Dec. 31, 2021, how many [column 1] were owned by and located on or off this operation?”

Section E, Item 1 (No option) – from “Go to Section F” to “Go to Item 3

Section E, Item 3 – Title from “SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS” to “INCENTIVES FROM COMMODITY BUYERS”

Section E, Item 3 – from “An increasing number of commodity buyers require or encourage producers to use sustainable production practices such as cover crops or reduced fertilizer application rates. Excluding certified-organic production, did this operation sell to any buyers (including cooperatives) that directly encouraged sustainable production through any of the following methods?” to “Did your buyers (including cooperatives) require or encourage you to use sustainable production practices such as cover crops or reduced fertilizer application rates through any of the following methods? exclude certified-organic production.”

Section G, Item 2 – from “In 2021, did this operation receive Federal, State or local farm program payments? (Include government payments received through a cooperative. Exclude CCC loan payments.)” to “In 2021, did this operation receive Federal, State or local farm program payments? (Include government payments received through a cooperative as well as any forgivable Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and forgivable 'advances' from the Economic Injury Disaster Assistance program. Exclude CCC loan payments.)”

Section G, Item 2c(iv) – from “Agricultural disaster payments? (Include all disaster assistance programs such as Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program (RTCP). Exclude Federal crop, dairy, and livestock insurance and other indemnity payments.)” to “Agricultural disaster payments? (Include all disaster assistance programs such as Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program (RTCP). Exclude pandemic assistance, Federal crop, dairy, and livestock insurance and other indemnity payments.)”

Section G, Item 2d – from “Did you apply for any COVID-19 related loans or grants for this farm business?” to “Did you apply for any COVID-19 related loans or grants for this farm business in 2021 (If you applied but did not receive funds, please enter $0)?”

Section G, Item 2d – column 1 (Did You Apply?) was removed.

Section G, Item 2d – column 2 – from “If you applied, did you receive any payments? If so, how much?” to “Did you receive any payments in 2021? If so, how much?”

Section G, Item 2d(i) – from “Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program or Economic Injury Disaster Loan” to “Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program (Please include any Economic Injury Disaster Loan advances here. Report all other loans form Small Business Administration in Section J Farm Debt on page 14)

Section G, Item 2d(ii) – from “Pandemic Assistance Program or COVID-19 Food Assistance Program (CFAP)” to “Pandemic Assistance for Producers such as COVID-19 Food Assistance Program (CFAP), Pandemic Cover Crop Program, Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program

Section G, Item 2e – from “All other Federal, State, or local program payments?” to “All other Federal, State, or local program payments? (Please exclude Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and instead report those in Section J Farm Debt on page 14)

Section G, Item 3 – from “Has your operation ever received financial assistance from EQIP or CSP?” to “Has this operation ever received financial assistance from EQIP or CSP?”

Section G, Item 4 – from “Has your operation ever received technical assistance from NRCS?.” to “Has this operation ever received technical assistance from NRCS?.”

Section H, between 41 and 42 – NEW Question: “ATVs, Side by Sides, UTVs, etc.”

Section H, Item 45 – Instruction from “(Include ATVs, and all other capital expenditures that were placed on a depreciation schedule.)” to “(Include all other capital expenditures that were placed on a depreciation schedule.)”

Section H, Note between Items 46 & 47 from “[NOTE: If land rented from others reported in Section A, Land in Farm, please continue to Question 47. If no land rented from others, please go to Section I, Farm Assets]” to “[NOTE: If land rented from others reported in Section A, Land in Farm, please continue to Question 48. If no land rented from others, please go to Section I, Farm Assets].”

Section J, Item 3 (Include/exclude) – from “Include farm/ranch loans, debt on the producer’s house if owned by the operation, and multi-purpose loans used for both farm and non-farm purposes. Exclude PPP and any government sponsored COVID-19 loans, CCC commodity loans and any loans used exclusively for non-farm purposes.” to “Include farm/ranch loans, debt on the producer’s house if owned by the operation, Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), and multi-purpose loans used for both farm and non-farm purposes. Exclude CCC commodity loans and any loans used exclusively for non-farm purposes. Exclude PPP loans or grants and instead report those in Section G, question 2di on page 7.

Section J, Item 5 – Please report any debt that was forgiven during 2021 as a part of USDA's loan forgiveness program. (Exclude Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans.) was removed.

Section K, Item 3 – from “Enter the number of the column that contains the "principal producer" you selected” to “Enter the number of the column (either 1, 2, 3, 4) that contains the "principal producer" you selected.

Section K, Item 5a – from “Enter the number of the column that contains the principal producer’s spouse and then proceed to question 11” to “Enter the number of the column (either 1, 2, 3, 4) that contains the principal producer’s spouse and then proceed to question 11.”

Section K, Item 12 – Removed.

Section M (Type of Organization section) is now Section L

Section M, Item 6a (instruction) – from “(If your operation is an LLC that elected to file for tax purposes as a C-Corporation, consider this as income here.) [Skip Item 7 and proceed to Section O.]” to “(If your operation is an LLC that elected to file for tax purposes as a C-Corporation, consider this as income here.) [Skip Item 7 and proceed to Section M.]”

Section L (Farm Producer Household – Income, Assets, & Debt section) is now Section M

Section N, Item 1 (No option) – From “<none>” to “Skip to Section O”





Dairy Cost and Returns Report

Section A, Item 6 (Include/Exclude) – From “(Include rent paid in 2021 for previous years and rent paid in advance. Exclude storage bins, to be reported in SECTION H, Item 20. Exclude grazing of livestock, to be reported in Item 7 below.)” to “(Include rent paid in 2021 for previous years and rent paid in advance. Exclude storage bins, to be reported in SECTION H, Item 21. Exclude grazing of livestock, to be reported in Item 7 below.)”

Section A, Item 10, instruction – from “(Include rent received in 2021 for previous years, rent received in advance, and government payments received from those acres. Exclude grazing of livestock, to be reported in SECTION H, Item 3b.)” to “Include rent received in 2021 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 5b.)”

Section A, Item 19 (Conservation Practices) was moved to Item 13.

Section A, Item 19c – From “Cover crop not grazed or harvested for forage” to “Cover crop harvested for forage”

Section A, Item 19e – from “Cover crop harvest for forage” to “Cover crops not grazed or harvested for forage”

Section A, Item 19g – from “Prescribed grazing - managing the harvest of vegetation with grazing and/or browsing animals” to “Rotational or management-intensive grazing - prescribed movement of grazing animals between paddocks to manage forage productivity”

Section A, Item 13 – From “How many acres of alfalfa did this operation have in 2021?” to “Did this operation have any acres of alfalfa in 2021? (Yes/No). If yes, report your alfalfa acreage by age of stands:”

Section A, Item 13a – From “Establishment year (planted in 2021)” to “Established and not harvested in 2021”

Section A, Item 13b – From “First full harvest year (planted in 2020)” to “Harvested for the first time in 2021”

Section A, Item 13c – From “Second or third harvest year (planted in 2018 or 2019)” to “Second or third harvest year”

Section A, Item 13d – From “Fourth or later year (planted in 2017 or earlier)” to “Fourth or later year”

Section A, Item 14 – was moved to Section A, Item 19.

Section A, Item 16 – Added instruction “If you used more than one main method and used them in equal amounts, choose the one you used most recently. Wet hayage includes silos, bunkers, and bags.”

Section E, Item 2 (Exclude instruction) – From “Exclude landlord shares (report in SECTION A) and marketing charges (report in SECTION H, Item 33).)” to “Exclude landlord shares (report in SECTION A) and marketing charges (report in SECTION H, Item 34).)”

Section G, Item 2 – from “In 2021, did this operation receive Federal, State or local farm program payments? (Include government payments received through a cooperative. Exclude CCC loan payments.)” to “In 2021, did this operation receive Federal, State or local farm program payments? (Include government payments received through a cooperative as well as any forgivable Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and forgivable 'advances' from the Economic Injury Disaster Assistance program. Exclude CCC loan payments.)”

Section G, Item 2c(iv) – from “Agricultural disaster payments? (Include all disaster assistance programs such as Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program (RTCP). Exclude Federal crop, dairy, and livestock insurance and other indemnity payments.)” to “Agricultural disaster payments? (Include all disaster assistance programs such as Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP), reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program (RTCP). Exclude pandemic assistance, Federal crop, dairy, and livestock insurance and other indemnity payments.)”

Section G, Item 2d – from “Did you apply for any COVID-19 related loans or grants for this farm business?” to “Did you apply for any COVID-19 related loans or grants for this farm business in 2021 (If you applied but did not receive funds, please enter $0)?”

Section G, Item 2d – column 1 (Did You Apply?) was removed.

Section G, Item 2d – column 2 – from “If you applied, did you receive any payments? If so, how much?” to “Did you receive any payments in 2021? If so, how much?”

Section G, Item 2d(i) – from “Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program or Economic Injury Disaster Loan” to “Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program (Please include any Economic Injury Disaster Loan advances here. Report all other loans form Small Business Administration in Section J Farm Debt on page 14)

Section G, Item 2d(ii) – from “Pandemic Assistance Program or COVID-19 Food Assistance Program (CFAP)” to “Pandemic Assistance for Producers such as COVID-19 Food Assistance Program (CFAP), Pandemic Cover Crop Program, Pandemic Livestock Indemnity Program

Section G, Item 2e – from “All other Federal, State, or local program payments?” to “All other Federal, State, or local program payments? (Please exclude Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and instead report those in Section J Farm Debt on page 14)

Section G, Item 3 – from “Has your operation ever received financial assistance from EQIP or CSP?” to “Has this operation ever received financial assistance from EQIP or CSP?”

Section G, Item 4 – from “Has your operation ever received technical assistance from NRCS?.” to “Has this operation ever received technical assistance from NRCS?.”

Section H, between 41 and 42 – NEW Question: “ATVs, Side by Sides, UTVs, etc.”

Section H, Item 45 – Instruction from “(Include ATVs, and all other capital expenditures that were placed on a depreciation schedule.)” to “(Include all other capital expenditures that were placed on a depreciation schedule.)”

Section H, Note between Items 46 & 47 from “[NOTE: If land rented from others reported in Section A, Land in Farm, please continue to Question 47. If no land rented from others, please go to Section I, Farm Assets]” to “[NOTE: If land rented from others reported in Section A, Land in Farm, please continue to Question 48. If no land rented from others, please go to Section I, Farm Assets].”

Section J, Item 3 (Include/exclude) – from “Include farm/ranch loans, debt on the producer’s house if owned by the operation, and multi-purpose loans used for both farm and non-farm purposes. Exclude PPP and any government sponsored COVID-19 loans, CCC commodity loans and any loans used exclusively for non-farm purposes.” to “Include farm/ranch loans, debt on the producer’s house if owned by the operation, Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL), and multi-purpose loans used for both farm and non-farm purposes. Exclude CCC commodity loans and any loans used exclusively for non-farm purposes. Exclude PPP loans or grants and instead report those in Section G, question 2di on page 7.”

Section J, Item 5 – Please report any debt that was forgiven during 2021 as a part of USDA's loan forgiveness program. (Exclude Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loans.) was removed.

Section K, Item 3 – from “Enter the number of the column that contains the "principal producer" you selected” to “Enter the number of the column (either 1, 2, 3, 4) that contains the "principal producer" you selected.

Section K, Item 5a – from “Enter the number of the column that contains the principal producer’s spouse and then proceed to question 11” to “Enter the number of the column (either 1, 2, 3, 4) that contains the principal producer’s spouse and then proceed to question 11.”

Section K, Item 16 (No option) – From “Go to Item 15” to “Go to Item 18

Section L, Item 1 – from “Use the value codes from the box above to answer the questions in Section M. (Exclude farm income reported earlier.) Which value code represents the total income received by the principal producer, spouse, and household in 2021 from” to “Use the value codes from the box above to answer the questions in Section L. (Exclude farm income reported earlier.) Which value code represents the total income received by the principal producer, spouse, and household in 2021 from”

Section M, Item 6a (instruction) – from “(If your operation is an LLC that elected to file for tax purposes as a C-Corporation, consider this as income here.) [Skip Item 7 and proceed to Section O.]” to “(If your operation is an LLC that elected to file for tax purposes as a C-Corporation, consider this as income here.) [Skip Item 7 and proceed to Section N.]”

Section O “Dairy Screening Production, and Inventory” is now Section N.

Section O, Item 1 (No option) – From “Go to Section V” to “Go to Section W

Section O, Item 4 (Yes option) – From “Go to Section V” to “Go to Section W

Section O, Item 7 (No option) – From “Go to Section P” to “Go to Section O

Section P “Purchases” is now Section O.

Section Q “Sales and Other Income” is now Section P.

Section R “Dairy Housing” is now Section Q.

Section R, Item 4f – from “use a nutrition plan to design mixes or purchase feed?” to “use a nutritionist to design mixes or purchase feed?.”

Section S “Milking Facilities & Practices” is now Section R.

Section T “Dairy Feed & Pasture” is now Section S.

Section T, Feed type codes – There is a new feed type for “32 soybean meal”

Section T, Item 7 (No option) – From “Go to Section U” to “Go to Section T

Section U “Dairy Manure” is now Section T.

Section U, Item 4 (No option) – From “Go to Item 4” to “Go to Item 5

Section U, Item 5 (No option) – From “Go to Section V” to “Go to Section U

Section U, Item 6 (No option) – From “Go to Section V” to “Go to Section U

Section V “Vehicles, Trucks, and Tractors” is now Section U.

Section V, Item 1 – From “How many pick-ups, cars and sport utility vehicles were used for DAIRY production in 2021” to “How many pick-ups (1/2 ton or smaller), cars and sport utility vehicles were used for DAIRY production in 2021?”

Section V, Item 1a is now Section U, Item 2.

Section V, Item 1b is now Section U, Item 2a with the reference from 1a to 2.

Section V, Item 1c is now Section U, Item 2b with the reference from 1a to 2.

Section V, Item 2 (Exclude statement) – From “Exclude pickups” to “Exclude pickups that have 1/2 ton or less hauling capacity.”

Section V, Item 2, Column 1 (Exclude statement) – From “Exclude pickups” to “Exclude pickups that have 1/2 ton or less hauling capacity.

Section V, Item 3 is now Section U, Item 4.

Section W “Machinery and Equipment” is now Section V.





These changes will not impact the current sample size or respondent burden.



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