QID Michigan Fruit Inventory - 2022

MICHIGAN FRUIT INVENTORY - 2022

OMB No. 0535-0039

Approval Expires: 02/29/2024

Project Code: 491 QID:

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United States

Department of

Agriculture

NATIONAL

AGRICULTURAL

STATISTICS

SERVICE

USDA/NASS – Michigan

Great Lakes Region

3001 Coolidge Rd., Ste 400

East Lansing, MI 48823

Telephone: (517) 324-5300

Facsimile: (855) 270-2709

E-mail: [email protected]

Please make corrections to name, address and ZIP Code, if necessary

Michigan’s fruit industry needs updated information for planning, marketing, and production forecasting.

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 and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018, Title III of Pub. L. No. 115-435, codified in 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35 and other applicable Federal laws. For more information on how we protect your information please visit: https://www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality. Response is voluntary.

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 number is 0535-0039. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 20 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.

REPORT FOR ALL LAND YOU OPERATED OR MANAGED IN 2022

Include land rented or leased from others, but exclude land rented or leased to someone else.

1. Report the acres used to produce the following crops in 2022:		ACRES
Apples		0001
Tart Cherries		0101
Sweet Cherries		0151
Peaches		0401
Plums		0501
2. Did at least one of the above listed crops have acreage?
Yes [Continue] No [Go to REPORT IF NOT GROWING FRUIT IN 2022 on page 12]

INSTRUCTIONS Please report only for acreage of fruit you operate: Include land rented from others. Exclude land rented to others. Complete a line in the questionnaire for each block in your operation. Use the name or number that you use to identify each block. Each block should have its own distinctive name or number. List the county and township where the block is located. Include all bearing and non-bearing blocks. Enter the appropriate variety, organic code, and rootstock codes (if applicable) on the lines and complete the remaining cells for each variety in the block. Round acreage to the nearest tenth of an acre. See examples below. Pages 9-12 are available as continuation pages for any fruit, if needed.
Example for Apples
Use code if given. If not write in variety name.
Block (Name of number)	County (Name)	Township (Name)	Organic code	Variety (Code or name)	Rootstock code	Year Planted	Trees (Number)	Acres	Spacing
Home Farm	Kent	Alpine	1	023	6	2012	2400	5•0	6 x 15
Jones Place	Kent	Alpine	1	Honeycrisp	5	2013	530	4•0	16 x 20
Jones Place	Kent	Alpine	2	012	5	2013	125	1•0	16 x 20
Example for Cherries
Use code if given. If not write in variety name.
Block (Name or number)	County (Name)	Township (Name)	Organic code	Variety (Code or name)	Rootstock	Year planted	Trees (Number)	Acres	Spacing
Home	Leelanau	Leland	1	Ulster	2	1994	2,400	22•0	20 x 20
Home	Leelanau	Leland	1	163	2	1991	600	6•0	20 x 22
North Forty	Leelanau	Bingham	1	111	1	2005	660	5•5	18 x 20

Apples

Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety		Code
Ambrosia	082	Fuji	016	Idared	019	Northern Spy	026	Sweetango		029
Braeburn	035	Gala	017	Jonagold	020	Paulared	027	Zestar		073
Cortland	011	Ginger Gold	042	Jonamac	046	Pink Lady	078	Other (specify)
Empire	015	Golden Delicious	012	Jonathan	023	Red Delicious	014
Evercrisp	079	Honeycrisp	065	McIntosh	024	Rome	030

Rootstocks								Organic Code
Rootstock	Code	Rootstock	Code	Rootstock		Code			Code
Seedling	1	M26	5	Bud 9		10		Conventional	1
MM111	2	Mark	6	Geneva 30		11		Transitioning	2
MM106	3	M9 & M9 clones	7	Geneva 16		12		Certified	3
M7 (VII)	4	Bud 118	8	Other (specify)

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Apples
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Cherries

Tart Cherries

Sweet Cherries

Organic Code

Variety

Code

Light

Dark

Code

Montmorency

111

Variety

Code

Variety

Code

Variety

Code

Conventional

1

Balaton

113

Andersen

191

Attika

184

Nelson

168

Transitioning

2

Other (specify)

Emperor Francis

161

Benton

192

Regina

186

Certified

3

Gold

162

Blackgold

188

Sam

169

Napoleon

163

Cavalier

175

Schmidt

170

Ranier

164164

164

164

Hedelfingen

167

Ulster

171

Other (specify)

Kristen

179

Other (specify)

Rootstocks

Mahaleb = 1

Mazzard = 2

MxM 2 = 3

MxM 60 = 4

Gisela 5 = 5

Gisela 6 = 6

Gisela 12=7

Gisela 12=7

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Cherries

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Peaches
Fresh Market										Processing			Organic Code
Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code			Code
Allstar	456	Earlystar	481	Newhaven	421	PF – 15A	461	Redhaven	422	Arkansas-9	441		Conventional	1
Autumnstar	479	Fayette	429	PF - 1	445	PF – 17	442	Redkist	434	Baby Gold - 5	411		Transitioning	2
Bellaire	426	Garnet Beauty	415	PF – 5B	446	PF – 19A	463	Redskin	423	Baby Gold – 7	466		Certified	3
Blazingstar	454	Glohaven	416	PF – 7	477	PF20 – 007	464	Redstar	459	Catherina	473
Blushingstar	453	Glowingstar	457	PF – 8-Ball	478	PF – 23	444	Risingstar	458	Venture	469
Brightstar	482	Harbrite	417	PF – 9A-007	480	PF24 – 007	465	Saturn	474	Vinegold	471
Canadian Harmony	412	John Boy	462	PF – 12A	443	PF – 24C	476	Starfire	452	Virgil	470
Coralstar	455	Loring	420	PF – Lucky 13	475	PF – 25	460	Summer Serenade	467
Cresthaven	414			PF 14NJ	447	PF – 27A	448	Other (specify)		Other (specify)

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Plums

Variety	Code	Variety	Code		Organic Code
Blufre	511	NY 9	527			Code
Castleton	525	Ozark Premier	515
Damson	512	Shiro	516		Conventional	1
Italian	513	Stanley	517		Transitioning	2
Methley	514	Toka/Bubble Gum	530		Certified	3
NY 6	526	Other (specify)

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Fruit Planting and Removal Intentions for 2023 - 2027
Do you plan to make any changes to your fruit acreage in the next five years?				Yes		Continue	No			Got to next page			Unknown			Go to next page
Please record the acres of each type of fruit and variety you plan to remove and to plant over the next five years. If you have intentions to remove or plant but do not know the variety, you may leave that column blank. If you are unsure exactly which year you will plant or remove acreage, please estimate.
Fruit Species	Variety	Year	Acres to be planted			Acres to be removed		Fruit Species			Variety			Year			Acres to be planted	Acres to be removed
		2023												2023
		2023												2023
		2023												2023
		2023												2023
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		2024												2024
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		2024												2024
		2024												2024
		2025-2027												2025-2027
		2025-2027												2025-2027
		2025-2027												2025-2027
		2025-2027												2025-2027

Operation Labor in 2022
1. Did this operation have any paid workers, including paid family members in 2022?
Yes [Continue] No [Go to Item 4]
2. Record the number of workers in each category below. W-2 is the Wage and Tax Statement required by IRS. (If an employee did both agricultural and non-agricultural work, such as packing, retailing, or office work, record in the category in which the majority of the worker’s time was spent.)

	Permanent	Seasonal
	(121 days or more per year)	(120 days or less per year)
AGRICULTURAL W-2 WORKERS
Full time (30 hours or more per week)	201	202
Part-time (29 hours or less per week)	203	204
H2-A WORKERS
Full time (30 hours or more per week)	205	206
CONTRACT (Non W-2) WORKERS
Full time (30 hours or more per week)	209	210
Part-time (29 hours or less per week)	211	212
TOTAL PAID WORKERS	213	214

3. Of the total paid workers listed in question 2 above, how many were migrant workers? (Migrant workers are seasonal farm workers who have to travel to do farm work and are unable to return to their permanent residence the same day.)

NUMBER

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4. Did you have a labor shortage in 2022?

Yes [Enter Code 1 and continue]

No [Enter Code 3 and go to Item 7]

CODE

1. How many additional permanent workers (121 days or more per year) would you have hired had they been available?

NUMBER

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2. How many additional seasonal workers (120 days or less per year) would you have hired had they been available?

NUMBER

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5. What were the total acres unharvested in 2022 due to labor shortage?

ACRES

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6. In what months during 2022 did you need these additional workers? (Check all that apply.)

January	233		July	239
February	234		August	240
March	235		September	241
April	236		October	242
May	237		November	243
June	238		December	244

July	233		July	239
August	234		August	240
September	235		September	241
October	236		October	242
November	237		November	243
December	238		December	244

7. Which sources did you use to hire new or more employees in 2022? (Check all that apply.)
Local Labor Force Recruiting / Want Ads	245
Michigan Works! Ag Employment Specialists	246
Drive Up Labor	247
H-2A Temporary Agricultural, Direct Hire	248
H-2A Temporary Agricultural, Contractor	249
Other (specify)__________________________	250

Neglected/Abandoned Orchards

In areas adjacent or nearby the orchards you operate are there any neglected/abandoned fruit orchards left unmanaged for at least one year? (Enter ‘1’ in the appropriate box.)

410

411

412

Yes

No

Don’t know

(go to conclusion)

2.  About how many neglected/abandoned acres are you aware of near your operation of the following?

Apples

413

acres

Peaches

415

acres

Cherries

414

acres

Other tree fruit

416

acres

3.  What are the locations of these neglected/abandoned orchards?

Road x

Road,

Town or city

Road x

Road,

Town or city

Prefer not to answer

4.  Rate the amount of increase in the cost of pest management you have experienced from insect or plant disease infiltration from neglected/abandoned orchards. (Enter a ‘1’ in the appropriate box).

424

425

426

427

None

Slight

Moderate

Extensive

REPORT IF NOT GROWING FRUIT IN 2022 1. Indicate the reason(s) no fruit was grown on this operation in 2022. (Check all that apply.)
Farm Sold [Conclusion] Retired from farming Entire farm rented to others Farming, but not growing tree fruit Never farmed
2. Will a new operation grow fruit in the land you operated in 2022?

Yes [Enter Code 1] No [Enter Code 3 and go to Conclusion]

CODE

0245

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3. To avoid duplication, please provide the new tree fruit producer’s name, farm name, and partners.

Please record any COMMENTS on crop quality, growing season, difficulties, etc.,.

CONCLUSION

Survey Results: The report will be available at the following website: www.nass.usda.gov/mi.
Email: __________________________________________________	Fax: ________________________________

Respondent Name: ________________________________________

9911

9910 MM DD YY

Phone: _____________________

Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

This completes the fruit inventory. Thank you for your help.

Response

Respondent

Mode

Enum.

Eval.

Change

Office Use for POID

1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est

9901

1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth

9902

1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web 6-e-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other

9903

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Optional Use

9907

9908

9906

9916

S/E Name