QID Fruit Inventory Survey - MI - 2022 Survey

FRUIT INVENTORY SURVEY

2022 CROP

OMB No. 0535-0039

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Project Code: 491 QID:

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United States

Department of

Agriculture

NATIONAL

AGRICULTURAL

STATISTICS

SERVICE

USDA/NASS – Michigan

Great Lakes Region

P.O. Box 30239

Lansing, MI 48909-9983

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
Tart Cherries
Sweet Cherries
Peaches
Plums
1. 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. If you participated in a previous Fruit Inventory, you will find enclosed a printout of the blocks you reported previously. Space has been left on these printouts for you to update the information. Check all “other” varieties on the block record and update them. Your updated copy of the previous printout should be returned with this questionnaire in which you should report on new blocks acquired or planted since previously reported. You may use the printout as a reference only and list all of your blocks in questionnaire. All of your fruit blocks must be accounted for between the updated printout and the questionnaire. If you did not receive a printout from the previous survey, 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, township, and section (if known) where the block is located. Include all bearing and non-bearing blocks. Exclude neglected blocks. Enter the appropriate variety and rootstock codes 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.
Example for Apples
Use code if given. If not write in variety name.
Block (Name of number)	County (Name)	Township (Name)		Variety (Code or name)	Rootstock code	Year Planted	Trees (Number)	Acres	Spacing
Home Farm	Kent	Alpine		023	6	2012	2400	5•0	6 x 15
Jones Place	Kent	Alpine		Red Delicious	5	2013	530	4•0	16 x 20
Jones Place	Kent	Alpine		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)	Section	Variety (Code or name)	Rootstock	Year planted	Trees (Number)	Acres	Spacing
Home	Leelanau	Leland		Ulster	2	1994	2,400	22•0	20 x 20
Home	Leelanau	Leland		163	2	1991	600	6•0	20 x 22
North Forty	Leelanau	Bingham		111	1	2005	660	5•5	18 x 20

Apples

Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety		Code
Blondee	075	Fuji--early season	076	Honeycrisp	065	McIntosh	024	Rome		030
Braeburn	035	Fuji--main season	016	Idared	019	Northern Spy	026	Sweetango		029
Cameo	052	Gala	017	Jonagold	020	Paulared	027	Winesap		032
Cortland	011	Ginger Gold	042	Jonamac	046	Pink Lady	078	Zestar		073
Empire	015	Golden Delicious	012	Jonathan	023	Red Delicious	014	Other (specify)

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

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Cherries

Tart Cherries

Sweet Cherries

Variety

Code

Light

Dark

Montmorency

111

Variety

Code

Variety

Code

Variety

Code

Galaxy

112

Emperor Francis

161

Attika

184

Nelson

168

Balaton

113

Gold

162

Blackgold

188

Regina

186

Other (specify)

Napoleon

163

Cavalier

175

Sam

169

Ranier

164

Hedelfingen

167

Schmidt

170

Other (specify)

Kristen

179

Ulster

171

Mahaleb = 1

Mazzard = 2

MxM 2 = 3

MxM 60 = 4

Gisela 5 = 5

Gisela 6 = 6

Gisela 12=7

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Variety (Code or name)

Rootstock Code

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Trees (Number)

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Peaches
Fresh Market										Processing
Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code
Allstar	456	Earlystar	481	Newhaven	421	PF – 15A	461	Redhaven	422	Arkansas-9	441
Autumnstar	479	Fayette	429	PF - 1	445	PF – 17	442	Redkist	434	Baby Gold - 5	411
Bellaire	426	Garnet Beauty	415	PF – 5B	446	PF – 19A	463	Redskin	423	Baby Gold – 7	466
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
Nectarines		Pears					Plums
Variety	Code		Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code	Variety	Code
Eastern Glo	866		Asians	611	Harrow Sweet	621	Blufre	511	NY 9	527
Fantasia	861		Bartlett	612	Red Sensation	617	Castleton	525	Ozark Premier	515
June Glo	863		Bosc	613	Spartlett	618	Damson	512	Shiro	516
Redgold	864		Clapp’s	614			Italian	513	Stanley	517
Summer Beauty	868		D’Anjou	615			Methley	514	Toka/Bubble Gum	530
Other (specify)			Harrow Delight	620	Other (specify)		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		Go 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
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Operation Labor in 2022
1. Did this operation have any paid workers, including paid family members in 2022?
Yes [Continue] No [Go to Item XX]
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.) If none, go to question 5.		NUMBER
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
How many additional permanent workers (121 days or more per year) would you have hired had they been available?		NUMBER
How many additional seasonal workers (120 days or less per year) would you have hired had they been available?		NUMBER
5. What were the total acres unharvested in 2022 due to labor shortage?		ACRES
6. In what months during 2022 did you need these additional workers?
January February March April May June	July August September October November December

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

Neglected Orchards

In the townships where you operate, are there any neglected fruit orchards, vineyards, or plantations left unmanaged for at least one year? (Enter “1” in the appropriate box.)

410 Yes                         (continue)

411 No                                 (go to item 5)

412 Don’t know                    (go to item 5)

2.  In the primary township where you operate, about how many neglected acres are there of the following?

Apples

413                           acres

Blueberries

415                                          acres

Grapes

414                                          acres

Other tree fruit

416                            acres

3.  Within one-half mile of any of your fruit, how many neglected acres of fruit are there?

4.  Rate the amount of increase in the cost of pest management you have experienced from insect or plant disease infiltration from neglected fruit acreage:     (Enter “1” in the appropriate box.)

424

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427

None

Slight

Moderate

Extensive

REPORT IF NOT GROWING FRUIT IN 2022 1. Indicate the reason no fruit was grown on this operation in 2022

Farm Sold [Enter Code 1 and go to Item 11] Retired from farming [Enter Code 2 and go to Item 11] Entire farm rented to others [Enter Code 3 and go to Item 11] Farming, but not growing grapes [Enter Code 4 and go to Item 11] Never farmed [Enter Code 5 and go to Conclusion]

CODE

2. Will a new operation grow grapes in the land you operated in 2022?

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

CODE

0245

3. To avoid duplication, please provide the new grape 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: ________________________________________

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This completes the survey. Thank you for your help.

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