June Area: Sections E, E.1 & F
NASS Survey Training
June Area: Sections E, E.1 & F
United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service
NOD-Training Group St. Louis, MO
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use Purpose • Determines total land in the operation • Provides data for state estimates of Number of Farms and Land in Farms • Provides data for state estimates of Cash Rents • Shifts focus of interview from tract to entire operation
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use • Up until this point, the interview has focused on just the acreage in the Tract but now shifts to the entire operation. • Item 2 asks for acres owned plus acres rented from others minus acres rented out to others, summing to the total acres operated. • Item 2b(i) asks if any of the acres were rented for cash. – Skipped if there were no rented acres in item 1b.
• Item 3 verifies that all acres in the operation were accounted for. – If not, go back and make corrections
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use • Item 4 asks if the operation paid on a per-head or animal unit month (AUM) basis for livestock to graze on any land – If “Yes”, how many acres?
• Item 6 compares total acres operated to tract acres – Total acres operated cannot be less than tract acres • Make corrections
– If tract acres and total acres operated are the same, verify that the operator does not have any other acres outside the tract • Make corrections if necessary
– If total acres operated are greater than tract acres, continue with the interview
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use • Item 7 asks for the number of acres considered to be cropland. – Be sure to include land in hay, summer fallow, idle cropland, cropland used for pasture and cropland in government programs. • See chapter 9 of the IM for a list of includes and excludes
– Cropland cannot equal total acres operated if the respondent has any other acreage where buildings or grain bins are located, woods or waste acres listed in section D, pasture for livestock to graze on, etc.
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use • Item 8 asks for the number of acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) or in the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) – Acres in item 8 should have been included in item 7 (cropland) • Item 8 acres cannot be more than item 7
• Item 9 asks about acres rented for cash and the cash rent per acre – If any of the Item 1b acres were rented for cash • Item 1b.(i) = 1 “YES”
– Then at least one of the types of land rented for cash must be answered. – If the operator doesn’t know or refuses: write DK (Don’t Know) beside the boxes – not in the boxes
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use • Item 10 refers to the Crop-Stocks box on page 3. –If checked: Continue –If NOT checked: Skip to Section G • If the box is not checked, then this operation is on our List of Farmers and we do not need to ask all of the questions.
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use • Item 12 asks the enumerator if any small grains were recorded in Section D. – If yes: check the box, enter “1” in code box 161, and go to Item 13. – If no: ask if any were planted on the total acres operated and code accordingly.
• Item 13 asks for the number of acres planted (or to be planted) for the listed crops.
SECTION E.1 GM Crops on Total Acres Operated • Provides data for state estimates of acreage planted with biotech seed varieties or “genetically modified” (GM) varieties • This data gives us a measure of how quickly the use of biotechnology is growing in agriculture • NASS publishes corn, soybean and cotton acreage planted with biotech seed varieties, commonly referred to as ‘genetically modified’ (GM) varieties.
SECTION E.1 GM Crops on Total Acres Operated • For corn and cotton, acres planted with: – Stacked gene varieties, Herbicide resistant varieties and Bt only varieties
• For soybeans acres planted with: – A herbicide resistant only variety
• See IM page 633 for some trade names
SECTION E.1 GM Crops on Total Acres Operated • GM planted acres for each crop must be equal to or less than the number of acres reported in Section E, Item 13 • If the respondent planted GM varieties but doesn’t know or refuses the number of acres – Check ‘Yes’ – Write ‘DK’ next to the acreage box
SECTION F Grains and Oilseeds in Storage Purpose • Provides data for state estimates of On-Farm total grain storage capacity. – Storage capacity estimates are only published in the year-end Grain Stocks report released in early January.
• Also provides data for state estimates of the quantity of grains and oilseeds stored on farms. – Published in the quarterly Grain Stocks report.
SECTION F Grains and Oilseeds in Storage • What counts as grain storage capacity? – Structures that are normally used to store whole grains or oilseeds on the total acres operated. Whole grains (Corn, Wheat, Oats, Rye, Barley, etc) OR Whole oilseeds (Soybeans, Sunflowers, etc)
• Exclude ground storage and structures not normally used to store whole grains or oilseeds. • Be sure to exclude any storage at commercial elevators.
SECTION F Grains and Oilseeds in Storage • Account for all whole grains and oilseeds stored June 1 on the total acres operated. • Include: – – – – –
All grains and oilseeds in permanent and temporary storage facilities Any unprocessed whole grains, even those intended for feed or seed Someone else’s grain if stored on this operation All government stored grain located on this operation All stocks from previous year’s production
• Exclude: – Any grain changed from its original form (rolled, cracked, or milled) – Any grains or oilseeds with no economic value such as contaminated or rotted – Any grains or oilseeds stored off farm such as “at the elevator” or “stored in town”
SECTION F Grains and Oilseeds in Storage • Be sure to account for crops in temporary storage. – This can be trucks, wagons, bags, grain carts, piles in buildings, piles outside, etc.
• If the respondent has the crop in storage but does not know the amount, check YES and write DK (Don’t Know) next to the cell.
Questions?
June Area: Sections E, E.1 & F
United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service
NOD-Training Group St. Louis, MO
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use Purpose • Determines total land in the operation • Provides data for state estimates of Number of Farms and Land in Farms • Provides data for state estimates of Cash Rents • Shifts focus of interview from tract to entire operation
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use • Up until this point, the interview has focused on just the acreage in the Tract but now shifts to the entire operation. • Item 2 asks for acres owned plus acres rented from others minus acres rented out to others, summing to the total acres operated. • Item 2b(i) asks if any of the acres were rented for cash. – Skipped if there were no rented acres in item 1b.
• Item 3 verifies that all acres in the operation were accounted for. – If not, go back and make corrections
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use • Item 4 asks if the operation paid on a per-head or animal unit month (AUM) basis for livestock to graze on any land – If “Yes”, how many acres?
• Item 6 compares total acres operated to tract acres – Total acres operated cannot be less than tract acres • Make corrections
– If tract acres and total acres operated are the same, verify that the operator does not have any other acres outside the tract • Make corrections if necessary
– If total acres operated are greater than tract acres, continue with the interview
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use • Item 7 asks for the number of acres considered to be cropland. – Be sure to include land in hay, summer fallow, idle cropland, cropland used for pasture and cropland in government programs. • See chapter 9 of the IM for a list of includes and excludes
– Cropland cannot equal total acres operated if the respondent has any other acreage where buildings or grain bins are located, woods or waste acres listed in section D, pasture for livestock to graze on, etc.
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use • Item 8 asks for the number of acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) or in the Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) – Acres in item 8 should have been included in item 7 (cropland) • Item 8 acres cannot be more than item 7
• Item 9 asks about acres rented for cash and the cash rent per acre – If any of the Item 1b acres were rented for cash • Item 1b.(i) = 1 “YES”
– Then at least one of the types of land rented for cash must be answered. – If the operator doesn’t know or refuses: write DK (Don’t Know) beside the boxes – not in the boxes
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use • Item 10 refers to the Crop-Stocks box on page 3. –If checked: Continue –If NOT checked: Skip to Section G • If the box is not checked, then this operation is on our List of Farmers and we do not need to ask all of the questions.
SECTION E Total Acres Operated and Land Use • Item 12 asks the enumerator if any small grains were recorded in Section D. – If yes: check the box, enter “1” in code box 161, and go to Item 13. – If no: ask if any were planted on the total acres operated and code accordingly.
• Item 13 asks for the number of acres planted (or to be planted) for the listed crops.
SECTION E.1 GM Crops on Total Acres Operated • Provides data for state estimates of acreage planted with biotech seed varieties or “genetically modified” (GM) varieties • This data gives us a measure of how quickly the use of biotechnology is growing in agriculture • NASS publishes corn, soybean and cotton acreage planted with biotech seed varieties, commonly referred to as ‘genetically modified’ (GM) varieties.
SECTION E.1 GM Crops on Total Acres Operated • For corn and cotton, acres planted with: – Stacked gene varieties, Herbicide resistant varieties and Bt only varieties
• For soybeans acres planted with: – A herbicide resistant only variety
• See IM page 633 for some trade names
SECTION E.1 GM Crops on Total Acres Operated • GM planted acres for each crop must be equal to or less than the number of acres reported in Section E, Item 13 • If the respondent planted GM varieties but doesn’t know or refuses the number of acres – Check ‘Yes’ – Write ‘DK’ next to the acreage box
SECTION F Grains and Oilseeds in Storage Purpose • Provides data for state estimates of On-Farm total grain storage capacity. – Storage capacity estimates are only published in the year-end Grain Stocks report released in early January.
• Also provides data for state estimates of the quantity of grains and oilseeds stored on farms. – Published in the quarterly Grain Stocks report.
SECTION F Grains and Oilseeds in Storage • What counts as grain storage capacity? – Structures that are normally used to store whole grains or oilseeds on the total acres operated. Whole grains (Corn, Wheat, Oats, Rye, Barley, etc) OR Whole oilseeds (Soybeans, Sunflowers, etc)
• Exclude ground storage and structures not normally used to store whole grains or oilseeds. • Be sure to exclude any storage at commercial elevators.
SECTION F Grains and Oilseeds in Storage • Account for all whole grains and oilseeds stored June 1 on the total acres operated. • Include: – – – – –
All grains and oilseeds in permanent and temporary storage facilities Any unprocessed whole grains, even those intended for feed or seed Someone else’s grain if stored on this operation All government stored grain located on this operation All stocks from previous year’s production
• Exclude: – Any grain changed from its original form (rolled, cracked, or milled) – Any grains or oilseeds with no economic value such as contaminated or rotted – Any grains or oilseeds stored off farm such as “at the elevator” or “stored in town”
SECTION F Grains and Oilseeds in Storage • Be sure to account for crops in temporary storage. – This can be trucks, wagons, bags, grain carts, piles in buildings, piles outside, etc.
• If the respondent has the crop in storage but does not know the amount, check YES and write DK (Don’t Know) next to the cell.
Questions?
