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Al Lancaster Farming, we would like to get to know you better How many dairy and beef cows, hogs, chickens and other livestock, you have, what crops you grow, what
farming practices you use, and what parts of our weekly farm newspaper you enjoy most We would like to expand our coverage in areas of additional interest to our readers
Your response to this questionnaire will help Lancaster Farming continue to be your farming newspaper, a major supporter of the agricultural industry in this nation
Thank you for your suport, in taking the time to fill out this questionnaire
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1 What is your relationship to the agricultural community?
□Farmer □Agri-business □Educator
2 If you ate a farmer how many acres do you farm?
□Owned □Rented
3 How would you describe your farm?
□Dairy
What field ciops are grown on your farm, and how many acres are devoted to each crop?
□Small grains □Corn QAlfalfa □Soybeans,
□Tobacco QGrass and pasture □Trees,
What vegetables do you grow for sale How many acres/pounds?
□Potatoes QSweet corn QPeas
□Lettuce □Cauliflower
□Onions.
What hints do you grow for sale? How many acres or bushels/pounds
□Apples □Peaches □Blueberries
□Nuts □Other
If you have a dairy farm, what animals, production and equipment do you have
□Dairy cows no head □Replacement stock.
□top individual record □Registered □commercial
□tie stall □free stall □grazer □conventional
What animals and products other than dairy do you raise and/or produce for sale? No. head:
□Cattle & Calves QHogs □Sheep & Lambs,
□Layers □Broilers □Turkeys OGeese Ducks
□Grai
9 What types of fertilizer do you use 9
□Urea
□Triple super phosphate
10 What types of insecticides do you use
□Pounce □Warrior □Lorsban
□Bacillus thunngiensis (genetically modified crop)
11 What types of hei bicides do you use 9
□Preemergent
12 Do you produce any organic crops 9
□Yes
13. Do you sell any agricultural products directly to the consumer?
□Yes QNo
□At local grocery stores
14 What type of fencing do you use on your farm 9
□High tensil polymer
□Barbed wire □Other
15 What types of farm equipment do you own? How many?
□Tractors □Trucks
□Disc harrows □Combine
16 How do you receive most of your news,
□Local □State EWorld
□TV □lnternet □Other
17 Do you use any of the following communication devices at your farm 9
□Cellular phone □lnternet access □Electronic bulletin board
18 Which age group are you in 9
□ 18-24 025-34 Q 35-44
19 If you are a fanner, how many years have you been actively farming 9
□O-5 06-10 □ 11-20
20 What kind ot farm ownership do you have?
□lndividual □Family partnership □Family corporation □Non-family corporation □Other.
21 What is your gender 7
□Male
22 How many people live in your household including yourself, other adults, and all children?
□ 1 l_l2 Q 3 04 05 06 07
23 Roughly, into which of these groups does the total annual income before taxes of all members of your household fall 7
□524,999 or less □525,000-$39,999 □540,000-$54,999 □555,000-$74,999 □575,000-$lOO,OOO
□More than $lOO,OOO
24 What was the last grade of formal education you completed?
□Graduate study □College graduate □Part college
25 In what type of dwelling do you live 7
□Farm house,
□Mobile home
26 What can Lancaster Farming do to serve you better.
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□Poultry
□Urea ammonium nitrate □Ammonium sulfate □Diammomum phosphate,
□Monoammonium phosphate □Potash QManure
□Postemergent QSpecify brand name
□No
□ Female
□Attached house (duplex)
□Other
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□Beef
□Please list them.
□At a road side stand
□ To other farmers
□Wire mesh, electric systems
□Wagons
□Bailer
□More than $200,000
□Researcher
□Hog
□Carrots.
□Tomatoes.
□Cherries
□Force
□Other
□Cultivators
□Hay rake
□Farm
□45-49
□2l-30
□8 09
□High school graduate QPart high school QBth grade or less
□Apartment
□Student
□Cash crop
□Gn
;n beans.
□Strawberries.
□Pears.
□Herd average
□parlor
□Goats
□Other
□Counter
□At farmers markets QAt produce auction
□Other
□ PVC-Polyvinyl Chloride
□Planters
□Other
□Newspapers
□Fax
□5O-54
□3l or more
□lO or more
□More than $300,000
□Multiple family farm house
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□Other
□Vegetable □Tree QOther
□Cabbaj
□Other
□Melons.
□Fish.
□Ratites.
□Other
□Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) spray
□Plows
□Powers
□Radio
□Walkie talkie □Other
□55-64 Q 65 or older