June Area Survey - Section D. Crops and Land Use on Tract

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1 June Area Survey - Section D Crops and Land Use on Tract

2 Section D Crops and Land Use This is the most important section of the questionnaire. Section D is used to account for ALL acreage inside the BLUE tract boundary. The acreage, components and usage of every field must be accounted for. Pages of the Interview Manual

3 IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER: Section D collects detailed information on ALL ACREAGE inside the BLUE TRACT boundary. FIELD boundaries are drawn off using a RED PENCIL. A Field is a continuous area of land devoted to one crop or land use. Extra time reviewing the photo with the operator prior to completing Section D allows you to accurately account for all the acreage in the tract.

4 Number each field sequentially on the aerial photo as you complete this section.

5 Section D: Lines 1-10

6 Section D: It's a Fine Line Line 1: Total Acres Must have an entry for every field drawn on the photo. Enter to the nearest tenth (0.1) of an acre Line 2: Record the Crop or Land Use.

7 Section D: Field 1 FIELD 1: If the operator lives inside the segment, FIELD 1 = FARMSTEAD (IC 843) Includes: occupied dwelling, lawn, home use garden, buildings and pens around the op s house *This is the ONLY line for farmstead. If the operator lives outside the segment, FIELD 1 = The most accessible field or easiest field to identify on the aerial photo.

8 Section D: It's a Fine Line Line 3: Occupied Farmstead Only complete if operator lives inside the segment. Farmstead acreage is recorded on line 3. This is only available for Field 1.

9 Section D: It's a Fine Line Line 4: Waste Un-Occupied Dwellings Roads Ditches Buildings Exclude: Idle cropland Woodland areas Greater than 5.0 Acres must be drawn off separate! NOTE: Michigan does not need to classify waste ANYMORE!

10 Section D: It's a Fine Line Line 5: Woodland 5.0 or more acres must be drawn off as a separate field. Woodland grazed should be coded as Woodland Pastured by checking the appropriate box in Line 5. You cannot have woods and waste in the same field. IMPORTANT NOTE: Areas of woods or waste taking up less than 5 acres may be included as part of a field.

11 Section D: It's a Fine Line Line 6: Pasture Land normally grazed by livestock. Permanent Pasture Not in regular crop-pasture rotation. Cropland Pasture Cropland to be used only for pasture during the current year. Could be used for crops without additional improvements.

12 Section D: It's a Fine Line Line 8: Idle Cropland Cropland that will not be used for crops during the current year. CRP or WRP is recorded here. Make sure to correctly identify the situation in Line 2 (land use).

13 Section D: It's a Fine Line Line 9: Two Crop Uses Double Cropping: Two crops harvested from the same field during the same crop year. Example: Winter Wheat planted following Soybeans. Record the second Crop in Line 9.

14 Section D: It's a Fine Line Line 9: Two Crop Uses Dual Utilization: Two or more uses of the same field. Not necessarily two crops for harvest. Has a broader definition than Double Cropping. Ex: Rye planted in the fall as a cover crop and plowed down in the spring, followed by corn planting. Record a secondary use of a field in Line 9.

15 Section D: It's a Fine Line Line 9: Two Crop Uses Look out for: Cover crops Abandoned crops YES/NO check box Write description of 2nd crop/2nd use Record acreage of 2nd crop/2nd use

16 Section D: It's a Fine Line Line 10: Acres to be Planted If planting is not complete at the time of the interview, record the number of acres left to be planted or seeded. Line 11: Acres Irrigated (IN & OH Only)

17 Section D: Lines 16-51

18 Section D: Recording Rules The remaining lines are used to record: Acreage planted or to be planted Acreage to be harvest for grain Acreage to be harvest for hay Line 29: Other uses of Grain Planted Plowed Under Cut for Silage Abandoned

19 Section D: Recording Rules Do not include any land outside the segment boundaries in section D. Each column is for a different field. Each field has a specific* use. Acreage for each field should be entered to the nearest tenth (0.1) of an acre. Woods and waste cannot be in same field. *Some exceptions apply.

20 Section D: Example

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23 3 0 FS

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25 3 0 FS Grass Hay 9 0

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27 FS Grass Hay 31 0 Woodland 31 0 x 9 0

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29 4 5 WW/Clover x Clover

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31 14 5 WW/SB x SB

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33 Woods 22 0 x 22 0

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35 45 0 Corn 2 0 x

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37 48 0 Soybeans 1 8 x 46 2

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39 75 0 WW/Corn x Corn WW Aband. 75 0

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41 043 B Cantaloupes 30 0

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43 043 B Cantaloupes Sweet Corn

44 Section D: Line 51 - Other Crops o Fruit and Nuts o Grapes o Berries o Vegetables o Sweet Corn o Sunflower o Canola Examples of Other Crops o Exclude: Home Gardens o Haylage/Greenchop o Christmas Trees o Nursery/Floriculture o Sugarbeets o Mint o Sorghum o Speltz in Other Crops

45 Section D: What s Left?

46 Section D Field acres must sum to Total Tract Acres Add the acreage across Line 1 and enter the total in Box 840. More than 9 fields require a supplement. Any fields listed on supplement must also be included as part of the Total Tract Acres (Box 840).

47 Section D - Final Questions TRACT B - TOTAL TRACT ACRES: All Fields are accounted for in Section D.

48 Section D - Final Questions Questions 55 How many hay acres will be harvested from native or wild grasses or pasture land? Check Section D for Hay acres. IMPORTANT: Check that fields on the photo match fields in Section D.

49 Section D Tract Acres are VERY important to farm number estimates. If Operator is not available or refuses to report, SECTION D MUST BE completed by observation.

50 Refusals/Inaccessibles Section D must still be complete by observation Observe tract and field boundaries Observe field usage (corn, waste, pasture,...) Provide field size (acres); use grid rulers as necessary Provide observation (presence/absence) for other parts of the questionnaire.

51 Section D Pledge

52 Questions?