QID Best Management Practices Survey - Minnesota

Best Management Practices Survey - 2020
							OMB No. 0535-0218 Approval Expires: 11/30/2023 Project Code: QID: SMetaKey:
								United States Department of Agriculture
								NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
							USDA/NASS – Minnesota Upper MidwestRegion 210 WalnutSt.,#833 Des Moines,IA 50309 Phone:1-800-772-0825 Fax:1-855-271-9802 E-mail:NASSRFOUMR@usda.gov

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The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your response 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.

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The Minnesota Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), will conduct periodic surveys of major crop producers that collect information on pesticide and fertilizer use. Survey respondents are randomly selected, and the reported results are based on advanced standardized statistical analyses conducted by NASS nationwide. Your response is necessary to help provide the best statistics possible. If there are any questions, contact the Minnesota State Statistician at (615) 728-3113.

SECTION 12 CROP ACRES

Please report the total ACRES WITH CORN AND SOYBEANS you operated in 2020. Also, provide a breakdown of acres with and without irrigation. Acres under irrigation refers to acres where water was applied with an irrigation system for the purpose of producing the corn crop. Please provide the previous crop before being planted to corn. If you do not know an answer, please leave a question mark in the box next to the question.

1. Of all land operated in 2020, how many acres were:

	2020 ACRES
Acres planted to corn?.................................................................................	530
Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres not under irrigation?……..………………….	531
Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres under irrigation?……………………………..	532
Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres planted following corn?...............................	533
Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres planted following soybeans?.......................	534
Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres following alfalfa?..........................................	535
Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres planted with treated seed?..........................	536
Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres planted with seed treated with an insecticide?..................................................................................................	537
Acres planted to soybeans?.........................................................................	600
Of the acres in 1i, Soybean acres planted with treated seed?.....................	601
Of the acres in 1i, Soybean acres planted with seed treated with an insecticide?...................................................................................................	602

SECTION 22 RECORD KEEPING FOR FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS

1. Did your operation plant any corn acres in 2020?

Yes – continue to question 2 below

No – Go to Section 3

Please consider how you kept track of nitrogen fertilizer input for corn in 2020, such as rate, timing, placement, source and crediting of other nitrogen sources (e.g. manure, legumes etc.)

2. For total CORN ACRES you operated in 2020 (item 1a):

	2020 CORN ACRES
On how many acres were fertilizer inputs tracked by me using farm management software, spreadsheets or similar?.........................................	540
On how many acres were fertilizer inputs tracked by me using paper records?…………………………………….…………………………………….	541
On how many acres were fertilizer inputs tracked for me by others (e.g. fertilizer dealer, crop consultant)?…………………….…………...…………..	542

SECTION 32 NITROGEN MANAGEMENT

1. Did your operation plant any corn acres in 2020?

Yes – continue to question 2 below

No – Go to Section 4

Please consider your nitrogen application preparations for the 2020 crop season. MRTN refers to the University of Minnesota’s Maximum Return To Nitrogen approach for estimating nitrogen rate on corn.

2. For total CORN ACRES you operated in 2020 (Item 1a):

	2020 CORN ACRES NON-IRRIGATED	2020 CORN ACRES IRRIGATED
On how many acres did you use the University of Minnesota’s MRTN approach to determine N rates?..............................................................................	543	544
On how many acres did you use other industry-recommended techniques (e.g. fertilizer dealer, crop consultant, crop management software) to determine N rates?...........................................................................	545	546
On how many acres did you use an in-season soil test, plant test or crop sensors to guide nitrogen fertilizer rates?..............................................................................	547	548

3. For total CORN ACRES you operated in 2020 (Item 1a), please record the acres fertilized with the strategies listed below. (INCLUDE fertilizer applications in the preceding fall and winter, as well as preplant, at-plant and in-season applications. EXCLUDE manure applications).

	2020 CORN ACRES NON-IRRIGATED	2020 CORN ACRES IRRIGATED
All nitrogen fertilizer was applied in spring or in-season (no fall application)?.......................................................	550	551
Fall/winter applied nitrogen fertilizer was more than 75% of total nitrogen fertilizer?......................................	552	553
More than 50% of nitrogen fertilizer was applied in-season (include fertigation)…………………………........	554	555
Fall/winter nitrogen fertilizer was applied with a nitrification inhibitor…………………….………………..…	556	557
Spring nitrogen fertilizer was applied with a nitrification inhibitor………………………………………………..…	558	559

SECTION 42 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

For this question, please check the boxes as appropriate. The University of Minnesota recommends the Maximum Return to Nitrogen (MRTN) approach for nitrogen rate on corn.

1. Which of the following factors are included in the MRTN ratio (check two boxes)

Soil organic matter……………….…………………………………………………………..	560
Price of nitrogen………………………………………………………………………………	561
Yield goal……………………………………………………………………………………...	562
Previous crop…………………………………………………………………………………	563
Variable rate…………………………………………………………………………………..	564
Price of corn…………………………………………………………………………………..	565
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)……………………………………………………………	566

SECTION 52 OTHER TECHNIQUES

4. Does your operation use other practices to reduce nitrogen losses from your fields?

Yes – continue to question 2 below

No – Go to Section 6

2. What are the top three practices are you using to reduce nitrogen losses from your fields? Please list/explain below and specify the acres

		Acres where practices are used
Specify:	701___________________________________________ _____________________________________________..... _____________________________________________	702
Specify:	703____________________________________________ _____________________________________________..... _____________________________________________	704
Specify:	705___________________________________________ _____________________________________________..... _____________________________________________	706

SECTION 62 PESTICIDE QUESTIONS

Who plays a role in the following decisions? (please check all that apply, and circle the check that makes the primary decision)

Decision	Myself	Relative/ friend/ neighbor	Employee	Dealer/seed or chemical company rep	Commercial applicator	Independent crop consultant/ agronomist	Other	I don’t know	Does not occur
Which herbicide(s) is used	801	802	803	804	805	806	807	808	809
Which insecticide(s) is used	810	811	812	813	814	815	816	817	818
Which fungicide(s) is used	819	820	821	822	823	824	825	826	827
Which seed treatments are used	828	829	830	831	832	833	834	835	836

Who do you get information from about the following? (please check all that apply and circle the check that makes primary influence).

Efficacy in this question refers to the level of control that an herbicide has on weeds, insecticide has on insects, and fungicide has on pathogens.

	Extension	Relative/friend/ neighbor	Dealer/seed or chemical company rep	People on social media or blogs	Independent crop consultant/ agronomist	MN Department of Agriculture	Other	I don’t know	I don’t get this information
Integrated pest management	850	851	852	853	854	855	856	857	858
Insecticide efficacy	859	860	861	862	863	864	865	866	867
Herbicide efficacy	868	869	870	871	872	873	874	875	876
Fungicide efficacy	877	878	879	880	881	882	883	884	885
Insecticide application timing	886	887	888	889	890	891	892	893	894
Herbicide application timing	895	896	897	898	899	900	901	902	903
Fungicide application timing	904	905	906	907	908	909	910	911	912

The survey results will be available on the internet at https://www.mda.state.mn.us/ in summer, 2022.

This completes the survey. Thank you for your help!

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