QID 34011 Cattle Report Jan. 1, 2009

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Project Code 150 QID 304011 Version 1		OMB No. 0535-0213: Approval Expires 12/31/2010
	CATTLE REPORT January 1, 2009					NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
				Alabama Field Office P.O. Box 240578 4121 Carmichael Road Montgomery, AL 36124-0578 1-800-832-4181 Fax: 334-279-3590 E-mail: nass-al@nass.usda.gov
			Information requested in this survey is used to prepare estimates of current and future supplies of beef. Facts about your operation are confidential and used only in combination with similar reports from other producers. Response is voluntary.

					Attempted Contacts
					Date	Time	Notes
Stratum	POID	Tract	Subtr.
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1.

[ Verify name and mailing address of this operation. Make corrections (including the correct operation name) on the label and continue.]

[ Check if name label verified]

2. Were any cattle or calves, regardless of ownership, on this operation on January 1, 2009 or at any time during 2008? (Cattle and calves on grazing land leased on a fee per head or animal unit month (AUM) basis should be included by the cattle owner, excluded by the land owner.)
Yes [Go to Item 3 .] No a. Will there be any cattle or calves, regardless of ownership, on this operation during 2009?
Yes = 1 Don't Know = 2 No = 3	493
Were you (the individual named on the label) operating a farm or ranch on January 1, 2009?
Yes – [Go to Section 2 .] No - [Go to Section 4 . ]

3. Are the day-to-day decisions for this operation made by one individual, a hired manager, or partners? [Check one]
	One individual – [Go to Section 1 .] A hired manager – [Go to Section 1 .] Partners – How many partners make the day-to-day decisions?			Number of Partners
[Enter number of partners, including the partner named on the label. Identify the other persons in this partnership in the boxes on the next page, then continue with Section 1 .] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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					Office Use
					921	930	941

4.	Please identify the other person(s) in this partnership, then continue. [Verify partners names and make necessary corrections if names have already been entered]
	[Check if verified]								Office Use
	Name:	________________________________		Phone: (______) __________					Stratum
		(First) (Middle) (Last)							925
	Address:	_______________________________		___________________		____	_______		Ind. Op.
		(Rt or St.)		(City)		(State)	(Zip)		924
	Did this partner operate land individually on June 1, 2008?
	Yes No

	[Check if verified]								Office Use
	Name:	________________________________		Phone: (______) __________					Stratum
		(First) (Middle) (Last)							926
	Address:	_______________________________		___________________		____	_______		Ind. Op.
		(Rt or St.)		(City)		(State)	(Zip)		924
	Did this partner operate land individually on June 1, 2008?
	Yes No

	[Check if verified]								Office Use
	Name:	________________________________		Phone: (______) __________					Stratum
		(First) (Middle) (Last)							927
	Address:	_______________________________		___________________		____	_______		Ind. Op.
		(Rt or St.)		(City)		(State)	(Zip)		924
	Did this partner operate land individually on June 1, 2008?
	Yes No

	[Check if verified]								Office Use
	Name:	________________________________		Phone: (______) __________					Stratum
		(First) (Middle) (Last)							928
	Address:	_______________________________		___________________		____	_______		Ind. Op.
		(Rt or St.)		(City)		(State)	(Zip)		924
	Did this partner operate land individually on June 1, 2008?
	Yes No

Section 1 – Cattle and Calves

1. On January 1, 2009 were any Cattle and Calves, regardless of ownership, on the total acres operated? (Cattle and calves on grazing land leased on a fee per head or animal unit month (AUM) basis should be included by the cattle owner, excluded by the land owner.)
Yes - [Go to Question 2 ]	No - Were any cattle or calves, regardless of ownership, on the total acres operated at any time during 2008? Yes – [Go to Question 4 b. ] No – [Go to Section 2 . ]

2. Of the total number of cattle and calves on hand January 1, how many were:
a. Beef Cows, including beef heifers that had calved? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						+	351
b. Milk Cows, both dry or in milk, including milk heifers that had calved? [If no milk cows, go to Item 2c.] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						+	352
(i) How many cows were milked on January 1? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				349
(ii) How much milk was produced that day? (Only one day’s production.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	502	Gals.	OR	501	Lbs.
c. Bulls weighing 500 pounds or more? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						+	353
d. Heifers that had not calved, weighing 500 pounds or more:
(i) For Beef Cow replacement? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						+	354
(1) How many of these Beef Cow replacement heifers are expected to calve during 2009? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				376
(ii) For Milk Cow replacement? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						+	355
(1) How many of these Milk Cow replacement heifers are expected to calve during 2009? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				377
(iii) Other Heifers 500 pounds or more? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						+	356
e. Steers weighing 500 pounds or more? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						+	357
f. Heifer, Steer, and Bull Calves weighing less than 500 pounds, including newborn calves? . . . . .						+	358
3. [Add Items 2a through 2f and verify the total.] Then the Total Cattle and Calves on hand January 1 was: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .						=	350

Calf Crop For 2008 (Calves born on grazing land leased on a fee per head or animal unit month (AUM) basis should be included by the cattle owner, excluded by the land owner.)
4. Of the Calves Born on the total acres operated during 2008, how many: (Exclude calves purchased.)
a. Were On Hand January 1, 2009?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	+	363
b. (Of the Calves Born on the total acres operated during 2008, how many) had been Sold, Moved Off this operation, or Slaughtered by January 1?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	+	364
c. Had Died by January 1? (Exclude calves born dead.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	+	365
5. [Add items a through c above] Then the Total Calves Born during 2008 was:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	=	366
a. Of these Calves Born, how many were born in the 6 month period, July 1 through December 31, 2008?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		361

Deaths and Losses (Cattle and calves that died or were lost on grazing land leased on a fee per head or animal unit month (AUM) basis should be included by the cattle owner, excluded by the land owner.)
6. How many Cattle weighing 500 pounds or more Died or Were Lost from All Causes during 2008?. .	367
7. How many Calves weighing less than 500 pounds Died or Were Lost from All Causes during 2008? (Exclude calves born dead.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	368

Cattle and Calves On Feed
We need to know about the Cattle and Calves on Feed for the slaughter market. Their ration would include grain, silage, hay, or protein supplement.
8. Are there any Cattle and Calves on Feed, regardless of ownership, on the total acres operated that will be shipped directly from your feedlot to slaughter market? Include cattle being fed by you for others. Exclude any of your cattle being custom fed in feedlots operated by others. Exclude cattle being “backgrounded only” for sale as feeders, for later placement on feed in another feedlot, or to be returned to pasture.
Yes – [Go to Question 9 .]	No –	Did you operate a feedlot or feeding facility, on the total acres operated at any time since January 1, 2008?
		Yes – [Go to Question 10 .] No –[Skip Items 9, 10, and 11.]

9. How many Cattle and Calves were On Feed January 1 that will be shipped directly from your feedlot to slaughter market? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

652

10. Considering your cattle feeding facilities, what is the largest number of cattle and calves that you would feed for slaughter market, at any one time? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	676
[If largest number on feed is 1,000 or greater, skip Item 11.]

11. During 2008 how many cattle and calves on feed were shipped directly to slaughter market from your feedlot? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

678

Breeding Stock Values (Report for cattle inventory on hand January 1, 2009.)
12. What is the average value per head (replacement value) of the : [Report to nearest dollar.]
a. Milk Cows? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	$	266
b. Heifers kept for milk cow replacement? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	$	267

	1 – Incomplete, has Cattle 2 – Incomplete, Cattle presence unknown	498
	3 – Valid Zero

Section 2 – Other Information

			Acres
1. How many Total Acres were in this operation on January 1, 2009? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			900
	Include the farmstead, all cropland, woodland, pastureland, wasteland, and government program land that is owned, rented or leased from others, used rent free, or managed. Exclude land rented to others.
			Acres
a. Of the total [Item 1] acres operated, how many acres are Cropland, including land in hay and cropland in government programs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			802
			Bushels
2. On January 1, what was the Total Storage Capacity of all structures normally used to store Whole Grains or Oilseeds on this operation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			808
3. During the past 12 months, what was the Largest Number of the following Livestock and Poultry on hand at Any One Time on this operation: (Include animals of any age, including newborns.)			Largest Number
a. All Hogs and Pigs, owned by this operation?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			300
b. All Sheep and Lambs, regardless of ownership? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			672
c. All Angora, Spanish, or other Goats and Kids, regardless of ownership? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			673
d. All Chickens (excluding broilers on feed for meat production), regardless of ownership? . . . . . . .			719
e. All Horses, Ponies, Mules, Donkeys, or Burros, regardless of ownership? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			209
			Largest Number
4. During the past 12 months, what was the largest number of Hired Agricultural Workers, including paid family members, on the payroll on any one day? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .			989

1. During 2009, did this operation rent any land from others for cash? (Exclude land rented on a whole farm basis – dwelling and buildings along with farmland.)
CheckBox1 Yes [Continue] CheckBox2 No [Skip a, b, and c. Go to the next question]
a. How many acres of non-irrigated cropland were rented for cash? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Acres	3421	. ___
(i) What was the cash rent per acre? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dollars / Acre	3422	. ___ ___
b. How many acres of irrigated cropland were rented for cash? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Acres	3424	. ___
(i) What was the cash rent per acre? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dollars / Acre	3425	. ___ ___
How many acres of permanent pasture, grazing or grassland were rented for cash? (Exclude Federal, State, and other types of land rented on an animal unit month (AUM) basis . . . . . . . .Acres	3427	. ___
(i) What was the cash rent per acre? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dollars / Acre	3428	. ___ ___
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Section 3 – Cash Rents

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Section 4 – Change in Operator

●[Complete this section only if questions (2 and 2b) on the front page are answered “No”.]
1. Has the operation named on the label been sold, rented, or turned over to someone else?
Yes- [Continue] No- [Go to Item 1a.]			1a. Will the land be used for any agricultural purpose by you (the operator), or anyone else in the next year? (Including growing crops or raising livestock.) Yes Don't Know No [Regardless of answer to above, write a note to explain the situation, then go to Section 5.] __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________
2. Was the operator (name on label) operating a farm or ranch on June 1, 2008? Yes- [Continue] No- [Continue]
3. Please provide the following information for the operation that has taken over the land:
a. What is the name and address of the new operation? Operation Name: ____________________________ Operator Name: _____________________________ Address: ___________________________________ City: ___________________ State: _______ Zip: ___ Phone: _________________________
b. Was the [Item 3a] new operation in business before June 1, 2008? Yes- [Go to Section 5.] No- [Continue]
c. Is the [Item 3a] new operation managed? Yes- [Go to Section 5. Then complete a separate Questionnaire for the operation in Item 3a.]		No- [Continue]
d. Were any individuals associated with the [Item 3a] operation operating land individually before June 1, 2008?
Yes- [Go to Section 5.]	No- [Go to Section 5, then complete a separate questionnaire for the operation in Item 3a.]

Section 5 – Conclusion

● [If the opDomStatusid on label is 99, go to item 2.]

1. Do you (the operator named on the label) make any day-to-day decisions for another farm or ranch?
Yes – 1a. What is the name of the other operation(s): _______________________________________________
	[Complete a separate questionnaire for this operation.]
1b. Was this operation in business before June 1, 2008 ? Yes No
No - [Continue]

2. Would you like to receive a copy of the results of this survey in the mail? (The survey results will also be available on the Internet at http://www.nass.usda.gov after 3:00 pm ET on February 1, 2009.)
Yes - [Enter code 1.] No - [Enter code 3.]			Code
			099
This completes the survey. Thank you for your help.
		9910 MM DD YY Date: _ _ _ _ _ _
Respondent’s Name: _____________________ Phone: (_____) ______________________

Response		Respondent		Mode		Enum.	Eval.	Office Use for POID
1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est 8-Known Zero	9901	1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth	9902	1-Mail 2-Tel 3-Face-to-Face 4-CATI 5-Web 6-e-mail 7-Fax 8-CAPI 19-Other	9903	098	100	789 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __
								Optional Use
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