QID Texas Wheat Acreage and Variety Survey

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Texas wheat acreage and variety survey April 2009			NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
		Texas Field Office P.O. Box 70; Austin, TX 78767 512-916-5581; Fax 1-800-842-1331 E-mail: nass-tx@nass.usda.gov
	We need your help to make the Texas Wheat Acreage & Variety Survey as accurate as possible. Response is voluntary and not required by law. However, these estimates will help Texas producers in planning and adjusting their marketings. Please answer only those questions that pertain to your operation, and mail your report as soon as possible in the enclosed envelope. Your reported information will be kept confidential.

1. How many acres of non-irrigated wheat did this operation plant for all proposes? Acres	472
a. How many of these acres will be harvested for grain? Acres	035
b. What average yield do you expect for these acres? Bushels	038
2. How many acres of irrigated wheat did this operation plant for all purposes? Acres	471
a. How many of these acres will be harvested for grain? Acres	034
b. What average yield do you expect from these acres? Bushels	037

Please turn to page 2 and complete the Wheat Varieties and Practices section of this questionnaire.

If this operation did not plant any wheat for 2009, please sign and date the questionnaire

and return it in the enclosed envelope.

3. Please complete the table below for all varieties of wheat you planted on this operation for 2009. Report both total acres

and irrigated acres for each variety. If you planted varieties other than those listed, please record the name and acres in

the category "Other". If you don't know the name of the variety you planted, please record the acres under the appropriate

doss in the category "Unknown".

4. As wheat breeders work to improve wheat varieties, which of these do you believe are the three most important characteristics to improve? [Enter codes]
1. drought tolerance 2. standability 3. disease tolerance	4. herbicide tolerance 5. insect resistance 6. fall forage yield	7. spring forage yield 8. grain yield potential 9. grain quality 10. other [specify]	most important	801
			second most important	802
			third most important	803

5. Do you expect your planted wheat acres to increase, decrease or stay about the same over the next 5 years?
	804	1 increase 2 decrease 3 stay about the same
6. How often do you purchase certified wheat seed? [Circle code.]
	805	1 every year 2 every other year 3 every three years 4 every four years 5 never [skip to item 7] 6 other [specify] ______________
a. When you buy certified wheat seed, what percentage of your acreage do you plant with certified seed?			806

7. What do you consider the ideal planting date for:		Month & Date
a. Dryland wheat for grain only?		807	___ ___ / ___ ___
b. Dryland wheat for grazing and grain?		808	___ ___ / ___ ___
c. Irrigated wheat for grain only?		809	___ ___ / ___ ___
d. Irrigated wheat for grazing and grain?		810	___ ___ / ___ ___
	Dryland Wheat			Irrigated Wheat
8. What is your normal seeding rate for	811			812

9. What percent of you wheat land is treated each year for	percent
a. broadleaf weeds	813
b. grasses	814
c. insects	815
d. diseases	816

10. What do you consider your two most troublesome weeds?	817	818
11. What do you consider your two most troublesome insects?	819	820
12. What do you consider your two most troublesome diseases?	821	822

13. In an average year, how much Nitrogen and Phosphors do you apply per acre to:	Nitrogen	Phosphorous
a. Dryland wheat	823	824
b. Irrigated wheat	825	826

14. Considering the past five years, on the average, what percent of your wheat acreage was:	Percent
a. Harvested for grain only?	827
b. Grazed and harvested for grain?	828
c. Grazed out or hayed? [not harvested for grain]	829
d. Abandoned? [not harvested, hayed or grazed]	830

15. If you would like to receive a copy of the results of this survey, check this box.

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