QID Cattle on Feed Inquiry

Project Code 438				OMB No. 0535-0213: Approval Expires 12/31/2013
		CATTLE ON FEED INQUIRY September 1, 2011						NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
							Iowa Field Office 210 Walnut St., Room 833 Des Moines, IA 50309 Phone 1-800-772-0825 Fax 1-800-719-1794 nass-ia@nass.usda.gov
Proposed Questionnaire to be used with operations that have less than 1,000 head of cattle on feed. Questions in red below are new.
Please make corrections to name, address and Zip Code, if necessary.						Your answers to the questions below are needed to prepare reliable State cattle on feed statistics to be published in the September 23, 2011 Cattle on Feed Report. Under Title 7 of the U.S. Code and CIPSEA (Public Law 107-347), facts about your operation are kept confidential and used only for statistical purposes in combination with similar reports from other producers. Response is voluntary. However, these data are collected and published as a service to the cattle industry and may assist in planning and adjusting your cattle feeding operations. Your report is needed even though you may not currently have cattle on feed. Please mail your report in the enclosed envelope.

We need to know about all cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market, regardless of ownership, on the total acres operated. Please enter “0” if you do not currently have cattle and calves on feed.
September 1, how many calves are being backgrounded or are on a warm-up ration? (Exclude cattle on full feed that will go directly to the slaughter market). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	333
2. How many cattle and calves were on feed September 1, that will go directly from this operation to the slaughter market?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	652
3. During August, how many cattle and calves:
were placed on feed in your feedlot(s)?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	653
were shipped to slaughter market from your feedlot(s)?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	654
were shipped to someone else’s feedlot(s)?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	655
died?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	657
4. How many cattle and calves were on feed August 1, that will go directly from this operation to the slaughter market? (Exclude cattle included in question 1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	916

5. The next questions are about baled hay prices. Right now, what is the average price in this locality for:
	Dollars Per Ton		Dollars Per Bale	Pounds Per Bale
Alfalfa and Alfalfa Mixtures?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	750	OR	751 . __ __	752
a. All Other Hay?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	760		761 . __ __	762

OVER PLEASE

5. Has this operation (name of label) been sold, or turned over to someone else?

NO - Go to Item 6 YES - Identify the new operator(s).

Name: _________________________________________________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________________

City: ______________________________________ State: ________________________ Zip:_____________________

a. Did this person operate land individually in this State on June 1, 2011? YES NO

6. Survey Results: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to www.nass.usda.gov/results.

Would you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date?

1 Yes 3No

099

Comments:
     
Respondent Name:		Phone: ( )	9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

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
								916		921
S/E Name

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