Form QID 072060 QID 072060 Conservation Effects Assessment Project Screener

CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT (CEAP) SCREENER - 2014
OMB No. 0535-0254
0535
Approval Expires: 10/31/2015
Project Code: 912 QID: 072060
SMetaKey: 3641

United States
Department of
Agriculture
National
Agricultural
Statistics Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Rm 5030, South Building
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20250-2000
20250
Phone: 1-800
800-727-9540
Fax: 1-202
202-690-2090
Email: nass@nass.usda.gov

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CONTACT RECORD

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INTRODUCTION
[Introduce yourself, and ask for the operator.]
The National Agricultural Statistics Service is collecting information on land management and conservation practices. The in
information
collected will be used by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to assess the environmental benefits associated with the
implementation and installation of conservation practices.
We need your help to make the information as accurate as possible. All cconservation
onservation practices that are in place should be reportedreported
whether they were installed as part of a Federal or State Cost
Cost–Share program, an industry or non-profit
profit program, or by you (the operator)
with no outside support. We encourage you to refer to your farm records during the interview.
The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. In accordance with the Confidential Information Prote
Protection
provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 107–347
7 and other applicable Federal laws, your responses will be kept confidential and will
not be disclosed in identifiable form to anyone other than employees or agents. By law, every employee and agent has taken an oath and
is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both if he or she willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you or your operation. Response is
voluntary.

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According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respo
respond
nd to, a collection of information
unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB number is 0535-0254. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to
average 10 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaini
maintaining
ng the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection of information.

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SCREENING
Determine the Area of Interest
To focus the respondent on the area of interest, the location must be identified as follows.
1. Selected field
• For purposes of this survey, the actual field where the sample point is located must be identified. This location is
referred to as the selected field.
• The survey collects information about conservation practices, cropping history and management practices being
undertaken in the selected field.
2. Conservation practices associated with the field.
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Sometimes conservation practices are not actually located in the selected field but are adjacent to or adjoining the
field (such as a wind break or filter strip). These practices should also be captured during the survey.
For CEAP purposes, this area is referred to as the conservation area.

During this interview, the questions will be about the SELECTED FIELD and/or the associated
CONSERVATION AREA.

SCREENING – NO SIGNAL AVAILABLE
ENUMERATOR NOTE: [Show the aerial photography to respondent and locate the sample point. Identify the field
associated with the point.]
1. Did you make any of the day-to-day farming/ranching decisions for the field containing this point in 2014?
Yes – [If Yes, continue.]
No – [If No, conclude the interview and ask for the respondent’s assistance in locating the correct operator.]
ENUMERATOR NOTE: [With the respondent, draw off the entire area that can be identified as the selected field and
associated conservation area.]
2. In 2014, was any part of this field:
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planted to a crop? (Include hay. Exclude greenhouse and nursery crops)
pasture?
idle cropland? or
summer fallow?
Yes – [Enter 1, then go to Item 4.]

No – [Enter 3, then go to Item 3.]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. During 2014, was the entire field enrolled in continuous conservation cover?
[Include the General or Continuous Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), the Conservation
Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP), or any other type of continuous cover conservation program
offered by State, local, or non-profit organizations.]
Yes – [Enter 1, then go to Item 4.]
4.

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No – [Enter 3] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. Was the wireless internet signal present at the time of the screening interview?
Yes – [Enter 1]

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No – [Enter 3, then go to Item 4.]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Is this FSA Farm/Tract/Field information [on FSA name and address sheet] correct for the
field we just identified?
Yes – [Enter 1]

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No – [Enter 3]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

ENUMERATOR ACTION: If Items 2 or 3 = 1 (Yes), provide comments below.
If Items 2 and 3 = 3 (No), conclude the interview.
Please provide comments below to describe the respondent location, date and time of follow-up interview,
and any other comments that will be helpful for future contact:

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