Form QID Commercial Floriculture Survey

COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE SURVEY - January 2019 (for 2018 Production)
								OMB No. 0535-0093 Approval Expires: 11/30/2018 Project Code: 148 SMetakey: 2733
DRAFT
									United States Department of Agriculture
									NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
							USDA/NASS National Operations Division 9700 Page Avenue, Suite 400 St. Louis, MD 63132-1547 Phone: 1-888-424-7828 Fax: 1-855-415-3687 email: nass@nass.usda.gov
Please make corrections to name, address and ZIP Code, if necessary
The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. In accordance with the Confidential Information Protection provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 107-347 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. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB number is 0535-0093. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 60 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

INTRODUCTION
1. During 2018, which of the following Floriculture crops did this operation PRODUCE and SELL?
0201 Cut flowers		0205 Foliage plants
0202 Potted flowering plants		0206 Cut cultivated greens
0203 Potted herbaceous perennials		0217 Propagative floriculture material and unfinished plants
0204 Annual bedding/garden plants		0220 None of the above (Please complete Sections 10 and 11 starting on page 11 and return by mail.)
2. Did this operation produce and sell $10,000 or more of these Floriculture crops in 2018? (Include retail and wholesale sales of crops produced or finished by this operation.)
0003 1 YES – Go to Item 3	3 NO – Continue
Will this operation produce and sell $10,000 or more of these Floriculture crops in 2019?
0450 1 YES – Complete Sections 8, 9, and 11 starting on page 9.			3 NO – Complete Sections 8, 9, and 11 starting on page 9.
3. Did this operation produce and sell $100,000 or more of these Floriculture crops in 2018?
0451 1 YES – Please review the instructions below and complete all Sections of the questionnaire.
3 NO – Complete Sections 8, 9, and 11 starting on page 9.

INSTRUCTIONS

What to Report…

1. All production grown under glass, fiberglass and other rigid plastic, film plastic, shade cloth, natural shade, other shade, or outdoors.

2. The value of sales before deductions for commissions and transportation are made.

SECTION 1

CUT FLOWERS

1. Did this operation produce and sell any cut flowers during 2018?
0401 1 YES – Continue 3 NO – Go to SECTION 2
INCLUDE: – Those for dried flowers.
Cut Flowers	Retail Sales in 2018				Wholesale Sales in 2018
	Number Grown and Sold			Total Value	Number Grown and Sold	Total Value
Pompon Chrysanthemums	0036			0715	0037	0038
	Bunches			$	Bunches	$
Dahlia	xxxx			xxxx	xxxx	xxxx
	Bunches			$	Bunches	$
Gerbera Daisies	0460			0461	0462	0463
	Stems			$	Stems	$
Gladioli	0046			0716	0047	0048
	Spikes			$	Spikes	$
Iris	0464			0465	0466	0467
	Stems			$	Stems	$
Lilies, All (Asiatic, Oriental, Others)	0468			0469	0470	0471
	Stems			$	Stems	$
Orchids, All (cut only)	0476			0477	0478	0479
	Blooms			$	Blooms	$
Peony	xxxx			xxxx	xxxx	xxxx
	Stems			$	Stems	$
Roses, All (cut only) (Hybrid Tea, Sweetheart, Spray-types)	0480			0481	0482	0483
	Stems			$	Stems	$
Sunflower	xxxx			xxxx	xxxx	xxxx
	Stems			$	Stems	$
Snapdragons	0484			0485	0486	0487
	Spikes			$	Spikes	$
Tulips (cut only)	0488			0489	0490	0491
	Stems			$	Stems	$
	Percent of Total Quantity Grown and Sold (Cells 0493 + 0494 = 100%)				Sales in 2018
	Retail		Wholesale		Total Value of Retail Sales		Total Value of Wholesale Sales
All Other Cut Flowers*	0493		0494		0492		0053
	%		%		$		$
*A partial list of All Other Cut Flowers includes: Anthurium, Aster, Carnation (miniature), Chrysanthemum (other), Daffodil/Narcissus, Dried Flowers, Freesia, Ginger, Gypsophila, Heather, Leptospermum, Liatris, Limonium, Protea, Statice, Stephanotis, Stock, and Zinnia.

SECTION 2

POTTED FLOWERING PLANTS FOR INDOOR OR PATIO USE

1. Did this operation finish and sell any potted flowering plants or potted flowering bulbs for indoor or patio use during 2018?
	0402 1 YES – Continue 3 NO – Go to SECTION 3
	EXCLUDE: – Plants intended for landscape use. – Finished plants purchased from others and resold. – Sales as bulbs. – Hardy/garden mums to be reported in Section 3. – Bedding plants, geraniums, potted blooming annuals, or flowering hanging baskets to be reported in Section 4. – Caladium to be reported in Section 4.
Potted Flowering Plants		Type of Container		Retail Sales in 2018		Wholesale Sales in 2018
				Number Sold	Total Value	Number Sold	Total Value
Chrysanthemums, florist (Exclude hardy/garden mums to be reported in Section 3.)		Pots less than 5”		0063	0722	0065	0067
					$		$
		Pots 5” or more		0064	0723	0066	0236
					$		$
Lilies, Easter		Pots less than 5”		0077	0730	0079	0081
					$		$
		Pots 5” or more		0078	0731	0080	0238
					$		$
Orchids, All (potted)		Pots less than 5”		0701	0732	0703	0705
					$		$
		Pots 5” or more		0702	0733	0704	0706
					$		$
Poinsettias		Pots less than 5”		0091	0734	0093	0095
					$		$
		Pots 5” or more		0092	0735	0094	0240
					$		$
Roses, florist (potted)		Pots less than 5”		0561	0562	0563	0564
					$		$
		Pots 5” or more		0565	0566	0567	0568
					$		$
Spring Flowering Bulbs (Plants grown from bulbs including Tulips, Hyacinths, Daffodils/Narcissus, Other Lilies, etc.)		Pots less than 5”	0569		0570	0571	0572
					$		$
		Pots 5” or more	0573		0574	0575	0576
					$		$
All Other Potted Flowering Plants* (Exclude potted blooming annuals to be reported in Section 4.)		Pots less than 5”	0083		0736	0085	0102
					$		$
		Pots 5” or more	0084		0737	0101	0241
					$		$
*A partial list of All Other Potted Flowering Plants includes: Anthurium (potted), Begonia, Carnations (potted), Christmas cherry, Christmas pepper, Cyclamen, Exacum, Gardenia, Gloxinia, Hibiscus (potted), Hydrangea, Kalanchoe, Primula, Regal Pelargonium, and Zygocactus.

SECTION 3

POTTED HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS

1. Did this operation finish and sell any potted hardy/garden Chrysanthemums, Hostas, or Other Potted Herbaceous perennials during 2018?
	0403 1 YES – Continue 3 NO – Go to SECTION 4
	INCLUDE: – Field and container grown plants. EXCLUDE: – Cuttings, liners, plug seedlings, bare root herbaceous perennials, prefinished plants or tissue cultured plantlets to be reported in Section 7.
Potted Herbaceous Perennials		Type of Container	Retail Sales in 2018			Wholesale Sales in 2018
			Number Sold	Total Value		Number Sold	Total Value
Chrysanthemums, hardy/garden		Pots less than 5”	0800		0801 $	0802	0803 $
		Pots 5” or more	0804		0805 $	0806	0807 $
Hostas		Less than 1 gal.	0808		0809 $	0810	0811 $
		1 gal. up to 2 gal.	0812		0813 $	0814	0815 $
		2 gal. or larger	0816		0817 $	0818	0819 $
Daylily		Less than 1 gal.	xxxx		xxxx $	xxxx	xxxx $
		1 gal. up to 2 gal.	xxxx		xxxx $	xxxx	xxxx $
		2 gal. or larger	xxxx		xxxx $	xxxx	xxxx $
Ferns (Hardy/Garden)		Less than 1 gal.	xxxx		xxxx $	xxxx	xxxx $
		1 gal. up to 2 gal.	xxxx		xxxx $	xxxx	xxxx $
		2 gal. or larger	xxxx		xxxx $	xxxx	xxxx $
Peony		Less than 1 gal.	xxxx		xxxx $	xxxx	xxxx $
		1 gal. up to 2 gal.	xxxx		xxxx $	xxxx	xxxx $
		2 gal. or larger	xxxx		xxxx $	xxxx	xxxx $
All Other Potted Herbaceous Perennials*		Less than 1 gal.	0832		0833 $	0834	0835 $
		1 gal. up to 2 gal.	0836		0837 $	0838	0839 $
		2 gal. or larger	0840		0841 $	0842	0843 $
* A partial list of All Other Potted Herbaceous Perennials includes: Astilbe, Bleeding heart, Columbine, Coral bell, Coreopsis, Dianthus, Iris, Phlox, Purple coneflower, Rudbeckia, Salvia (perennial), Sedum, and Veronica.

SECTION 4

ANNUAL BEDDING/GARDEN PLANTS

1. Did this operation finish and sell any annual bedding/garden plants during 2018?
0404 1 YES – Continue 3 NO – Go to SECTION 5
INCLUDE: – Annual bedding/garden plants finished and sold by this operation not used in commercial vegetable and strawberry production. EXCLUDE: – Finished bedding/garden plants purchased from others and resold. – Transplants used in commercial vegetable and strawberry production. – Foliage plants to be reported in Section 5. – Plugs and propagative material to be reported in Section 7. – Prefinished plants sold to others for finishing to be reported in Section 7.
2. Report flat size used if NOT 10” x 20” to 11” x 22”			0880 ____ ____•___ ___		inches X		0881 ____ ____•___ ___		inches
REPORT AS: – FLATS when using a common insert (for example: 606, 1204, 1206, 1801, 1803, etc.) – POTS if produced as separate units, including pots produced in shuttle trays, carrier flats, or flats of individual pots. – POTS containers of annuals and mixed annuals such as color bowls, strawberry jars, or combination planters.
Annual Bedding/Garden Plants	Type of Container	Retail Sales in 2018				Wholesale Sales in 2018
		Number Sold		Total Value		Number Sold		Total Value
Begonias	Flats	0577		0578 $		0579		0580 $
	Pots less than 5”	0581		0582 $		0583		0584 $
	Pots 5” or more	0585		0586 $		0587		0588 $
	Hanging baskets	0589		0590 $		0591		0592 $
Geraniums from vegetative cuttings	Flats	0910		0911 $		0912		0913 $
	Pots less than 5”	0140		0762 $		0142		0144 $
	Pots 5” or more	0141		0763 $		0143		0243 $
	Hanging baskets	0914		0915 $		0916		0917 $
New Guinea Impatiens	Flats	0637		0741 $		0638		0639 $
	Pots less than 5”	0680		0766 $		0682		0684 $
	Pots 5” or more	0681		0767 $		0683		0685 $
	Hanging baskets	0659		0747 $		0660		0661 $
Impatiens, other	Flats	0632		0742 $		0633		0634 $
	Pots less than 5”	0672		0768 $		0674		0676 $
	Pots 5” or more	0673		0769 $		0675		0677 $
	Hanging baskets	0655		0748 $		0656		0657 $

1 SECTION 4

ANNUAL BEDDING/GARDEN PLANTS (continued)

Annual Bedding/Garden Plants	Type of Container	Retail sales in 2018		Wholesale Sales in 2018
		Number Sold	Total Value	Number Sold	Total Value
Marigolds	Flats	0852	0853 $	0854	0855 $
	Pots less than 5”	0856	0857 $	0858	0859 $
	Pots 5” or more	0860	0861 $	0862	0863 $
	Hanging baskets	0864	0865 $	0866	0867 $
Pansies/Violas	Flats	0868	0869 $	0870	0871 $
	Pots less than 5”	0872	0873 $	0874	0875 $
	Pots 5” or more	0876	0877 $	0878	0879 $
	Hanging baskets	0884	0885 $	0886	0887 $
Petunias	Flats	0642	0743 $	0643	0644 $
	Pots less than 5”	0688	0770 $	0690	0692 $
	Pots 5” or more	0689	0771 $	0691	0693 $
	Hanging baskets	0663	0749 $	0664	0665 $
All Other Flowering and Foliar Plants1/	Flats	0123	0744 $	0124	0125 $
	Pots less than 5”	0154	0772 $	0156	0158 $
	Pots 5” or more	0155	0773 $	0157	0245 $
	Hanging baskets	0104	0750 $	0105	0106 $
Vegetable Type Bedding Plants for home use 2/ (Exclude transplants for commercial production)	Flats	0128	0745 $	0129	0130 $
	Pots less than 5”	0161	0774 $	0163	0165 $
	Pots 5” or more	0162	0775 $	0164	0246 $
1/ A partial list of All Other Flowering/Foliar Plants includes: Ageratum, Alyssum (sweet), Caladium, Celosia, Coleus, Combination planter/color bowl, Dusty Miller, Fuchsia, Gazania, Nicotiana, Portulaca, Salvia (annual), Snapdragon, Verbena, Vinca, and Zinnia. 2/ Vegetable Type Bedding Plants include: Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Other Crucifers, Herbs (culinary), Pepper (sweet & hot), Tomato and others.

SECTION 5

FOLIAGE PLANTS FOR INDOOR OR PATIO USE (Pots and Baskets)

1. Did this operation finish and sell any potted foliage plants or foliage hanging baskets for indoor or patio use during 2018?
0405 1 YES – Continue 3 NO – Go to SECTION 6
	INCLUDE: – Only those plants FINISHED for indoor or patio use and not intended for landscape use. – Plants that have flowers which are secondary compared with foliage features. – Ivy, cacti, ferns, palms, and succulents, etc., as well as indoor/patio shrubs, trees and vines FINISHED by you. EXCLUDE: – UNFINISHED plants sold to others for further “growing on” to be reported in Section 7.
Foliage Plants*		Retail Sales in 2018		Wholesale Sales in 2018
		Number Grown and Sold	Total Value	Number Grown and Sold	Total Value
Hanging Baskets		0108	0780	0109	0110
		Baskets	$	Baskets	$
Potted Plants		Percent of Total Quantity Grown and Sold (Cells 0920 + 0963 = 100%)		Sales in 2018
		Retail	Wholesale	Total Value of Retail Sales	Total Value of Wholesale Sales
		0920	0963	0225	0115
		%	%	$	$
*A partial list of Foliage Plants includes: Aglaonema, Aloe Vera, Cacti, Dieffenbachia, Dracaena, Epipremnum (Pothos), tropical Ferns (potted), Ficus, Hedera (ivy), Philodendron, Schefflera (Brassaia), Spathiphyllum, succulents, and Syngonium (Nephthytis).

SECTION 6

CUT CULTIVATED GREENS

1. Did this operation produce and sell any cut cultivated greens during 2018?
0406 1 YES – Continue 3 NO – Go to SECTION 7
	INCLUDE: – Those grown and sold for export.
Cut Cultivated Greens		Retail Sales in 2018			Wholesale Sales in 2018
		Number Grown and Sold	Total Value		Number Grown and Sold		Total Value
Leatherleaf Ferns		0175	0781		0176		0177
		Bunches	$		Bunches		$
All Other Cut Cultivated Greens*		Percent of Total Quantity Grown and Sold (Cells 0923 + 0924 = 100%)			Sales in 2018
		Retail		Wholesale	Total Value of Retail Sales	Total Value of Wholesale Sales
		0923		0924	0907	0182
		%		%	$	$
*A partial list of All Other Cut Cultivated Greens includes: Asparagus fern, Coniferous evergreens, Cordyline/Ti, Eucalyptus, Hedera/Ivy, Holly, Huckleberry/Salal, Myrtle, Oregon/Sword Ferns, Pittosporum, and Podocarpus.

SECTION 7

PROPAGATIVE FLORICULTURE MATERIAL, BAREROOT AND UNFINISHED PLANTS

1. Did this operation produce and sell any propagative floriculture material or unfinished plants during 2018?
	0417 1 YES – Continue 3 NO – Go to SECTION 8
	INCLUDE: – Bareroot perennials, cuttings, liners, plug seedlings, prefinished plants, or tissue cultured plantlets. – Plants sold to other growers for FURTHER GROWING–ON. EXCLUDE: – FINISHED plants sold to others to be reported in Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. – Seeds, bulbs, tubers, rhizomes, or corms.
2. What were the total values of sales of propagative (unfinished) materials by category in 2018?
a. Cut flowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		0901 $	d. Herbaceous perennials . . .	0904 $
b. Potted flowering plants . . . . . . . .		0902 $	e. Foliage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	0905 $
c. Annual bedding/garden plants . .		0903 $	f. Cut cultivated greens . . . . .	0906 $

2 SECTION 8

AREA USED FOR PRODUCTION

INSTRUCTIONS: Report greenhouse, other covered space, and outdoor land area used for the production of floriculture crops grown by this operation in 2018. [This is your operation area without counting crop turns.] INCLUDE: – Area for production of cut flowers, flowering and foliage plants, annual bedding/garden plants, herbaceous perennials, cultivated florist greens, and propagative floriculture material. – Aisles, walkways and other production areas. EXCLUDE: – Non-floricultural production areas, such as fruit, vegetable, sod farms and tree and/or shrub nurseries. – Non-agricultural production areas, such as roads, and parking areas. – Production areas used exclusively to produce commercial vegetables or strawberries. NOTE: The roof covering (glazing) determines the greenhouse classification. For example, a greenhouse with a glass roof having film polyethylene insulation and fiberglass sides would be considered a glass greenhouse.
1. Of the total area used for floriculture production in 2018, how much was in:
								Square Feet
a. Glass greenhouses? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .								0247
b. Rigid plastic greenhouses (acrylics, polycarbonates, fiberglass and other rigid plastics)? . .								0184
c. Film plastic greenhouses (single or multi-layer poly)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .								0185
d. Shade houses (slat, saran, and other covers)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .								0186
				Square Feet				Acres (Nearest Tenth)
e. Open ground (including natural shade)? . . . . . . . . . . . . . .				0882			OR	0187 ._____

3 SECTION 9

GROSS VALUE OF SALES AND NUMBER OF HIRED WORKERS

1. What was the total gross value of sales for the reported floriculture crops in 2018?
	(Check sales group.)
	0 to 999 dollars	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	99	□
	1,000 to 9,999 dollars	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	1	□
	10,000 to 19,999 dollars	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	2	□
	20,000 to 24,999 dollars	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	3	□
	25,000 to 39,999 dollars	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	4	□			OFFICE USE
	40,000 to 49,999 dollars	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	5	□			0899
	50,000 to 99,999 dollars	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	6	□
	100,000 to 249,999 dollars	. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	7	□
	250,000 to 499,999 dollars	. . . . . . . . . . . . . .	8	□
	500,000 to 999,999 dollars	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	9	□
	1,000,000 dollars or more	. . . . . . . . . . . . .	10	□
2. What was the largest number of workers on the payroll on any one day in 2018?
	INCLUDE: – Full-time, part-time workers, hired managers, and PAID family members. EXCLUDE: – Workers employed only for the retail operation, those working as landscapers, and non-paid family members.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .					None		Workers
								0898

4 SECTION 10

CHANGE IN OPERATOR

		Complete this section only if this operation did NOT produce any commercial floriculture products in 2018 (Item 1 on the front page is checked “None”).
1. Has this operation been sold, rented, or turned over to someone else? 0950 1 YES – Continue 3 NO					1a. Will this operation produce any cut flowers, potted flowering plants, potted foliage plants, flowering or foliage hanging baskets, bedding plants (annual and perennial), cut cultivated florist greens, propagative material or unfinished plants during 2019? 0953 1 YES 2 DON’T KNOW 3 NO [Regardless of answer to above, write a note to explain the situation, then go to SECTION 11, ITEM 3.] ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________
2. Please provide the following information for the operation that has taken over, then go to SECTION 11, ITEM 3.
a. What is the name and address of the new operation?
Operation Name:
Address:
Operator Name:
Address:

5 SECTION 11

CONCLUSION

1. Are you involved in any additional floriculture or greenhouse operations in this State?
0951 1 YES – please list name and address of operation(s) in this State:
1a. Did you include the production from the additional operation(s) in this report? 0955 1 YES 3 NO
3 NO – Continue
2. Does this operation operate any floriculture farms or greenhouses in any other State(s)?
0952 1 YES – Please list name and address of operation(s) in other State(s):
2a. Did you include the production from the additional operation(s) in this report? 0956 1 YES 3 NO
3 NO – Continue
3. Counties of Operation:
Comments:

4. SURVEY RESULTS: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date,

go to https://www.nass.usda.gov/Surveys/Guide_to_NASS_Surveys/

To have a brief summary emailed to you at a later date, please enter your email address:

	1095
Would you rather have a brief summary mailed to you at a later date? 9990 1 Yes 3 No

Respondent Name:

9911 Phone:

9910 MM DD YY Date: __ __ __ __ __ __

Thank you for your response.

OFFICE USE

Response

Respondent

Mode

Enum.

Eval.

Change

Office Use for POID

1-Comp 2-R 3-Inac 4-Office Hold 5-R – Est 6-Inac – Est 7-Off Hold – Est

9901

1-Op/Mgr 2-Sp 3-Acct/Bkpr 4-Partner 9-Oth

9902

1-PASI (Mail) 2-PATI (Tel) 3-PAPI (Face-to- Face) 6-Email 7-Fax 19-Other

9903

9998

9900

9985

9989 __ __ __ - __ __ __ - __ __ __

R. Unit

Optional Use

9921

9907

9908

9906

9916

S/E Name