SurveyId 3879 Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Survey

ILLINOIS NUTRIENT LOSS REDUCTION STRATEGY SURVEY
OMB No.0535-NEW
Approval Expires: XX/XX/XXXX
Project Code: 483
Survey ID: 3879
FIPS: 17

United States
Department of
Agriculture
NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
SERVICE
USDA/NASS - Illinois
Heartland Region
9700 Page Ave, #400
St. Louis, MO 63132-1547
Phone: 1-800-551-1014
Fax: 1-855-270-2717
E-mail: NASSRFOHLR@usda.gov

Please make corrections to name, address, and ZIP Code, if necessary.
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identifiable information about you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both. This survey is conducted in accordance with the Confidential
Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018, Title III of Pub. L. No. 115-435, codified in 44 U.S.C. Ch. 35 and other applicable Federal
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collection is estimated to average 20 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.

SECTION 1 - CROPLAND ACRES
Please report your total cropland acres on all the land you operated in 2023. Also, provide a breakdown of acres with tiling
and without tiling. NOTE: TILE DRAINED acres refers to acres drained by clay tiles, perforated plastic pipes, and pattern tile
systems.
Please report your operation's total cropland acres on all the land you operated including a breakdown of acres with tile
drained and non-tile drained in 2023.
Note: TILE DRAINED acres refers to acres drained by clay tiles, perforated plastic pipes, and pattern tile systems.

1. Of all land operated in 2023, how many acres were:

Non-tile
Drained

Tile Drained
115

TOTAL

116

114

126

124

136

134

106

104

a. Acres planted to corn? .................................................................
125

b. Acres planted to soybeans? ........................................................
135

c. Other acres of cropland? .............................................................
105

d. Total cropland? ............................................................................

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SECTION 2 - NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT
Please consider your nutrient applications in preparation for the 2023 crop season. Review the
enclosed map of Illinois and the table of Nitrogen application rates. The goal is to gather the
number of CORN acres your operation fertilized AT or BELOW the Maximum Return to Nitrogen
(MRTN) rate for the area.
Consider the total CORN acres in 2023 and all the Nitrogen applications to those acres:
1. On how many CORN acres did your operation use the University of Illinois Recommended
total Nitrogen rate (also known as Maximum Return to Nitrogen - MRTN) or LESS than that
rate?
(refer to the attached map and chart) ....................................................................................

2021 ACRES
202

a. What influenced your operation's decision in determining the total Nitrogen rate (e.g.
fertilizer provider, crop consultant, farm management software, etc.) List all that apply.
210

2. Of the total CORN ACRES in 2023, please record the acres fertilized with the strategies listed
below.
EXCLUDE manure applications.
Please consider all the acres of CORN your operation planted in 2023, and all the
fertilizer your operation applied for that crop.

CORN ACRES

a. How many CORN acres were fertilized with dry fertilizer blends containing Nitrogen in the 215
fall and winter preceding 2023? .......................................................................................................
216
b. How many CORN acres were fertilized with Anhydrous Ammonia during the fall and
winter preceding 2023? ..................................................................................................................

i.

Of those acres fertilized with Anhydrous Ammonia in the fall and winter, on how many 217
acres did your operation fertilize using a nitrification or urease inhibitor? .......................................

218
c. Of the operation's total CORN acres, how many acres were part of a split-application,
where some of the Nitrogen was applied in the spring and some in fall or winter (split
application acres)? ...........................................................................................................................
219
d. How many CORN acres were fertilized with 100% of your operation's needs during the
spring of 2023 (spring only Nitrogen applications)? .........................................................................

e. Of all the acres your operation fertilized in the spring with Nitrogen, including split
220
application acres and spring only acres, on how many acres did your operation fertilize
using a nitrification or urease inhibitor? ...........................................................................................
SECTION 3 - PHOSPHORUS APPLICATIONS and REASONS for REDUCING
1. Did your operation reduce PHOSPHORUS applications since 2013?
1

Yes - Continue

3

No - Go to Section 4

ACRES
350

a. On how many acres has your operation reduced phosphorus applications since 2013? ...........
2. What influenced your operation's decision in reducing phosphorus applications:
a. The Illinois Agronomy Handbook removal rates for phosphorus were updated in 2019?1
Yes - Continue

3

No - Go to page 3, question 2b

ACRES

i. On how many acres did your operation reduce phosphorus applications because of
Illinois
the Agronomy Handbook? ..........................................................................................................
701

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SECTION 3 - PHOSPHORUS APPLICATIONS and REASONS for REDUCING, Continued
2b. Soil test Information?
ACRES
Yes - Continue
No - Go to question 2c
3
i. On how many acres did your operation reduce phosphorus applications because of the 702
soil test results? ...............................................................................................................................
1

2c. Other reasons, including cost: Please list below.
710

ACRES
703
i. If other reasons, on how many acres did your operation reduce phosphorus
applications?.....................................................................................................................................

3. Has your operation changed the placement of phosphorus to move from broadcast to
subsurface application or banding application?
ACRES
Yes - Continue
No - Go to Section 4
3
a. On how many acres did your operation change placement of phosphorus from broadcast 351
to subsurface or banding? ...............................................................................................................
1

SECTION 4 - COVER CROPS
COVER CROPS refers to crops including grasses, legumes and forbs planted for
conservation purposes, including erosion control, improving soil structure, moisture, and
nutrient content, increasing beneficial soil biota, or providing habitat for insects, pollinators
and wildlife.

2021 ACRES
400

1. On how many acres did your operation plant cover crops preceding the 2023 crop? ................
401

a. Of those acres, how many acres utilized cover crops prior to CORN? .......................................
402
b. Of those acres, how many acres utilized cover crops prior to SOYBEANS?
EXCLUDE double-crop soybeans planted after winter wheat cash crop. ...................................

SECTION 5 - GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
For these next questions please enter the code that best describes your level of knowledge.
1. What is your level of knowledge of:

CODES

a. The Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy? ..............
1 - Not at all
knowledgeable
b. Maximum Return to Nitrogen (MRTN) strategy? ............
2 - Slightly knowledgeable
c. Wood chip bioreactors? ..................................................
3 - Somewhat
knowledgeable
d. Constructed Wetlands? ..................................................
e. Cover crop management (species selection,
4 - Knowledgeable
planting dates, termination strategy, etc.)?..........................
5 - Very knowledgeable
f. Saturated buffers? ...........................................................

ENTER CODE
...............
...............
...............
...............

517
506
508
518
519

...............
520
...............

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SECTION 6 - OTHER TECHNIQUES

1. Does this operation use any other practices to reduce nutrient losses from your fields?
Yes - Continue

1

3

No - Go to Survey Results
ACRES
PRACTICES USED

2. What practices are you using? Please list/explain below
810

801

a. Specify:
..............
811

802

b. Specify:
..............
812

803

c. Specify:
..............
Survey Results: To receive the complete results of this survey on the release date, go to: nass.usda.gov/results
To have a brief summary emailed to you, please enter your email address:
1095

Comments related to the information you reported:

Contact Information
Operation Email: (if different from above)

Operation Phone:

9937

9936

check if
cell phone

(________) _______________________
Respondent Name:

Respondent Phone: (if different from above)

9912

9911
(________) _______________________

check if
cell phone

9910
Date:

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This completes the survey. Thank you for your help.

OFFICE USE ONLY
Response
1-Comp
9901
2-R
3-Inac
4-Office Hold
5-R – Est
6-Inac – Est
7-Off Hold – Est
S/E Name

Respondent
1-Op/Mgr
2-Spouse
3-Acct/Bkpr
4-Partner
9-Other

9902

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

Enum.
9903

9998

Eval.
9900

Change
9985

Office Use for POID
9989

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Optional Use
9921

9907

9908

9906

9916