ID: 9041 Minnesota Best Management Practices Survey

MINNESOTA BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES - 2023
OMB No. 0535-NEW
Approval Expires: xx/xx/xxxx
Project Code: 1381 Survey
ID: 9041
Version 27

United States
Department of
Agriculture
NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
SERVICE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Operations Division
9700 Page Avenue, Suite 400
St . Louis, MO 63132-1547
Phone: 1888-424-7828
Fax: 855-415-3678
E-mail: nass@usda.gov

Please make corrections to name, address, and ZIP Code, if necessary.
Response is voluntary. The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your response will be kept confidential and any person who
willfully discloses ANY 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 laws. For more information on how we protect your information please visit: https://www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality. According to the
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estimated to average 15 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.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), will conduct periodic surveys of major
crop producers that collect information on pesticide and fertilizer use.  Survey respondents are randomly selected, and the reported results are based on
advanced standardized statistical analyses conducted by NASS nationwide.  Your response is necessary to help provide the best statistics possible.  If
there are any questions, contact the Minnesota Department of Agriculture at (651) 261-1993.

SECTION 1
CROP ACRES
Please report the total ACRES WITH CORN AND SOYBEANS you operated in 2023. Also, provide a breakdown of acres
with and without irrigation. Acres under irrigation refers to acres where water was applied with an irrigation system for the
purpose of producing the corn crop. Please provide the previous crop before being planted to corn. If you do not know an
answer, please leave a question mark in the box next to the question.
1. Of all land operated in 2023, how many acres were:

2023 ACRES

530
a. Acres planted to corn?....................................................................................................................................
531
b. Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres not under irrigation?.......................................................................................
532
c. Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres under irrigation?.............................................................................................
533
d. Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres planted following corn?...................................................................................
534
e. Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres planted following soybeans............................................................................

f.

535
Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres planted following alfalfa?................................................................................

536
g. Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres planted with treated seed?.............................................................................
537
h. Of the acres in 1a, Corn acres planted with seed treated with an insecticide?...............................................

i.

600
Acres planted to soybeans?............................................................................................................................

j.

601
Of the acres in 1i, Soybean acres planted with treated seed?........................................................................

602
k. Of the acres in 1i, Soybean acres planted with seed treated with an insecticide?..........................................

SECTION 2

RECORD KEEPING FOR FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS

1. Did your operation plant any corn acres in 2023?
Yes - Continue to question 2 below
No - Go to Section 3
Please consider how you kept track of nitrogen fertilizer input for corn in 2023, such as rate, timing, placement, source and
crediting of other nitrogen sources (e.g. manure, legumes etc.)
2023 CORN
ACRES

2. For total CORN ACRES you operated in 2023 (Item 1a):

540
a. On how many acres were fertilizer inputs tracked by me using farm management software,
spreadsheets or similar?.................................................................................................................................
541

b. On how many acres were fertilizer inputs tracked by me using paper records?.............................................
542
c. On how many acres were fertilizer inputs tracked for me by others (e.g. fertilizer dealer, crop
consultant)?....................................................................................................................................................

SECTION 3
NITROGEN MANAGEMENT
1. Did your operation plant any corn acres in 2023?
Yes - Continue to question 2 below
No - Go to Section 4
Please consider your nitrogen application preparations for the 2023 crop season. MRTN refers to the University of
Minnesota's Maximum Return To Nitrogen approach for estimating nitrogen rate on corn.
2023 CORN
ACRES
NON-IRRIGATED

2. For total CORN ACRES you operated in 2023 (Item 1a):
a. On how many acres did you use the University of Minnesota's MRTN approach to 543
determine N rates?..............................................................................................................

545
b. On how many acres did you use other industry-recommended techniques (e.g.
fertilizer dealer, crop consultant, crop management software) to determine N
rates?...................................................................................................................................

2023 CORN
ACRES
IRRIGATED
544
546

547
548
c. On how many acres did you use an in-season soil test, plant test or crop sensors
to guide nitrogen fertilizer rates?..........................................................................................
3. For total CORN ACRES you operated in 2023 (Item 1a), please record the acres fertilized with the strategies listed
below. (INCLUDE fertilizer applications in the preceding fall and winter, as well as preplant, at-plant and in-season applications.
EXCLUDE manure applications).
2023 CORN
ACRES
NON-IRRIGATED

2023 CORN
ACRES
IRRIGATED

550

551

552

553

554

555

556

557

558

559

a. All nitrogen fertilizer was applied in spring or in-season (no fall application)?.....................
b. Fall/winter applied nitrogen fertilizer was more than 75% of total nitrogen fertilizer?...........
c. More than 50% of nitrogen fertilizer was applied in-season (INCLUDE fertigation)?...........
d. Fall/winter nitrogen fertilizer was applied with a nitrification inhibitor?.................................
e. Spring nitrogen fertilizer was applied with a nitrification inhibitor?.......................................

SECTION 4
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
For this question, please check the boxes as appropriate. The University of Minnesota recommends the Maximum Return to
Nitrogen (MRTN) approach for nitrogen rate on corn.
1. Which of the following factors are included in the MRTN ratio? (check two boxes)

☐
☐
Yield goal.....................................................................................................................................
562 ☐
Previous crop...............................................................................................................................
563 ☐
Variable rate.................................................................................................................................
564 ☐
Price of corn.................................................................................................................................
565 ☐
Cation exchange capacity (CEC).................................................................................................
566 ☐

a. Soil organic matter.......................................................................................................................
560

b. Price of nitrogen...........................................................................................................................
561
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.

SECTION 5

OTHER TECHNIQUES

1. Does your operation use other practices to reduce nitrogen losses from your fields?
Yes - Continue to question 2 below
No - Go to Section 6
2. What are the top three practices are you using to reduce nitrogen losses from your fields? Please list/explain below and
specify the acres.
Acres where
practices are used
701

a.

Specify:

702

__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________ ...............
__________________________________________________________

703

b.

Specify:

704

__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________ ...............
__________________________________________________________

705

c.

Specify:

706

__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________ ...............
__________________________________________________________

SECTION 6
PESTICIDE
Who plays a role in the following decisions? (Please check all that apply, and circle the check that makes the primary
decision.)

Decision
Which herbicide(s) is
used?...............................
Which insecticides(s) is
used?...............................
Which fungicides(s) is
used?...............................
Which seed treatments
are used?.........................

Dealer/
Independent
Relative/
seed or
crop
friend/
chemical Commercial consultant/
Myself neighbor Employee company rep applicator agronomist Other

I don't Does not
know
occur

801

802

803

804

805

806

807

808

809

810

811

812

813

814

815

816

817

818

819

820

821

822

823

824

825

826

827

828

829

830

831

832

833

834

835

836

Who do you get information from about the following? (Please check all that apply, and circle the check that makes the
primary influence.)
Efficacy in this question refers to the level of control that an herbicide has on weeds, insecticide has on insects, and
fungicide has on pathogens.
Dealer/
People on Independent
MN
Relative/
seed or
social
crop
Department
I don't get
friend/
chemical
media or consultant/
of
I don't
this
Extension neighbor company rep
blogs
agronomist Agriculture Other know information
Integrated pest
management...................

850

851

852

853

854

855

856

857

858

Insecticide efficacy..........

859

860

861

862

863

864

865

866

867

Herbicide efficacy............

868

869

870

871

872

873

874

875

876

Fungicide efficacy...........
Insecticide application
timing..............................
Herbicide application
timing..............................
Fungicide application
timing..............................

877

878

879

880

881

882

883

884

885

886

887

888

889

890

891

892

893

894

895

896

897

898

899

900

901

902

903

904

905

906

907

908

909

910

911

912

SECTION 7

CONCLUSION

The survey results will be available on the internet at http://www.mda.state.mn.us/ in summer, 2024.

This completes the survey. Thank you for your help!

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Respondent Name:

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Response
1-Comp
2-R
3-Inac
4-Office Hold
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6-Inac --Est
7-Off Hold --Est
S/E Name:

Respondent
9901

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

9902

Phone:

Mode
1-PASI (Mail) 9903
2-PATI (Tel)
3-PAPI (Faceto-Face)
6-Email
7-Fax
19-Other

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Enum.
9998

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Eval.
9900

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9910

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