Planting intentions Q2 2014

This is a very brief survey about crop planting in 2013 and 2014. Upon completing the survey we will send you $10 and a coupon valued at $20 for a free soil test from SGS, a leading soil testing service. This is strictly for research and does not involve sales of any kind. Your responses will be combined and results will be reported only in combination with other corn and soybean growers.

Please select your state.

* Are you the decision maker for your farming operation?

Yes (sole or co-decision maker)

No

* Will you plant more than 100 acres of corn this year?

Yes

No

Don't know

* Will you plant more than 100 acres of soybeans this year?

Yes

No

Don't know

ABOUT YOUR FARMLAND

Please fill in the grid below regarding your 2013 and 2014 farmland. (Leave blank for none)

	2013	2014	Don't know
What was your total farmable acreage? (Please include all the acres on which you raise crops, your fallow, pastureland, CRP, and set aside acres. Do not include woodland, other land unsuitable for raising crops or state or government open land used for pasture or grazing.)

How many total crop acres did/will you plant?

How many acres were/will be double cropped?

For each crop in the below, indicate how many acres you planted in 2013 and how many acres you will plant in 2014. (Leave blank for none)

	2013 (Planted)	2014 (Will plant)	Don't know
Corn

Soybeans

Barley

Sorghum

Durum Wheat

Any other Spring Wheat

All Other Crops

Between last March and this spring when you planted your corn and soybean acres, did you switch your planting intentions from corn to soybeans?

Between last March and this spring when you planted your corn and soybean acres, did you switch your planting intentions from soybeans to corn?

Thinking about all of your winter wheat acres, including both hard and soft winter wheat, how many winter wheat acres did you plant in the following years? (Leave blank for none)

	2013	2014	Don't know
Winter wheat

COST OF PLANTING CORN & SOYBEANS

The last few questions, are about the cost of planting your corn and soybeans.

In the grid below, please indicate your cost per acre to plant corn and soybeans in 2013 and your budgeted cost per acre in 2014? (Leave blank if not applicable)

	2013 Cost per acre	2014 Budgeted cost per acre	Don't know
Corn

Soybeans

What was your average yield in bushels per acre for the following crops in 2013 and your expected yield in bushels per acre for the following crops in 2014? (Leave blank if not applicable)

	2013 Bushels per acre	2014 Expected bushels per acre	Don't know
Corn

Soybeans

INSECTICIDE USE ON SOYBEANS

On what percentage of your soybean acres do you typically do the following? (Leave blank for 0% or none)

	% of Soybeans	Don't know
Use insecticides

Planted with a seed treated with an insecticide

On what percentage of your total soybean acres are the following types of insecticide applications normally used ? (Leave blank for 0% or none)

	% of Soybean Acres	Don't know
Insecticide ONLY, that is an insecticide not mixed with any other products

Insecticide plus fungicide

Insecticide plus micronutrient/foliar feed

Insecticide plus fertilizer

Insecticide plus herbicide

How are these insecticide applications on your soybeans primarily used? (Select all that apply)

Planned plant health application?

Planned insect control application?

Rescue treatment ?

As insurance against unforeseen weather or other events?

Both plant health and insect control?

Don't know

Excluding soybean acres planted with treated seed in 2013, what percentage of your of soybean acres applied with insecticides were applied as follows? (Leave blank for 0% or none)

	% of Soybean Acres	Don't know
At planting

At a later growth stage

Did you use a soil applied insecticide on any soybean acres in 2014? (This is a soil applied treatment, not a seed treatment.)

Yes

No

Don't know

Which of the following factors had the greatest influence on your decision to use, or not use, an insecticide on your soybeans at planting? Please rank these factors from 1 to 6 where 1 is most influential and 6 is least influential.

Weather
Insect Pressure
Soybean prices
Dealer Recommendations
Yield Increases
Past Experience

Do you currently use a starter fertilizer in your soybean crop at planting?

Yes

No

Don't know

What is the primary reason you do not use a starter fertilizer?

Does not work with my system

Not cost effective

Apply fertilizer at different time

Don't know

Other -- SPECIFY

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