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What practices do you implement on your farm and what percentage? |
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Conventional__________ Integrated pest management__________ Low input__________ Certified organic__________ Mixed crop and animal systems__________ Biodynamic__________ Other__________ |
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Do you rotate crops? |
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Do you use cover crops? |
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Do you control flowering, fruit set, or growth of your crops? |
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How do you accomplish pollination? |
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Do you manage bees or other pollinators? |
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If you grow annual crops, do you use hybrid varieties? |
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Do you grow perennial, woody, or tree crops? |
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Do you have a strategy for managing biodiversity on your farm? |
WEED, DISEASE AND INSECT CONTROL
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What control practices do you use for weeds?
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What control practices do you use for diseases?
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What control practices do you use for insects?
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If you use integrated pest management (IPM), what practices do you employ?
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If you use IPM, do you hire or contract with IPM management firms or individuals?
SOIL RESOURCES—General Soil characteristics (for the major soil types only)
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Please describe the soil types on your farm.
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Relate soil characteristics to specific enterprises/crop rotations, vegetation management
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Highlight any limitations (for example, are soils erodible, subject to flooding, poorly structured, sloped, etc.?)
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What do you like best about your soil? How do you to respond to challenges to soil quality (compaction, erosion, periodic flooding, poor structure, slope, etc.)?
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What soil management program do you use?
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How do you assess soil health and fertility? Do you do bioassays to evaluate microbial activity?
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Do you use fertilizers? __Yes or __No
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Do you use compost? __Yes or __No
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Do you use green manures/cover crops. If so, what crops?
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Do you use soil amendments? If so, what kind?
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Do you use soil conservation/prevention of erosion methods? If so, what kind?
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Do you know the level of soil organic matter in your fields? If so, how do you measure this?
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