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Are you planning to sign up for the new ACRE program?

  • Yes: 12%
  • No: 64%
  • Maybe: 23%

 

Where do you turn most often for new ideas on your farm?

  • My farm partners/family: 12%
  • Extension: 32%
  • Farm magazines: 28%
  • Farm magazine Web sites: 8%
  • Online farm discussion forums: 0%
  • My neighbors: 20%

What is the latest you've ever planted corn?

  • Second half of May: 16%
  • June 1-15: 37%
  • June 15-20: 14%
  • June 20-25: 6%
  • June 25-30: 25%

What is your main limiting resource?

  • Time 46%
  • Operating capital 41%
  • Know-how on using new technologies 11%

What is your machinery+labor cost/acre? (This survey is anonymous.)

  • Above $110/acre: 14%
  • $95-110/acre: 12%
  • $75-95/acre: 24%
  • $60-$75/acre: 25%
  • Below $60/acre: 23%

What is your biggest concern as you enter the 2009 planting season?

  • Nitrogen prices: 28%
  • Spring and summer weather: 42%
  • Land/rent prices: 19%
  • Credit: 8%

What is your strategy for spring 2009 fertilizer purchases?

  • Already locked in most purchases for spring : 17%
  • Waiting for fertilizer prices to come down to purchase most spring needs : 46%
  • Will purchase fertilizer in increments over the next few months until spring : 14%
  • Waiting for crop prices to come up to decide what to do : 16%
  • Other: 5%

Who do you think will be the next U.S. Secretary of Agriculture?

  • Tom Buis, National Farmers Union president: 3%
  • Rep. Stephanie Herseth (D-SD): 37%
  • Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN): 3%
  • Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO): 3%
  • Former Rep. Charles Stenholm (D-TX): 4%
  • Former IA Gov. Tom Vilsack (D): 47%

What factor will most affect your acreage allocation this spring?

  • nitrogen prices: 14%
  • crop prices: 25%
  • seed availability: 0%
  • I will stick with my conventional corn-bean rotation: 59%

With the presidential election just days away, who do you plan to vote for?

  • John McCain: 49%
  • Barack Obama: 50%

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