Detailed Farmer Interview Form

1.

Property Owner/Address:

2.

Phone number (if applicable)

3.

Location of Property:

PROPERTY/FARMER HISTORY

4.

Are you the current operator of the property?

5.

How long have you been farming?

6.

Is the property farmed by a tenant? If so, who?

7.

How many additional workers do you have and how often are they used? Family? Hired Workers?

8.

Are you a full or part-time farmer?

9.

Do you have a household business in addition to your farm? If so, what type of business?

10.

What % of your income comes from the farm? From the home-based enterprise?

11.

Do you or any members of your family work off the farm to supplement farm income?

12.

How long have you owned the property?

13.

How long have you and/or your family lived on this property? If you moved here, did you move from a nearby property?

14.

How many generations of your family live on the farm?

15.

Do you have family members that live nearby?

16.

What is the name of your neighborhood or community (church district)?

17.

Which school does your family use and what route do they take to get to school?

18.

Where do you normally do your marketing or shopping?

ACTUAL OPERATION

11.

What type of operation (dairy, beef, poultry, crop)?

12.

If large farm operation, where is the “center of operations”?

13.

Property Size?

14.

Amount of productive land on property

15.

Total land in operation:

Land Owned

Land Leased

            a. In study area

Land Owned

Land Leased

            b. Outside study area:

Land Owned:

Land Leased:

16.

Number of farm parcels:

16a.

Farm Parcel sizes and uses:

Tax Parcel No.

Farm Parcel ID

Use (cropland/pasture/etc)

Size (AC)

17.

Identify crops grown and amount of each. What are typical production yields?

When are the fields normally plowed?

18.

Identify numbers of livestock raised:

What farm products do you sell (i.e. milk, eggs, corn) and where?

How does your product get to market (i.e. buyer picks up or delivery by self; truck or railroad)?

Where do you purchase your farm supplies?

19.

Is equipment and/or produce stored on property? If so, where?

20.

What type of machinery do you operate? What is the largest piece of equipment/machinery?

21.

Identify and locate agricultural buildings/improvements on the property. What are the buildings used for?

22.

Describe access to the property:

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1. Identify access to parcel
2. Identify access between parcels
3. Describe access (routes) taken to markets

23.

What is the primary water source on the property?

            a. Locate watering areas in pastures:

24.

Is property in a commodity support program or conservation reserve? If so, how much?

25.

Is the property protected under:       

            a. Agricultural Easement/Deed Restriction (public/private):

            b. Agricultural Security Area (ASA):

            c. Agricultural Zoning District:

            d. Special Tax Status (Acts 319/515):

25.

What are your future plans for the property? (easement application, building additions, etc)

IMPACTS FROM PROJECT (get farmers input and judgment)

26.

Which alternative(s) will impact your operation?

27.

How will project affect your operation?

27a.

Will productive land/Forested land/non-farmable land be impacted?

28.

Will access to farm parcels, to markets be a problem?

29.

Could you continue to farm?

30.

Would you consider the farm still viable?

31.

If your property was segmented, would you consider it still viable?

32.

How will this project impact your family?

33.

How will this project impact your community?

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