Surveys

These survey questions are designed to help us assess which combination of production, processing and marketing structures can provide farmers with an economically viable enterprise. For example, a small scale farm may choose to raise, process and market grains directly to farm stand customers. A large scale operation may opt to wholesale to a single account.

On the left, please fill out a farmers or a customers survey, or fill out, print and send us this page.

Farmer’s Survey

Name:_____________________________________________________

Farm:______________________________________________________

Date:____/____/___________

Are you growing grains already? (if no, skip to question 5)

1. What grains are you already growing?

(Grain Variety amount Already planted? (date?) Comments?)

2. For what markets? (Food, feed, seed?)

3. How are you harvesting?

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4. How are you handling post-harvest processing? Do you do it yourself/ hire custom services etc.

5. What is your future interest in grain production and processing?

6. Do you have any information or training needs?

7. Do you have any equipment / infrastructure needs?

Planting/ cultivating equipment? Harvesting equipment? Housing? Storage? Processing?

8. What is your interest/ need in using equipment you do not own:

A. Are you interested in custom services such as combining, grain processing, milling? __________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Are you interested in shared use equipment such as a grain processing facility?

C. Would you prefer to pay for these services or invest in an equipment co-op? Please describe:

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Please add other comments to the back of this page…

Bakers or Other Market Survey:

Business name:____________________________________________

Contact person/ people:__________________________________________________________

Contact info:_______________________________________________________________________________________

Date:___/___/________

1.Grain products you purchase : (Product, what form (flour/berries), How much per year? Total price last year?)

2.How much do you buy at a time? On what schedule? (weekly/monthly/ as needed?)

3.Is there a seasonal fluctuation in your buying?

4.If you process, how do you do it? What equipment do you use?

5.Do you rely on testing from the flour company? If so, what tests? (Protein content/ falling number, are there others you rely on?)

6.Do you have storage capacity? How much? Do you have the potential capacity for storage?

7.Do you buy Organic or Conventional? Approx. percentages?

8.How do you think/or how are your customers already reacting to “value-added” labels such as: Local, Organic, Heritage?

9. Can you / would you pay more for locally produced or local organic grain?

10. Is there any other information you think we need to know?