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* Please select your state. |
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* Which of the following best describes your role in making decisions for this farm? |
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| * How many acres of soybeans will you plant this year? | | |
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| * How many acres of corn will you plant this year? | | |
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This section is about your soybean acres and specifically fungicide use on your soybean acres, even if you have not used fungicides. Please keep this in mind as you answer the following questions. |
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* Have you used a fungicide on your soybeans in the past 3 years (include seed treatments, pre-plant fungicides and/or foliar fungicides)? |
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* Are you currently using a fungicide on your soybeans (include seed treatments, pre-plant fungicides and/or foliar fungicides)? |
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| * Thinking about the last time you used fungicides on your soybeans, on what percentage of your total soybean acres did you use fungicides (include seed treatments, pre-plant fungicides and foliar fungicides)? | | |
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* Which diseases are you most concerned about in your soybeans (Select all that apply)? |
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* Which of the following types of soybean fungicides do you normally use?
(Select all that apply)? |
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* Which of the following best describes how you use the fungicide seed treatment on your soybeans (Select all that apply)? |
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* How well has the fungicide seed treatment performed? |
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| * Pre-plant fungicide only | | | | * Pre-plant fungicide plus insecticide | | | | * Pre-plant fungicide plus micronutrient/foliar feed | | | | * Pre-plant fungicide plus herbicide | | |
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* Which of the following best describes how the pre-plant fungicides on your soybeans are used (Select all that apply)? |
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* How well has the pre-plant fungicide performed? |
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| * Foliar fungicide only | | | | * Foliar fungicide plus insecticide | | | | * Foliar fungicide plus micronutrient/foliar feed | | | | * Foliar fungicide plus herbicide | | |
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* Which of the following best describes how the foliar fungicides on your soybeans are used (Select all that apply)? |
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* How well has the foliar fungicide performed? |
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| What is the primary reason why you do not use foliar fungicides on your soybeans? | | |
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| * What would you estimate is your yield gain in additional bushels per acre from using fungicides on your soybean acres? | | |
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* Do you apply fungicides to your soybeans with your own equipment or do you have it custom applied or both? |
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| * What percentage of your soybean fungicides is aerial applied? | | |
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| What is the primary reason why you do not use fungicides on your soybeans? | | |
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In general, do you expect the following types of fungicide treatments/applications to decrease, stay the same, or increase in 2016 on your soybean acres? Please answer even if you have not used fungicides in the past.
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Please rate the following factors in terms of their influence on your decision to use or switch to using a foliar fungicide for your soybeans? Use a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the least influential and 10 is the most influential.
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* If commodity prices rebound, what is the first soybean input or cost you would increase in order to maximize your per acre income? |
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Still thinking about your soybean acres, this next section is about weed resistance in soybeans. Please keep this in mind as you answer the following questions. |
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* Do you have any incidence of herbicide resistance on your soybean acres? |
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Is managing herbicide resistance in the following types of soybeans on your farm a minor, moderate or major issue?
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* Are you more concerned about resistance to post-applied products or pre-emergent chemistries on your soybeans? |
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* Which herbicide groups or active ingredients do you have resistance to on your farm? (Select all that apply) Refer to the following list for herbicide brands associated with each chemical group.
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* And which weed species in your soybeans are showing resistance to ACC inhibitors (select all that apply)? Refer to the following list for herbicide brands associated with this chemical group.
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* And which weed species in your soybeans are showing resistance to ALS Inhibitors? Refer to the following list for herbicide brands associated with this chemical group.
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* And which weed species in your soybeans are showing resistance to PPO Inhibitor? Refer to the following list for herbicide brands associated with this chemical group.
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* And which weed species in your soybeans are showing resistance to EPSP Inhibitor? Refer to the following list for herbicide brands associated with this chemical group.
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* And which weed species in your soybeans are showing resistance to Photosynthesis Inhibitor? Refer to the following list for herbicide brands associated with this chemical group.
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* What strategies, if any, are you employing to minimize the risk of herbicide resistance development in your soybeans? |
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* Has this strategy changed over the past few years? |
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For this last section, please consider your corn acres and specifically fungicides use on your corn acres as you answer the following questions. |
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* Have you used fungicides on your corn in the past three years? |
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| * Thinking about the last time you used fungicides on your corn acres, on what percentage of your total corn acres did you use fungicides? | | |
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* Which diseases are you most concerned about in your corn (Select all that apply)? |
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* Which of the following types of corn fungicides do you normally use?
(Select all that apply)? |
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* Which of the following best describes how you use the fungicide seed treatment on your corn (Select all that apply)? |
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* How well has the corn fungicide seed treatment performed? |
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| * Pre-plant fungicide only | | | | * Pre-plant fungicide plus insecticide | | | | * Pre-plant fungicide plus micronutrient/foliar feed | | | | * Pre-plant fungicide plus herbicide | | |
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* Which of the following best describes how the pre-plant fungicides on your corn are used (Select all that apply)? |
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* How well has the pre-plant corn fungicide performed? |
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| * Foliar fungicide only | | | | * Foliar fungicide plus insecticide | | | | * Foliar fungicide plus micronutrient/foliar feed | | | | * Foliar fungicide plus herbicide | | |
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* Which of the following best describes how the foliar fungicides on your corn are used (Select all that apply)? |
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* How well has the foliar corn fungicide performed? |
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| What is the primary reason why you do not use foliar fungicides on your corn? | | |
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| * What would you estimate is your yield gain in additional bushels per acre from using fungicides on your corn acres? | | |
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* Do you apply fungicides to your corn with your own equipment or do you have it custom applied or both? |
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| * What percentage of your corn fungicides is aerial applied? | | |
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| What is the primary reason why you do not use fungicides on your corn? | | |
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In general, do you expect the following types of fungicide treatments/applications to decrease, stay the same, or increase in 2016 on your corn acres? Please answer even if you have not used fungicides on your corn in the past.
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Please rate the following factors in terms of their influence on your decision to use or switch to using a foliar fungicide for your corn? Use a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is the least influential and 10 is the most influential.
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This completes our survey. Thank your for participating in this research. Please provide the following information that will be used for sending your $20 honorarium.
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