SurveyID: 1241 2025 Fruit Chemical Use Survey (CA Version) - May 2025

2025 FRUIT CHEMICAL USE SURVEY
OMB No.: 0535-0218
Approval Expires: 6/30/2026
Project Code: 141
SurveyID: 1241

NATIONAL
AGRICULTURAL
STATISTICS
SERVICE
U.S. Department of Agriculture
National Operations Division
9700 Page Avenue, Suite 400
St. Louis, MO 63132-1547
Phone: 1-888-424-7828
Fax: 855-415-3687
Email: nass@usda.gov

CALIFORNIA ENTERPRISE
VERSION
01

POID
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SUBTRACT
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CONTACT RECORD

DATE

TIME

NOTES

The information you provide will be used for statistical purposes only. Your response will be kept confidential and any person who willfully
discloses ANY identifiable information about you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both. This survey is conducted in
accordance with the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018, Title III of Pub. L. No. 115-435, codified in 44
U.S.C. Ch. 35 and other applicable Federal laws. For more information on how we protect your information please visit:
https://www.nass.usda.gov/confidentiality. Response is voluntary.
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB number is 0535-0218. The time required to
complete this information collection is estimated to average 45 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.

BEGINNING TIME [MILITARY]......................................................................................................................

H H M M
004
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☐ Name, address, and partners verified and updated if necessary.
1. During 2025, were any crops, including new plantings,
livestock or poultry on the total acres operated?
EXCLUDE crops produced by a tenant if target operator
is landlord only.

☐ Yes – [Go to item 1, page 2]

☐ No – [Continue]

2. During 2025, did this operation sell any agricultural
products or receive government agricultural payments?
EXCLUDE crops produced by a tenant if target operator
is landlord only.

☐ Yes – [Go to item 1, page 2]

☐ No – [Continue]

3. During 2025, were any crops stored on the total acres
operated? EXCLUDE crops produced by a tenant if
target operator is landlord only.

☐ Yes – [Go to item 1, page 2]

☐ No – [Continue]

4. During 2025, did this operation have any fruit acres which
were operated by a management firm?
☐ Yes – [Go to item 1, page 2]

☐ No – [Go to page 4]

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SCREENING
1. Did this operation have any of the target crops during the 2025 crop year? [See page 6 for target crops.]
Yes – [Continue]
No – [Write notes explaining the situation then go to "Conclusion" on back page.]

2. Are the day–to–day decisions for this operation (name on label) made by — [Check one]
one individual? [Go to Section A]
a hired manager? [Go to Section A]
partners? [Continue]
3. How many individuals are involved in the day–to–day decisions of this operation? [Enter the number of
partners, including the partner named on the label. Identify the other persons in this partnership below,
then go to Section A. Partners jointly operate land and share in decision making. Do not include
landlords and tenants as partners].....................................................................................................................

Number

Partners: POID ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

Partners: POID ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

PARTNER NAME

PARTNER NAME

ADDRESS

ADDRESS

CITY

STATE

ZIP

PHONE NUMBER

CITY

STATE

ZIP

Partners: POID ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

POID ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

PARTNER NAME

PARTNER NAME

ADDRESS

ADDRESS

CITY

STATE

ZIP

PHONE NUMBER

CITY

STATE

ZIP

PHONE NUMBER

PHONE NUMBER

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CALIFORNIA SCREENING
4. What ID (pesticide permit number) does this operation use for reporting pesticide
applications on the target crops bearing acres to the County Agricultural
Commissioners?

County

Number

a. Is this ID used to report pesticide applications for any other operations?
1

Yes – [Continue]

3

No – [Go to item 5]

b. What other operation(s) is this ID used to report for?
Name: __________________________________________ Name: ____________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________
Phone:(_______)______________________________

Phone:(_______)_______________________________

5. Does the operation use any other ID's to report pesticide applications on the target crops bearing acres to the County
Agricultural Commissioners?
1

Yes – [Continue]

3

No – [Go to item 6]
County

Number

a. What are these other ID numbers?

b. Do you use any of these ID's to report pesticide applications for any other
operation?
1

i.

Yes – [Continue]

3

No – [Go to item 6]

What other operations use this ID for reporting? [Identify operation and ID.]

Name: __________________________________________ Name: ____________________________________________
Reporting ID: _____________________________________ Reporting ID: ______________________________________
Address: ________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________
Phone:(_______)______________________________

Phone:(_______)_______________________________

6. Do you employ a fruit management company to care for any of the targeted fruit crops?
1

Yes – [Continue]

3

No – [Go to page 4]

a. What fruit management company do you employ?
Name: __________________________________________ Name: ____________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________
Phone:(_______)______________________________

Phone:(_______)_______________________________

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CHANGE IN OPERATOR STATUS

1. Has there been a change in operation name or operator?
023 1

Yes – Continue

3

No – Go to Enumerator Note below.

Operation Name_________________________________
Operator Name__________________________________
Address________________________________________
_______________________________________________
Phone (

)________________________

Check if
cell phone

2. Has the operation printed on this questionnaire been combined or merged with any other farming operations?
1

Yes – Go to Conclusion

3

No – Continue

[Enumerator Note: If the operation on the face page was in business part of the 2025 crop year, complete this questionnaire
for the part of the year during which the operation did business, unless the operation has been taken
over by a new operator. If the operator has changed midyear, please conduct this interview start to
finish with the new operator after reading "Valid Substitution" rules in section 4 of the Interviewer's
Manual.]

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A

LAND OPERATED

A

Acres Operated
1. How many acres does this operation—

Acres
901

+
a. own?........................................................................................................................................................

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902
b. rent or lease from others or use rent free? EXCLUDE land used on an animal unit month
+
(AUM) basis...............................................................................................................................................

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905

–
c. rent to others?..........................................................................................................................................
=
2. Then the total acres operated are: [item 1a + 1b – 1c]..............................................................................

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900

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a. Does this include the farmstead, all cropland, woodland, pastureland, wasteland, and government
program land?
Yes – [Continue]
No – [Make corrections, then continue.]
The remaining questions in this survey refer to these [item 2] acres.
802

3. Of the total acres operated, how many acres are considered cropland? .......................................................

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INCLUDE
· land in hay
· summer fallow
· cropland idle
· cropland used for pasture
· cropland in government programs
803
4. Of the total acres operated, how many acres are in fruit? INCLUDE bearing and non–bearing
acreage in trees, vineyards, and bushes........................................................................................................

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B

FRUIT ACREAGE

B

1. What target fruit crops were on these [Section A, item 4] acres during the 2025
crop year?

Table
001
Office Use
Lines in Table

EXCLUDE
· new plantings
· other plantings which are not yet bearing

1

2

Line 99

3

4

5

6

How many bearing
Were any herbicides,
On what date did you
acres of [crop] did
insecticides, fungicides, complete harvest of
this operation have?
etc. applied to this
your 2024 crop year
crop?
[crop]?

L
I
N
E
Crop

Crop Code
11

01
11
02
11
03
11
04
11
05
11
06
11
07
11
08
11
09
11
10
11
11
11
12
11
13
11
14
11
15

Yes = 1
No = 3

Acres

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199

On what date did you
complete harvest of
your 2025 crop year
[crop]?

MM DD YY

MM DD YY

13

14

15

13

14

15

13

14

15

13

14

15

13

14

15

13

14

15

13

14

15

13

14

15

13

14

15

13

14

15

13

14

15

13

14

15

13

14

15

13

14

15

13

14

15

California – Crop Codes
301
303
305
312
320

Apples
Apricots
Avocados
Cherries, sweet
Grapefruit

Grapes
424 Raisin type varieties
(INCLUDE all uses for Thompson
Seedless variety)
524 Table type varieties
624 Wine type varieties

330
331
333
492
435
535

Kiwifruit
Lemons
Nectarines
Olives
Navel Oranges
Valencia Oranges

340
520
550
343
345
748
349

Peaches
Pears
Plums
Prunes
Raspberries
Strawberries
Tangerines /Tangelos

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B

L
I
N
E

FRUIT ACREAGE

B

CAL – EPA SITE LOCATION NUMBER
(if required)

01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15

INCLUDE
· Target Crops only.
· All commercial bearing acreage equal to or greater than one tenth
of an acre.
· All bearing acreage of Target Crops for processing or fresh market.
· All bearing acreage of Target Crops for roadside stands, farmer's
markets or U–pick sales.
· Bearing acreage not harvested due to weather, economic or other
reasons.
· Crops planted in the fall of 2024 if they were part of the 2025 crop.

EXCLUDE

·
·
·
·
·

All crops grown in another state.
Non–commercial orchard and vineyard acreage (home garden).
Non–target fruits.
New plantings and other plantings which are not yet bearing.
All Target Crops grown by institutional, experimental, research and
university farms (abnormal farms).
· Abandoned orchards and vineyards.

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E

PEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

E

Now I have some questions about pest management practices you may have used on any of the total fruit acres on this
operation. INCLUDE bearing and non-bearing acreage of both target and non-target fruit crops grown. By pests, we mean
insects, weeds, and diseases.
[Enumerator Action: Were pesticide applications reported in Section B, column 4?]
Yes – [Continue]

No – [Go to item 4]
Code

1. Was weather data used to assist in determining either the need or when to make pesticide
Yes=1
applications?.........................................................................................................................................
No=3
2. Were any biological pesticides such as Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis), insect growth regulators, such
as Courier, Intrepid, etc., Neem or other natural/biological based products sprayed or applied to Yes=1
manage pests?.....................................................................................................................................No=3
3. Were pesticides with different mechanisms of action rotated or tank mixed for the primary
Yes=1
purpose of keeping pests from becoming resistant to pesticides?........................................................
No=3

600

601
602

1 By deliberately going to the fruit acres specifically
for scouting activities. [Enter code 1 and go to
item 5.]

4. In 2025, how were your fruit acres primarily
2 By conducting general observations while
scouted for insects, weeds, diseases, and/or
performing routine tasks. [Enter code 2 and go to
beneficial organisms?........................................... item 7.]

Code
608
...........

3 The fruit acres were not scouted. [Enter code 3
and go to item 10.]

Code

5. Was an established scouting process used such as systemic sampling, recording counts, insect Yes=1
traps, etc., on any fruit acres?..............................................................................................................No=3

609

6. Was scouting for pests done on these fruit acres due to—
a. a pest advisory

Code

Yes=1
warning?......................................................................................................................
No=3
Yes=1

610

611

b. a pest development model?..................................................................................................................
No=3
[If column 1 is Yes, ask—]
Who did the majority of the scouting for column 1?

7. Were your fruit acres scouted for —
Yes = 1
No = 3

1
2
3
4

612

614

615

617

618

620

a. weeds?..................................................................
b. insects or mites?....................................................
c. disease?................................................................

Operator, partner or family member
An employee
Farm supply or chemical dealer
Independent crop consultant or commercial scout

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E

PEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES

E
Code

8. Were written or electronic records kept to track the activity or numbers of weeds, insects or
Yes=1
diseases?............................................................................................................................................No=3

623

9. Was scouting data compared to published information on infestation thresholds to determine
Yes=1
when to take measures to manage pests?..........................................................................................No=3

624

10. Was field mapping data used for making pest management

Yes=1
decisions?.............................................No=3

11. Were the services of a diagnostic laboratory used for pest identification or soil or plant tissue
Yes=1
pest analysis?......................................................................................................................................No=3
12. Were crop residues, including drops, rotting fruit and/or debris, removed to manage

Yes=1
pests?.............No=3

13. Were ground covers, mulches, or other physical barriers maintained to manage pest

Yes=1
problems?......No=3

625

626

627

629

14. Were any beneficial organisms such as insects, nematodes, or fungi applied or released to
Yes=1
manage pests?....................................................................................................................................No=3

636

15. Were floral lures, attractant repellants, pheromone traps or other biological pest controls used
Yes=1
on any fruit acres?...............................................................................................................................No=3

637

16. Were any fruit acres cultivated for weed control during the growing

Yes=1
season?.....................................No=3

640

17. Were field edges, lanes, ditches, roadways or fence lines chopped, mowed, plowed, or burned
Yes=1
to manage pests on any fruit acres?...................................................................................................No=3

642

18. Were equipment and implements cleaned after completing field work to reduce the spread of
Yes=1
pests?..................................................................................................................................................No=3

643

19. Were any fruit acres irrigated for the 2025

Yes=1
crop?................................................................................No=3

644

[If item 19 = Yes, ask—]
a. Were water management practices, excluding chemigation, such as irrigation scheduling,
Yes=1
controlled drainage, or treatment of retention water used to manage pests?......................................
No=3

645

COMPLETION CODE for PEST
MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
1 Incomp/R

500

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Use This Space for Notes and Comments.

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Use This Space for Notes and Comments.

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CONCLUSION
[Enumerator Note: Thank the respondent, then review this questionnaire.]
Office Use Only
Ending Time (Military)
Hours

OR

Total Hours

Minutes

0005

Hours

Minutes

0008

1. Ending time........................................................................
Contact Information
Operator Email:

Operator Phone:

9929

9917
Check to receive
results by email

9918

☐

(

Operation Email: (if different from above)

check if
cell phone

☐

) _____________________

Operation Phone: (if different from above)

9937

9920
Check to receive
results by email

9936

☐

(

check if
cell phone

Respondent Name:

Respondent Phone (if different from above)

9912

9911

____________________________________________

(

check if 9910
cell phone
) _____________________

☐

) _____________________

☐

MM

Date:

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DD

YY

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This completes the survey. The results will be available on the release date at: nass.usda.gov/results
Thank you for your help.

OFFICE USE
R. Unit
9921

Ptr 1 Str
9922

Response
1-Comp
2-R
3-Inac
4-Office Hold

9901

Ptr 2 Str
9923

Ptr 3 Str
9927

Respondent
1-Op/Mgr
2-Spouse
3-Acct/Bkpr
4-Partner
9-Other

9902

Ptr 4 Str
9928

OPS
923

Mode
2-PATI (tel)
3-PAPI (Face-toFace)

SSO 1
9907

ADJ
922

9906

Enum
9903

9998

Optional Use
9916

POID
9989
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Eval.
9900

Change
9985