Massachusetts Cheese Survey

Dear Massachusetts Cheese Maker,

We take great pride in the cheese makers across the state, producing a wide variety of world class artisan products. Being able to describe the value of the industry in total sales, pounds, employees and acres, and compare to previous years, provides a strong platform to understand challenges and opportunities ahead, as well as identify resources as needed. We appreciate having the Massachusetts Cheese Guild as a partner in the development of this survey. To capture a 2019 snapshot of the economic value of the industry, we would appreciate it if you could complete this 5-10 minute survey by September 15, 2020. The results will be aggregated, so individual responses will not be identifiable.

Sincerely, John Lebeaux

Commissioner, MDAR

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* 1. What County is your operation located in?

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* 2. If you operate a farm, how many acres are on your farm?

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* 3. If you operate a farm, approximately how many acres on your farm is for cow, goat, or sheep grazing?

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* 4. Do you use your own milk for cheese making?

Yes, all my own milk

I use my milk and also source milk

No, I source all of my milk

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* 5. What are some attributes of the milk you use to make cheese?

Grass fed cows

Milk from Jersey, Guernsey or other specific breeds

Non-fermented feed

Organic

Other (please specify):

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* 6. Please estimate approximately what were your cheese sales in the year 2019?

Less than $1,000

Between $1,000 and $2,499

Between $2,500 and $4,999

Between $5,000 and $9,999

Between $10,000 and $24,999

Between $25,000 and $49,999

Between $50,000 and $99,999

Between $100,000 and $249,999

Between $250,000 and $499,999

Between $500,000 and $999,9999

Between $1 million and $2,499,999

Between $2.5 million and $4,999,999

$5 million or more

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* 7. Approximately what percentage of your 2019 cheese sales were in the following categories:

	0%	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%	100%
Direct to consumer	Direct to consumer 0%	Direct to consumer 10%	Direct to consumer 20%	Direct to consumer 30%	Direct to consumer 40%	Direct to consumer 50%	Direct to consumer 60%	Direct to consumer 70%	Direct to consumer 80%	Direct to consumer 90%	Direct to consumer 100%
Farmers markets/CSA	Farmers markets/CSA 0%	Farmers markets/CSA 10%	Farmers markets/CSA 20%	Farmers markets/CSA 30%	Farmers markets/CSA 40%	Farmers markets/CSA 50%	Farmers markets/CSA 60%	Farmers markets/CSA 70%	Farmers markets/CSA 80%	Farmers markets/CSA 90%	Farmers markets/CSA 100%
Wholesale to restaurants	Wholesale to restaurants 0%	Wholesale to restaurants 10%	Wholesale to restaurants 20%	Wholesale to restaurants 30%	Wholesale to restaurants 40%	Wholesale to restaurants 50%	Wholesale to restaurants 60%	Wholesale to restaurants 70%	Wholesale to restaurants 80%	Wholesale to restaurants 90%	Wholesale to restaurants 100%
Wholesale to distributors	Wholesale to distributors 0%	Wholesale to distributors 10%	Wholesale to distributors 20%	Wholesale to distributors 30%	Wholesale to distributors 40%	Wholesale to distributors 50%	Wholesale to distributors 60%	Wholesale to distributors 70%	Wholesale to distributors 80%	Wholesale to distributors 90%	Wholesale to distributors 100%

Other (please specify)

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* 8. How many total pounds of cheese did you produce in 2019?

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* 9. Please select the different kinds of cheeses that you produced in 2019:

	Cow	Goat	Sheep
Soft cheese aged 0-5 months	Soft cheese aged 0-5 months Cow	Soft cheese aged 0-5 months Goat	Soft cheese aged 0-5 months Sheep
Soft cheese aged 6-12 months	Soft cheese aged 6-12 months Cow	Soft cheese aged 6-12 months Goat	Soft cheese aged 6-12 months Sheep
Soft cheese aged 12+ months	Soft cheese aged 12+ months Cow	Soft cheese aged 12+ months Goat	Soft cheese aged 12+ months Sheep
Hard cheese aged 0-5 months	Hard cheese aged 0-5 months Cow	Hard cheese aged 0-5 months Goat	Hard cheese aged 0-5 months Sheep
Hard cheese aged 6-12 months	Hard cheese aged 6-12 months Cow	Hard cheese aged 6-12 months Goat	Hard cheese aged 6-12 months Sheep
Hard cheese aged 12+ months	Hard cheese aged 12+ months Cow	Hard cheese aged 12+ months Goat	Hard cheese aged 12+ months Sheep

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* 10. Do you sell any other products besides cheese? If so, what are they?

Meat products

Produce

Ice-cream

Maple

No I do not produce anything else besides cheese

Other (please specify)

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* 11. How many full-time employees did you have at the end of 2019 (please include yourself and family members)?

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* 12. How many part-time employees did you have at the end of 2019 (please include family members)?

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* 13. Are you open to visitors? (Y/N)

Yes

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* 14. Please rank the following categories 1-9 with 1 representing the biggest challenge for your business' future growth to 9 being the lowest challenge to future growth:

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* 15. Please feel free to leave your contact information

Name

Company

Address

Address 2

City/Town

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Country

Email Address

Phone Number