2021 Producer Sign-up for Canadian Cost of Production Network

Intake Form

Cow-calf ranchers/farmers interested in participating in the 2021/22 Canadian Cow-calf Cost of Production Network are asked to complete this voluntary online intake form. Canfax Research Services will use the information collected for program planning, namely to determine eligibility for the network and to sort operations into 'typical' ranch/farm focus groups according to ecoregion, herd size and management practice. As such, all questions require a response.

Individual responses will remain confidential and subject to privacy protection as outlined under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Your responses are greatly appreciated. Once you complete and submit the form, your responses will be reviewed and you will be contacted by a provincial coordinator if eligible for the network. If you have questions or concerns about the network or about the intake form, please phone (403) 275-5110 or email crs@canfax.ca. Only one form should be submit per operation. There is a $500 honorarium offered for participants selected to be involved in the network, one honorarium is offered per operation.

Thank you in advance for your interest and your time participating in this network.

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* 1. Please provide some details about your operation.

Full name

Postal code

Business email address

Business phone number

Ranch/farm name

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* 2. Beef cows exposed in a typical year (# head).

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* 3. Typical calving start date (MM/DD/YYYY).

Calving Date

Date

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* 4. Typical weaning date (MM/DD/YYYY).

Wean Date

Date

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* 5. Retained ownership practice of weaned calves (please select the option that applies to the MAJORITY of your cattle)?

We only retain replacement heifers.

We retain calves to precondition and then sell.

We retain calves to background and then sell.

We retain and keep calves as yearling grassers and then sell.

We retain and keep calves until they are finished (slaughter) weight.

We do not retain calves.

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* 6. Typical sale date or week for calves/yearlings (MM/DD/YYYY).

Sale Date

Date

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* 7. Percentage of your total land base used to grow cash crops?

None

0-25%

26 to 50%

51 to 75%

76 to 100%

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* 8. Percentage of your winter feed typically purchased. That is, the percentage of purchased ration fed (on a volume basis) for the entire winter feeding period.

None

0 to 25%

26 to 50%

51 to 75%

76 to 100%

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* 9. Your primary winter feeding location is:
(Note: your calving location may be different)

Extensive (e.g. field feeding, bale grazing, rolled bales, crop residue, stockpile grass).

Confined (e.g. in a pen, in a barn)

Confined only for calving

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* 10. First day of winter feeding in a typical year.

Winter Feeding Start Date

Date

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* 11. How many days of each type of feeding occur in a typical winter? These should add up to the number of days cows are not 100% grazing.

Days on Full Winter feed (e.g. full ration provided)

Days on Field feeding (e.g. swath grazing, crop residue, corn garzing)

Days of supplemented feed on pasture (e.g. part of ration comes from grazing)

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* 12. Feed Stuffs used during the winter feeding period (check all that apply)

Swath Grazing of cereals

Corn Grazing

Grazing of standing cover crops

Hay/Haylage

Silage (corn, oat-pealage, etc.)

Grain (barley, oats, corn, etc.)

Pellets

By-products

Other (please specify)

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* 13. Do any of the following descriptions apply to your operation

Organic

Grass-finished

Graze year-round (365 days)

Purebred

Commercial

Other (please specify)

2021 Producer Sign-up for Canadian Cost of Production Network

Intake Form

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* 1. Please provide some details about your operation.

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* 2. Beef cows exposed in a typical year (# head).

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* 3. Typical calving start date (MM/DD/YYYY).

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* 4. Typical weaning date (MM/DD/YYYY).

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* 5. Retained ownership practice of weaned calves (please select the option that applies to the MAJORITY of your cattle)?

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* 6. Typical sale date or week for calves/yearlings (MM/DD/YYYY).

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* 7. Percentage of your total land base used to grow cash crops?

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* 8. Percentage of your winter feed typically purchased. That is, the percentage of purchased ration fed (on a volume basis) for the entire winter feeding period.

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* 9. Your primary winter feeding location is:(Note: your calving location may be different)

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* 10. First day of winter feeding in a typical year.

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* 11. How many days of each type of feeding occur in a typical winter? These should add up to the number of days cows are not 100% grazing.

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* 12. Feed Stuffs used during the winter feeding period (check all that apply)

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* 13. Do any of the following descriptions apply to your operation

* 9. Your primary winter feeding location is:
(Note: your calving location may be different)