1.What state do you reside in?

AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming

2.How old are you?

18-30

31 – 45

46 – 60

61 – 75

76+

3.How many years have you been dairying?

1 – 5 years

6 – 10 years

11 – 20 years

21 – 30 years

30+ years

4.Are you a key decision maker on your dairy farm?

Yes

No

Other (please specify)

5.What is your gender?

Male

Female

6.What’s your highest level of education?

Some high school

High school degree

Some college

Associates degree/certificate program or two-year college degree

College or university degree

Advanced degree

Other (please specify)

7.Do you actively manage raising your own young and replacement stock (calves, heifers), or do you only manage the milking herd?

Manage raising our young and replacement stock

Only manage the milking herd

Mix of both

8.In which of the following, if any, do you currently participate? Select all that apply.

Beef on dairy programs

Raise beef cattle

Raise dairy steers

Row crop farming

Specialty crop farming

Other (please specify)

9.Do you consider your dairy farm to be small, midsized, or large?

Small

Midsized

Large

10.Regarding your dairy farm, over the next three years, do you plan to grow, maintain, shrink, or exit the business? Select only one response.

Grow

Maintain

Shrink

Exit

11.How many cows are you currently milking?

12.Please choose which of the following best describes how you market your milk.

We do on farm processing of our milk

We ship our milk to a local processor

We ship our milk to a multi-state processor

My farm is a combination of farm-owned (on-farm) and another processor

13.Where do you ship the milk from your farm? (select all that apply)

Private Processor

Manufacturing dairy cooperative

Marketing-only dairy cooperative

Farmer-owned (on-farm) processing

Other (please specify)

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