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Nova Scotia Garlic Industry Survey

Thank you for taking the time to fill out our survey, it should take you about 15 minutes to complete.  The goal of this survey is to assess the state of the garlic industry and determine where outreach and support might help the industry move forward and how we might serve you better. The mission of Perennia is to help farmers, fishers, and food processors be prosperous and profitable.   

Please be as detailed as possible. Should you wish to add further information in the "Other" fields, we would love to know more about your production practices!  All data will be amalgamated, no private information will be shared.   
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1.How many acres of garlic do you grow?
2.Is your garlic
3.What Nova Scotia county are you in?
4.What kind of garlic do you grow?  Please select all that apply.
5.Do you plant (please select all that apply)
6.Are you satisfied with the quality of seed-garlic that you have access to?   (Please select all that apply.)
7.What is your garlic spacing (distance between plants, distance between rows, don't forget to specify units!)?
8.Do you plant
9.How do you fertilize your garlic? Please choose all that apply.
10.What type of mulch do you use? Please select all that apply.
11.Do you irrigate your garlic? Please select all that apply.
12.What weed control methods do you use? Please select all that apply.
13.The following insects are pests in my garlic (please select all that apply)
14.How would you rate your satisfaction with the following production challenges on your farm(Required.)
I don't know what this is
Improvement needed
I think I have a pretty good handle on it
I am amazing at this
N/A
Weeds
Insects
Fungal disease
Nematodes
Fertility
Curing
Post-harvest quality
Seed-garlic
Marketing
15.Is your garlic production mechanized (garlic splitter, mechanical transplanter, garlic harvester, garlic cleaning, etc.)? Please explain.
16.What is your biggest production challenge?
17.What products from your garlic are you marketing?  Please select all that apply.
18.What is your pricing for culinary garlic?
19.If you sell seed-garlic, what is your pricing?
20.Until when do you typically have marketable culinary garlic?
21.The reason I don't store garlic for longer is...
22.Do you have problems with post-harvest disease?  Please select all that apply.
23.Before curing do you (please select all that apply)
24.In my garlic CURING area, I monitor (please select all that apply)
25.Please tell me about your garlic curing area.
26.In my garlic STORAGE area, I monitor (please select all that apply)
27.Please tell me about your garlic storage area.
28.Where do you market your garlic products?  Please select all that apply.
29.From my garlic, I gross
$0
$50,000
$100,000
30.Please select from the following(Required.)
True
False
I would like to improve my production practices
I would like to improve my post-harvest production practices
I would like to improve my seed-garlic
I would like to expand my production
I would like to expand my markets
I am interested in developing a value-added garlic product
31.Is there anything else that you want to share with regards to garlic?
32.If you wish to share your name, farm name, and email address, please enter it here.