COVID-19 Farm & Ranch Employer Impact Survey, September 2020

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* 1. Have any of your employees been unable to work due to any local or state quarantine, shelter-in-place or shelter-at-home order?

Yes

No (If No, skip to Q. 4)

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* 2. If some of your employees have been unable to work, why has this been the case? (check all that apply):

My employee is in a high-risk group, or other COVID-19 reason

A member of my employee's family, another member of my employee's houshold or a close friend or frequent contact is in a high-risk group

My employee has been exposed or has been instructed to self-quarantine

A member of my employee’s family, another member of my employee’s household or a close friend or frequent contact has been exposed to COVID-19 or is suspected of having been exposed and has been instructed to self-quarantine

My employee has been diagnosed with COVID-19 or a medical professional suspects my employee may be infected with COVID-19

A member of my employee's family, another member of my employee's houshold or a close friend or frequent contact needs COVID-19-related care

Other (please specify)

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* 3. If some of your employees have been unable or unavailable to work, how many aggregate workdays (no. of employees unavailable x no. of days unable or unavailable) has your business lost to COVID-19 suspected cases, diagnosed cases, quarantine/shelter-at-home or similar state or local orders?

0-6

7-14

15-30

31-60

61 or more

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* 4. Have you lost customers or sales due to COVID-19?

Yes

No (if no, skip to Q. 7)

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* 5. If yes on Q. 4, can you estimate a percentage of lost business?

Less than 5%

5%-10%

11%-15%

16%-25%

26%-33%

24%-50%

51%-75%

More than 75%

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* 6. If you have lost customers or sales, why did you lose customers or sales? (check any that apply)

Customers' business has slowed or ceased

Shelter-in-place or shelter-at-home orders closed customers' businesses

Consumers are uncomfortable with safety of direct-to-consumer sales (farmers' markets, food boxes)

Foreign customers declined to purchase due to health concerns

Unable to deliver orders due to lack of staff

Unable to deliver orders due to lack of product

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Have you been prevented from undertaking any normal planting, cultivation or crop care or protection activity due to a lack of personal protective equipment of any type?

Yes

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* 8. If yes on Q. 7, what personal protective equipment is unavailable? (check all that apply)

respiratory protection (please specify below what respiratory protection is unavailable)

gloves (please specify below what types of gloves are unavailable)

smocks, coveralls or other protective outwear (please specify below if disposable or re-usable or both are unavailable)

eye protection (please specify below type of eye protection unavailable)

Please provide more detail about PPE that is unavailable:

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* 9. Have you at any time since mid-February 2020 ceased any operations due to COVID-19?

Yes

No (if no, skip to Q. 11)

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* 10. If yes on Q. 9, what operations have you ceased? (check all that apply)

Planting

Pruning, vine tying, or other important pre-season cultivation practices

Pesticide or fungicide applications

Harvesting

Promotional activities

Open-house events, tasting room opening you-pick events or other events involving the general public

Preparation and delivery of farm boxes or other direct-to-consumer sales

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Have you terminated, furloughed, or laid off employees or otherwise reduced your workforce due to COVID-19?

Yes

No (if no, skip to Q. 16)

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* 12. If you have reduced your workforce, why? (check all that apply)

Reduced business revenue or reduced customer orders

Employees unable to work due to illness

Employees unavailable to work due to quarantine orders (individual or family/household or shelter-at-home/shelter-in-place orders

Childcare is unavailable

Schools are closed

Other (please specify)

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* 13. If you have reduced your workforce, have any absent employees used any of these types of leaves or benefits in relation to COVID-19? (check all that apply)

California-mandated Paid Sick Leave

Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) paid sick leave

Family & Medical Leave Act/California Family Rights Act Leave

Workers' Compensation disability leave

California State Disability Leave

Unemployment Insurance benefits

Unpaid Leave of Absence

Other (please specify)

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* 14. Have you been able to recruit workers to replace any lost due to any COVID-19-related reason?

Yes

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* 15. If you have been able to recruit replacement workers, from what source(s)? (check all that apply)

Employment Development Department (EDD) referrals

Recruitment services

Farm Labor Contractor

Word-of-Mouth

Other (please specify)

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* 16. Has anyone in your immediate family lost off-farm income due to COVID-19?

Yes

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* 17. If anyone in your immediate family has lost off-farm income, why? (check all that apply)

My job, that of my spouse or another income earner in my family is unavailable due to COVID-19 shelter or shutdown orders

Daycare or school for any children in our household is unavailable due to COVID-19 shelter or shutdown orders

I, or my spouse, or another income earner in my family, have been sick and needed time to recover

I, or my spouse, or another income earner in my family, have had to forgo work to provide care for a family member who has been ill, exposed to COVID-19, tested positive for COVID-19, or is awaiting test results

I, or my spouse, or another income earner in my family, was exposed to COVID-19 or tested positive for COVID-19, and had to engage in isolation

Other (please specify)

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* 18. Do you plan to apply or have you applied for COVID-19 relief funding or take tax credits to defray the cost of mandated employee leaves or other unforeseen COVID-19-related expenses? (check all that apply)

USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

SBA Paycheck Protection Program

SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program

FFCRA tax credits

N/A (not applicable)

Other (please specify)

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* 19. What commodity/commodities do you produce? (check all that apply)

Deciduous tree fruit

Tropical tree fruit (kiwi, dates, mangoes, etc.)

Avocados

Rice

Tree nuts

Citrus fruit

Vegetables (excluding leafy greens)

Leafy greens

Berries

Table grapes

Wine Grapes

Olives

Raisins

Field or Row Crops (grains, cotton, oilseeds, etc.)

Ornamental, Floral, or Nursery products

Hay or Haylege

Seed crops

Animal feed

Dairy Milk

Beef production

Sheep production

Poultry production

Egg production

Apiary/pollination services

Honey production

Fish production

Other (please specify)