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Pest Cast / Sorghum Questionnaire

Please fill out and return the following survey. We value your opinion about Pest Cast and how it can be improved.

How are you involved in agriculture?*
- Farmer
- Independent Consultant
- Ag Chem./Seed Company/Fertilizer Fieldman
- Research/Extension
- Ag Business (Gin, Elevator, Compress, etc.)
What County do you farm in or work in? Mark all that apply.*
- Hidalgo County
- Starr Count
- Willacy County
- Cameron County
- Kenedy County
- Other
How many acres does your farming or consulting business involve?*
- 0
- <500
- 500-1,000
- 1,000-3,000
- 3,000-5,000
- 5,000+
Did you find the Pest Cast valuable in your agricultural enterprise?*
- No help
- Somewhat helpful
- Quite helpful
- Extremely helpful
Did you find the information in the Pest Cast to be timely?*
- Not timely
- Somehwhat timely
- Very timely
- Extremely timely
Was the length of the newsletter*
- Too short
- About right
- Too long
What would you say was the dollar value of the weekly Pest Cast Newsletter to your business?*
- $0/acre
- $0-$5/acre
- $5-$10/acre
- $10-$15/acre
- $15-$20/acre
- More than $20/acre
What part of the newsletter was more helpful to you? (Pick 4)*
- General Information
- Crop Status
- Current Pest Status
- Pest forcast information
- New/Unusual pest reports
- Boll weevil eradication reports
- Crop production information
- Announcements-Field Days, Meetings, etc.
What are topics that you would like to see more information?*
Did you grow any grain sorghum this year?*
- Yes
- No
Did you have any problems with the invasive sugarcane aphid this year in your grain sorghum crop?*
- Yes
- No
How did you find out about the new invasive sugarcane aphid (SCA)? Check all that apply.*
- Pre-Plant meeting in January
- Grower meeting/Field day on May 20th about the SCA
- Grower meeting/Field day on June 19th about the SCA
- Pest Cast Newsletter
- Local Newspaper (Monitor, Valley Morning Star, etc.)
- Local TV News broadcasters
When you attended the grower meetings in May or June regarding the invasive sugarcane aphid, did you find the information to be...*
- Very Useless
- Useless
- Somewhat Useless
- Neutral
- Somewhat Useful
- Useful
- Very Useful
Did the information obtained at the grower meetings for the invasive sugarcane aphid meeting in May and June help you to make a decision on how to manage the pest in your sorghum crop this year?*
- Yes
- No
Did you have to spray for the sugarcane aphid?
- Yes
- No
Did you find the information about the invasive sugarcane aphid was being timely distributed?*
- Yes
- No

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