Winter Beans Survey

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SURVEY FORM
For your 2007 winter bean crop
No. Question Answer
1 Name
2 Email
3 Farm Address
4 Telephone number
5 What is your combinable crop area?
6 What area of winter beans do you grow?
7 Are you a conventional or organic grower?
8 Do you plough in or drill your winter bean crop?



9 What type of drill/establishment system do you use?
10

When did you sow your winter beans?

Was this ideal?


11

What depth did you achieve?

Was this ideal?

 

12 When did they emerge?
13 What pre-emergence herbicide did you use?
14 How many times did you spray for disease?
15 How many times did you spray for bruchid?
16 Would you/do you prefer to keep your winter bean crop clean for as long as possible or would you prefer for them to defoliate nearer to harvest?



17 At what crop height did they start to flower?
18 What height did they finally achieve?
19 What percentage of the crop was standing at harvest?
20 What yield did you achieve?
21 What is the best yield you have achieved with winter beans?

Can you attribute this to anything in particular?

22 Do you use bee hives around your winter bean crops?


Do you think they help your crop performance?

23 What benefits particularly attract you to winter beans?
24 Where do you go for advice regarding your winter bean crop?

please put in order of preference (1-5, 1 being first):

seed supplier
agronomist
advisory (PGRO)
breeder
internet
25 What improvements would you most like to see on the winter bean crop?
26 Which websites do you use to access information on crops?

please put in order of preference (1-5, 1 being first):

FWI
NIAB/PGRO
Merchant
Breeder
Others..please name

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