Oilseeds/Biodiesel/Farm Energy Survey

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If you're a farmer or rancher and you attended any of the Biodiesel/Oilseed workshops (Livingston, Great Falls, Polson, Billings) or 2007 farm tours (Quinn, DeBoer, Gettel or Stone), please answer questions #1 and #2. If you did not attend a workshop or farm tour skip to #3

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Oilseeds/Biodiesel/Farm Energy Survey

1. Based on what you learned at a workshop or tour did you:
(Please check all that apply)

2) If you've raised an oilseed crop in the past, what was the first year you raised that crop?

3) Montana Oilseeds Update 2008 Newsletter

4) Please rate the importance to you of each farm energy management item

5) What would be the most important factor to you in deciding whether to have a farm energy audit? (check all that apply)

6) If an energy audit could provide you information on any of the items you marked important or very important in question (4) above, how much would you be willing to pay for an energy audit?

7) If a free workshop on farm energy calculators and how farm energy audits work were held within a 100 mile radius of your farm or ranch during the winter, would you attend it?

THE NCAT MISSION
Helping People by championing small-scale, local, and sustainable solutions to reduce poverty, promote healthy communities, and protect natural resources.

Oilseeds/Biodiesel/Farm Energy Survey

1. Based on what you learned at a workshop or tour did you: (Please check all that apply)

2) If you've raised an oilseed crop in the past, what was the first year you raised that crop?

3) Montana Oilseeds Update 2008 Newsletter

4) Please rate the importance to you of each farm energy management item

5) What would be the most important factor to you in deciding whether to have a farm energy audit? (check all that apply)

6) If an energy audit could provide you information on any of the items you marked important or very important in question (4) above, how much would you be willing to pay for an energy audit?

7) If a free workshop on farm energy calculators and how farm energy audits work were held within a 100 mile radius of your farm or ranch during the winter, would you attend it?

THE NCAT MISSION Helping People by championing small-scale, local, and sustainable solutions to reduce poverty, promote healthy communities, and protect natural resources.

1. Based on what you learned at a workshop or tour did you:
(Please check all that apply)

THE NCAT MISSION
Helping People by championing small-scale, local, and sustainable solutions to reduce poverty, promote healthy communities, and protect natural resources.