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Instructions

1. This Final Report Questionnaire must be submitted and approved by OSCIA to receive your final

payment.

2. Verify you have the proper Final Report Questionnaire for your project. This Final Report

Questionnaire is for:

Plant Pest Monitoring and Management Tools and Equipment: Plant Health

Targeted Intake (Producers) [Category Code: PHIM-DN-H]

3. Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*).

Purpose

The purpose of this Final Report Questionnaire is to identify the results and impact of project activities

completed, as well as client satisfaction, related to Canadian Agricultural Partnership cost-share funding for

producers. Responses will not impact your final claim; however, to receive funding under the Canadian

Agricultural Partnership, this Final Report Questionnaire must be completed.

Contact & Project Details

1. What activities did you complete for this project? (Select all that apply) *

Name of Business/Organization * Project Number *

Your Name *

Primary Project Contact Name (If different than your name)

Purchased DON (vomitoxin) test kit(s) (e.g. test strips, immunoassays, ELISA)

Conducted DON test(s)

Third-party testing (e.g. laboratory, elevator)

In-house testing

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2. Did your project: *

Yes No N/A

a. Address a specific new marketopportunity or mitigate risks that requireadditional data or validation prior toimplementation

b. Involve impact and benefits beyondyour specific commodity

c. Involve more than one commodity orsector

d. Address pest and disease managementpractices

e. Address pest, disease and weedsurveillance and management practices

Purchased testing equipment

Equipment to process/prepare samples for DON testing

Digital equipment to improve DON sampling/testing

Purchased consumables

For DON sampling/testing (e.g. distilled water, pipette tips)

To improve safety/reduce exposure (e.g. masks, gloves, safety goggles)

Used DON reference materials to validate in-house testing



3. Complete the following for your corn crop/products for each of the years

below. *

A) FOR CURRENT YEAR:

Corn crop/product

grown

# of acres

planted

# of acres

affected by

DON

ppm level of

affected crop

Estimated gross

business revenue

loss due to DON ($)

# of acres that may

benefit from

improved

information

obtained through

this project

Grain corn

Feed/silage corn for livestock

Other (Specify)

B) FOR PREVIOUS YEAR (IF APPLICABLE):

Corn crop/product grown # of acres

planted

# of acres

affected by

DON

ppm level of

affected crop

(if known)

Estimated gross

business revenue

loss due to DON ($)

Grain corn

Feed/silage corn for

livestock

Other (Specify)

No corn crop/product grown




C) FOR 2016 (IF APPLICABLE):


planted

# of acres

affected by

DON

ppm level of

affected crop

(if known)

Estimated gross

business revenue

loss due to DON ($)

Grain corn

Feed/silage corn for livestock

Other (Specify)


D) FOR 2011 (IF APPLICABLE):


planted

# of acres

affected by

DON

ppm level of

affected crop

(if known)

Estimated gross

business revenue

loss due to DON ($)

Grain corn

Feed/silage corn for

livestock

Other (Specify)


4a. How severely was your farm operation impacted by DON before this

project? *

Very severely Severely Moderately Minimally (Skip

to question 5)



4b. Which of the following contributed to this impact? (Select all that apply)

Harvest loss Decreased marketability of damaged

harvest

Reduced productivity from contaminated

feed and reduced animal health

Food safety risks (from contaminated

food)

Rejection(s) of your corn crop/product Other (Specify)

5. To what extent did this project help you address challenges caused by DON

on your farm operation? *

1. Not At All 2. To a Small Extent 3. To a Moderate Extent 4. To a Great Extent

6. Indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following

statements as a result of completing this project. *

1. Strongly

Disagree2. Disagree

3. Neither

Agree nor

Disagree

4. Agree5. Strongly

Agree

a. I (we) have better tools/information tosupport early detection and identification ofDON levels.

b. I (we) have better tools/information tosupport early detection and identification ofother mycotoxin levels.

c. I am (we are) better able to process/prepare samples for more accurate crop testing (e.g.more representative samples, improvedknowledge of sampling methods).

d. I am (we are) better prepared for future croptesting and/or have increasedability/likelihood to conduct future croptest(s).

e. I (we) have improved knowledge/information to better identify appropriate markets/usesfor DON-affected corn.

f. I (we) have improved understanding of bestmanagement practices about the possibleimpacts of DON on my (our) farm operation.



7. Indicate which of the following other benefits you have experienced or

anticipate for your farm operation as a result of the project. Provide details

where possible. *

At project completion Anticipated (within 1-2

years) Details/Explanation

Able to meet customer

requirements (e.g. identify

product specifications,

demonstrate quality requirements)

Yes No Yes No

Retain competitive selling price

Yes No Yes No

Reduce waste Yes No Yes No

Anticipate, detect, and mitigate farm risks

Yes No Yes No

Anticipate, detect, and mitigate plant diseases

Yes No Yes No

Minimize profit loss Yes No Yes No

Increase business revenue Yes No Yes No




Increase productivity on your

farm (e.g. increased crop

yield, improved biosecurity,

reduced risk from pests)

Yes No Yes No

Other (Specify)

Yes No Yes No

8. Indicate which of the following sales channels the business had prior to this

project, and any new channels as a result of the project. *

Existing sales channel

before the project

New sales channel as

a result of the project

(now or within the

next two years)

Not selling through

this sales channel

before or after the

project

a. Contracting with other farms oragri-business (e.g. co-packer)

b. Contracting with a processor oringredient supplier (e.g. minimallyprocessed/cut products, ready-to-eat products)

c. Contracting with a distributor orbroker (e.g. aggregator,transporter, facilitator)

d. Direct sales to marketing board orcommodity organization

e. Other (Specify):



9. Indicate which of the following markets the business is able to retain/expand/access as a result of this project. (Select all that apply) *

Retain existing

market

presence

Expand existing market

presence

(now or within the next two

years)

If expanded, enter amount

of increased sales revenue $

Enter a new market

(now or within the next two years)

If new market, enter amount of increased sales

revenue $

Central Ontario: Hastings, Prince

Edward, Northumberland,

Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes,

Durham, York, Toronto, Muskoka, Haliburton, Parry Sound

$ $

Eastern Ontario: Lennox and

Addington; Frontenac; Lanark; Leeds

and Grenville; Renfrew; Ottawa; Stormont; Prescott and Russell

$ $

Western Ontario: Dufferin; Waterloo;

Wellington; Halton; Peel; Bruce; Grey; Huron; Perth

$ $

Northern Ontario: Algoma; Cochrane;

Nipissing, Temiskaming; Manitoulin;

Kenora; Thunder Bay; Sudbury; Greater Sudbury; Rainy River

$ $

Southern Ontario: Hamilton; Brant;

Haldimand-Norfolk; Niagara; Oxford $ $

Outside of Ontario but within Canada $ $

USA

Mexico $ $

Latin America $ $

European Union $ $

Other European $ $


$ $



China (including Hong Kong) $ $

Japan $ $

Other Asia Pacific $ $

Middle East, North Africa $ $

India $ $

Other (Specify) $ $

10. Did you encounter any barriers to completing this project? *

SELECT ALL BARRIERS THAT APPLY

Yes (Indicate Below) No (Skip to Question 11)

Approval timelines (e.g. timing of approval was different than expected)

Priority/process change (e.g. changes in business priorities/processes impacted the

project)

Expertise (e.g. challenges accessing technical assistance to plan project solutions)

Financial constraints (e.g. lack of funds or cost increases)

Labour (e.g. insufficient labour to complete project, challenges finding qualified

contractors)

Technical (e.g. mechanical, electrical, computer systems, automation, equipment)

Time (e.g. unable to meet time requirements, ill-timed, scheduling issues)

Uncontrollable circumstances (e.g. dependency on outside sources not met, weather,

vendors, suppliers)

Other (Specify)



Service Experience

11. Indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following

statements. *

1. Strongly

Disagree2. Disagree

3. Neither

Agree nor

Disagree

4. Agree5. Strongly

Agree

g. Once this project was approved, I receivedall the information needed to proceed to thenext step of the project.

h. The claim forms were easy to understandand complete.

i. I was able to reach appropriate OSCIA staffwithout difficulty.

j. OSCIA staff were knowledgeable.

k. I received consistent information from OSCIAstaff.

l. OSCIA staff were courteous.

12. Overall, how satisfied were you with the amount of time it took to get the

service that you required? *

1. Very Dissatisfied 2. Dissatisfied3. Neither Satisfied Nor

Dissatisfied 4. Satisfied 5. Very Satisfied

13. Overall, how satisfied were you with the service you received while

implementing this project? *

1. Very Dissatisfied 2. Dissatisfied3. Neither Satisfied Nor

Dissatisfied 4. Satisfied 5. Very Satisfied



14. To what extent did the availability of funding assistance influence your

decision to undertake this project? *

1. Not At All 2. To a Small Extent 3. To a Moderate Extent 4. To a Great Extent

15. Provide any other comments you would like to share about your

experience related to Canadian Agricultural Partnership cost-share

funding for producers.

Submission Instructions

Review your answers and email the completed Final Report Questionnaire to

[email protected].



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