FORM 13-A621(I) (09-23-2013) 
USDA 
INSTRUCTION SHEET 
2013 FARM AND RANCH IRRIGATION SURVEY (FRIS) 
Your report is due February 10, 2014 
Completing the 2013 FRIS Questionnaire 
Make all entries clear and easy to read. Use a blue or 
black ball point pen. 
General 
Refer to the instructions below for completing your 
questionnaire. The enclosed census follow-on 
questionnaire was mailed to producers and growers 
throughout the United States. Because it is meant for 
use in all parts of the country, it may contain items and 
inquiries which do not apply to your operation. In this 
case, mark the "No" or "None" box and go on to the 
next item or section. 
Partial Year Operation 
If you stopped farming during 2013, complete the 
questionnaire for the portion of 2013 that you did farm. 
Write “Stopped farming in 2013” and the date you 
stopped farming below the address area. Mail the 
completed questionnaire in the return envelope. 
If You Receive More Than One Questionnaire for the 
Same Operation 
Return any duplicate questionnalre(s) in the same 
envelope with the completed questionnaire. In the 
address area of the questionnaire you complete, write 
the 11-digit ID number from the label of the extra 
questionnaire(s). 
Partnership Operations 
Complete only ONE questionnaire for a partnership 
operation and include all partners’ shares on the same 
questionnaire. If two or more questionnaires were 
received for the partnership, see instruction on “If You 
Receive More Than One Questionnaire for the Same 
Operation” above. 
How to Enter Your Responses on the Questionnaire 
Please enter your answers in the spaces provided and 
in the units requested, i.e., number of acres, dollars, 
percent, etc. Mark all applicable Yes/No boxes with an 
“X”. 
Instructions by Section 
Complete Sections 1 and 2 of the questionnaire. If you 
did not irrigate or water any cropland (including nursery 
and greenhouse acreage in the open and under 
protection), pastureland, or rangeland in 2013, go to 
Section 22 on the back page and complete the 
remainder of the questionnaire. 
Section 1 - Acreage in 2013 
Report land owned, rented, or used by the respondent, 
spouse, partnership, corporation, or organization 
identified on the questionnaire. If you did not operate 
any land in 2013, go to Section 24 on the back page 
and complete the remainder of the questionnaire. 
Include all land, regardless of location or use; 
cropland, pastureland, rangeland, woodland, idle land, 
greenhouses or other area under protection. 
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), Wetlands 
Reserve Program (WRP), Farmable Wetlands Program 
(FWP), Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program 
(CREP), and house lots. All responses in this section 
should be rounded to whole acres. Area under 
protection less than one acre should be reported as 
one acre. Exclude land used under a grazing permit. 
item 1 - Report all land owned in 2013 by you and/or 
your spouse, or by the partnership, corporation, or 
organization named on the questionnaire. Include all 
fields and tracts of cropland, pastureland, woodland, 
wasteland, idle land, and farmsteads. 
item 2 - Report all land rented or leased from others on 
shares, cash rent, used rent-free, in exchange for 
services, for taxes, etc., regardless of location, even if 
used for part of the year. Exclude land used on a per 
head basis under a grazing permit or animal unit (AUM) 
basis. 
item 3 - Report all land rented or leased to others 
regardless of the purpose. Include land that was rented 
and subleased to others. 
item 4 - The acres in item 4, Box A, should equal 
item 1 plus item 2 minus item 3. All responses to this 
questionnaire should refer to these total acres in this 
operation. It is important that this number is correct as 
it is used to establish consistency throughout the 
questionnaire. The acreage of this operation must equal 
the acreage reported in Section 2, item 4, column 1 , 
Box B. 
Section 2 - Land in 2013 
Account for total acres in this operation in column 1 
and irrigated land in this operation in column 2. If the 
same land had more than one use in 2013, report that 
land only once in the first use that applies. Irrigation 
refers to the one or more applications of water to land 
or crops by any artificial or controlled means. 
1 
B - 30 Appendix B 
2012 Census of Agriculture 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
