CSFSP and FSA Evaluation

Farm Stewardship Advisor: Dave Whitehead Morgan Leigh N/ A Dennis Huel Jill Debenham Mathew Spier Michael Zenter

1. Have you completed an environmental farm plan? Yes No

2. Have you received your certificate of endorsement? Yes Not Yet NA

3. When was your plan endorsed? NA

4. Did you utilize the assistance / services of the FSA? Yes No NA

5. Did the FSA tell you about information / resources that were available to you to help you make informed decisions about adopting BMP's? Yes No

6. Did the FSA provide help with locating information / resources that were available to you? Yes No

7. Did the FSA assist you in completeing a CSFSP funding application form? Yes No

8. Would you describe the FSA as being:

Approachable 1 2 3 4 5     Considerate 1 2 3 4 5     Knowledgeable about the CSFSP 1 2 3 4 5     Realistic 1 2 3 4 5     Helpful 1 2 3 4 5

9. Please indicate how you heard about the FSA? (please check all that apply) met at Workshop II telephone radio had a face-to-face meeting letter magazine / newspaper ad Other (please specify)

10. What was the most valuable assistance / service the FSA provided?

11. Before meeting the FSA, had you applied for funds from the CSFSP? Yes No

12. Before meeting the FSA, if you had not applied for funds from the CSFSP, were you intending to apply for funds?      1 2 3 4 5 NA

13. If you answered yes to #11, did you have trouble completing the CSFSP funding application form?      1 2 3 4 5 NA

14. Before meeting the FSA, if you had completed a CSFSP funding application form, were you confident that the form was completed correctly and comletely?      1 2 3 4 5 NA

15. If you completed the CSFSP application form before meeting the FSA, what was / were the most troublesome area(s) of the CSFSP funding application form?

NA

16. Do you intend to complete another CSFCP funding application form      1 2 3 4 5 NA

17. Would you use the assistance / services of an FSA when completeing another CSFSP funding application form?      1 2 3 4 5 NA

18. If you answered no to the above question (#17), what are your reasons for not using the assistance / services of the FSA?

NA

19. If you did not use the assistance / services of the FSA, what were your reasons?

20. Have you applied for CSFSP funding? Yes No

21. If you have applied for funds, did you have trouble completeing the CSFSP funding application form?      1 2 3 4 5 NA

22. What was / were the most troublesome area(s) of the CSFSP funding application form?

23. Were you confident the CSFSP funding application form you completed by yourself was completed correctly and completely?      1 2 3 4 5 NA

24. Do you intend to complete another CSFSP funding application form?      1 2 3 4 5 NA

25. Would you use the assistance / services of an FSA when completeing another CSFSP funding application form?      1 2 3 4 5 NA 26. Have you completed more than one CSFSP funding application form? Yes No 27. If you have not applied for CSFSP funds, what are your reasons for not applying? (check all that apply) not worth my time too much of a hassle the form / process is too difficult cost share levels are not high enough not sure which categories my projects apply to I don't qualify/am not eligible for funds the cost to implement BMP is too high Other (please specify) 28. Have you implemented BMP's and not applied for CSFSP funding? Yes No 29. Please list the BMP's you have implemented without CSFSP funding 30. Are there BMP's that you would like to implement but have chosen not to? Yes No 31. Please list the BMP's referred to in the above question (#30) 32. What is preventing you from implementing these BMP's 33. Please add any additional comments you have about your interaction with the FSA or Environment Farm Plan and/or CSFSP programs