Which regions of the United States does your business conduct the majority of its operations?
(Please check all that apply to your business.)
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Atlantic Region (includes Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky)
South Region (includes South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Florida)
Midwest Region (includes Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri)
Plains Region (Includes North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas)
West Region (includes Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, California, Alaska and Hawaii)
We want to measure how many direct jobs exist in the U.S. from commercial honey production, processing, importing, wholesale packing, retail packing and marketing. Please provide the number of individuals per category below that were directly hired by and worked for your honey related business in 2017?
Many agricultural industries rely on contractors to provide needed labor. We want to measure how many contract labor jobs exist in the U.S. from commercial honey production, processing, importing, wholesale packing, retail packing and marketing. Please provide the number of individuals employed through a contractor who worked in your honey related business in 2017?
What each honey business spends per year on supplies, materials and services needed to run their business represents a measure of how the U.S. honey industry interacts with the rest of the economy. The following list represents the supplies, materials and services necessary to manage and maintain beehives, provide pollination services, extract, process and package honey for wholesale and retail, import honey and market honey products to wholesale and retail customers. For each of the items listed please provide the dollar amounts your business spent during 2017. For items listed that your business did not purchase please place a zero (0) in the response space provided.
The U.S. honey industry also contributes to the country's economy through investments in capital goods such as vehicles and processing equipment, construction of new facilities and renovation of existing facilities. For the following categories please indicate the dollar amount paid by your honey related business in 2017. For items listed that your business did not purchase please place a zero (0) in the response space provided.
To determine the economic impact of the U.S. honey industry on the U.S economy it is necessary to relate the number of people employed, salaries and wages earned, costs of supplies, materials and services and value of investments made by your honey business to the production volume of your business. For production categories listed that are not relevant to your business please place a zero (0) in the response space provided.
PLEASE PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF HIVES AND/OR VOLUME OF HONEY HANDLED BY YOUR BUSINESS IN 2017
In addition to volume it is also necessary to relate the number of people employed, salaries and wages earned, expenses on inputs and investments made by your honey business to the gross revenues earned by your business in order to determine economic impact. For revenue categories listed that are not relevant to your business please place a zero (0) in the response space provided.
PLEASE PROVIDE THE TOTAL GROSS REVENUE YOUR HONEY BUSINESS GENERATED IN 2017 FROM THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES.