Survey says....
No, I don't want to bore you with a recap of Richard Dawson's smarminess (is that a word?) on Family Feud as he uttered this grating trademark response when turning towards the tote board. But rather the surveys that arrive by the oodles in farmer's mailboxes asking (sometimes demanding) that you fill out all the data associated with your operation.
If you're like some folks, those blue envelopes from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Statistics find their way to the bottom of the mail pile. Don't worry, they'll send another. If some surveyors don't hear from you, be assured they know your telephone number too and that farmers are usually only in the house during mealtimes and just before bedtime.
But before you throw at that envelope, it literally pays to look inside as some companies desperate for cooperation have opted to pay participants - even going so far to tuck a crisp $1 bill inside. "You mean I threw out money?" my mother-in-law exclaimed when I asked her one day. Some offer to send a check to your home after the completed survey is safely in their hands.
Just the other day one company invited my husband and a few other farmers to provide feedback for their latest ad compaign in the works. To sweeten the deal they treated the men to a dinner of prime rib and a check for $100. So next time an envelope arrives in the mail remember folks like me at the newspaper office and those magazines you read depend on that information (so don't tell them you have 900 goats or something) to provide accurate stories on trends impacting farmers. And second, you may just find a little spending cash tucked inside.
No, I don't want to bore you with a recap of Richard Dawson's smarminess (is that a word?) on Family Feud as he uttered this grating trademark response when turning towards the tote board. But rather the surveys that arrive by the oodles in farmer's mailboxes asking (sometimes demanding) that you fill out all the data associated with your operation.
If you're like some folks, those blue envelopes from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Statistics find their way to the bottom of the mail pile. Don't worry, they'll send another. If some surveyors don't hear from you, be assured they know your telephone number too and that farmers are usually only in the house during mealtimes and just before bedtime.
But before you throw at that envelope, it literally pays to look inside as some companies desperate for cooperation have opted to pay participants - even going so far to tuck a crisp $1 bill inside. "You mean I threw out money?" my mother-in-law exclaimed when I asked her one day. Some offer to send a check to your home after the completed survey is safely in their hands.
Just the other day one company invited my husband and a few other farmers to provide feedback for their latest ad compaign in the works. To sweeten the deal they treated the men to a dinner of prime rib and a check for $100. So next time an envelope arrives in the mail remember folks like me at the newspaper office and those magazines you read depend on that information (so don't tell them you have 900 goats or something) to provide accurate stories on trends impacting farmers. And second, you may just find a little spending cash tucked inside.
posted by the farmer's wife @ 11:15 AM
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