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Please select the state that you farm in.
The questions will be slightly different depending on the state selected .

State

QLD VIC NT WA SA ACT TAS Northern NSW Southern NSW

Basic Information for Identification of your business

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Name
Email*
Fax
Phone
Mobile
Address
Locality
Postcode
ASFPD No		Property No		NGR No
GRDC No		CBH No

The next area of this form allows for farmers with farmland in more than one shire or NRM Body area. If all your farmland is in one shire, even if you have more than one farm, you only need to use one column (Farm#1). If you have more than one farm, the farm names can be typed into the "Farm Name" field separated by commas. If your farm is in more than one shire or NRM Body area, then use the same farm name but show the different shires or NRM Bodies and estimate the % of the land in each of these.

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	Farm #1	Farm #2	Farm #3
Catchment Council
% of farm in CC	%	%	%
Shire Name
Name of Farm
% of farm in Shire	%	%	%
GPS - Latitude
GPS - Longitude

 

2.1 What type of farm is this?

(Tick for each one that applies.)
 

Grain				Enter details for each if ‘Other’ is ticked
Cattle		Other crops
Sheep		Other livestock

2.2 Where do you obtain your agronomic advice from?

(Please enter a percentage figure based on how useful this advice source is for you.)
 

%	Family	%	Internet	%	Agronomist - retail
%	Other Farmers	%	GRDC Publications	%	Agronomist - Private
%	Groups	%	Media	%	Agronomist - Government
%	Other (please give details)

2.3 Farm records

Do you use computer software to record your farm practice activities?		Yes No
If so, which product do you use?

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2.4 Have you attended any training or workshops this year?

(Please give number of type attended and a rating – 1 = Not useful 10 = Extremely Useful)
 

Type Attended	Number Attended	Rating

2.5 List any farm groups or other groups that you belong to

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2
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2.6 Age Range

(Please enter the age of the person entering the data and the number of people in each age bracket working on the farm.)
 

Age of Person entering Data?

<25	25-35	36-45	46-55	56-65	>65

How many people work on the farm?
How many families are supported by the farm?
How many people contribute off farm income?
Estimate a % of off-farm income	%

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2.7 Name of nearest rainfall station

2.8 Actual rainfall figures for this year (in mm)

(If not given, nearest rainfall station figures will be used)

 

 

				NOV	DEC
		Previous	Year
JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN
JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	ANNUAL

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3. Year for data * (From January to December.)

Area of Farmland / Holding	Ha
Area of Crop - Dryland	Ha
Area of Crop - Irrigated	Ha
Area of Fodder Crop	Ha
Area of Pasture - improved and unimproved	Ha
Area of Native and/or Remnant vegetation	Ha

Area of Fallow - Tillage	Ha
Area of Fallow - Spray Topped	Ha
Area of Fallow - Chemical Fallow	Ha
Area of Green Manure	Ha
Area of Brown Manure	Ha

If Fallow, Month Commenced

Ha

4.1 Date of Break of Season

4.2 Fuel Fuel used per year (approx) with cropping program. Includes usage with Planting, Spraying, Harvesting, Grain Freight to Delivery (used for emission calculations).	Litres

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Select the crop from the dropdown list, or if it is not listed please select "Other" and type your own details.
 
Note: where a crop type is planted over more than one month, use a separate row for each month, e.g. ha of wheat in April (1 row), ha of wheat in May, use another row.

Crop	Length of fallow prior to planting (Months)	Planted		Harvest		Av. Yield	Av. Grain
		Ha	Month	Ha	Month	Tonne / Ha	Protein %
Variety / Comment
Variety / Comment
Variety / Comment
Variety / Comment
Variety / Comment
Variety / Comment
Variety / Comment
Variety / Comment
Variety / Comment
Variety / Comment

 

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Tillage Practice	Description	Ha on your farm
No Tillage	Zero Tillage (less than 10% soil disturbance - e.g. disc planter)
	No Tillage (less than 30% soil disturbance - e.g. knife points)

Direct Drill (One pass at sowing, with full cut soil disturbance)

Minimum Tillage	One or two cultivations prior to planting operation
	Reduced Tillage (One cultivation with a full cut before sowing and having less soil disturbance than conventional.)
Multiple Tillage	More than two passes prior to planting.

5.4 Precision Agriculture

How many hectares (in total) do you use controlled traffic / tramline guidance system	Ha
Is the system "fully matched" i.e harvesting equipment is also matched to the tramlines?	Yes No
Hectares where you use autosteer	Ha
Hectares where you use variable rate technology	Ha
Hectares remotely surveyed, e.g. using EM38	Ha

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Practice	Description	Ha on your farm
Stubble Retained	Intact at Planting - standing, with little or no grazing
	Not Standing ( eg Slashed / Mulched / Incorporated / grazed)

Stubble Burnt

Cool Burn

Hot Burn

Stubble Other

Stubble Raking and Windrow Burning

Stubble Baled

Burning of windrows for weed management

Enter any comments that you wish to make on Tillage, Stubble or Fertilisers here.

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Product	Type of Application	Tonnes Used	Ha applied to

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Product	Type of Application	Tonnes Used	Ha applied to

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Details	Ha Tested	Frequency
Shallow (0-10cm)
Deep (10-60 cm) for nitrogen mostly, depending on soil type

Organic Carbon (%) from last soil test, estimate average for your farm

%

Knowing there are often different soil types on farms in QLD, we have allowed for three soils to be listed

Soil Type	Value %	Hectares

9.4. Nitrogen Usage Hectares where nitrogen is applied tactically. (eg split application, based on tissue tests).

Ha

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Soil Conditioner	Tonnes Used	Hectares Applied To

Lime

Dolomite

Gypsum
Other

11.1 Constraint

Enter other, if not listed, in spaces provided
 

Constraint	Estimated Hectares affected

11.2 Salinity

Your assessment of the amount of salt affected land on your farm
 

Fresh or Non Saline	Ha
Slight - Minor  (Minimal affect on vegetation)	Ha
Moderate  (Adverse affect on vegetation)	Ha
High to Extreme Salinity  (NO vegetation cover present)	Ha

Enter any comments that you wish to make on Soil Testing, Soil Constraints or Salinity here.
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12.1 Type of IPM Practiced

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You may do more than one of these categories, if so you can enter the hectares (even the same amount if it is how you manage the whole crop or farm) against the categories that apply.
 

Crop rotation for weed/disease/pest management	Ha
Pest management strategy using pest/beneficial life cycle knowledge	Ha
On how many hectares to you consider the impact on beneficial insects when selecting an insecticide?	Ha
On how many hectares do you monitor insect pressure and thresholds when determining if / when to apply insecticide?	Ha
Rotation of chemical groups and no-chemical methods for control of weeds/pests/diseases	Ha
Hectares where you suspect or know you have herbicide resistant weeds	Ha
Consideration of ‘edge effects’ in control programs / strategies	Ha

12.2 Grain Storage

What is your on farm storage capacity for grain?	Tonnes
How many tonnes of this is sealed grain storage?	Tonnes
How many tonnes of this is aerated?	Tonnes

12.3 Chemical Usage and Management When did you most recently do farm chemical training?

Year

12.4 Selected Chemicals Used

Product	Estimated Quantity Used (kg or litres)

12.5 Estimated quantity of farm chemicals stored on farm (average) during the year.(surplus to usage)?	Kg/Ltr
12.6 On how many hectares do you use shielded sprayers (i.e. spraying between crop rows using shields to protect the crop plants in the rows)?	Ha
12.7 On how many hectares do you use banded sprayers (i.e. spraying only over the crop row, e.g. for fungicides in some crops)?	Ha
12.8 Do you participate in the DrumMuster Program?	Yes No
12.9 Have you made use of the ChemClear Program for clearing away old chemical products?	Yes No

12.10 Fungicide Use

12.11 Where soil/fertilisers/seed applied and fungicide was used	Ha
12.12 Where foliar or post - emergent fungicides were used	Ha

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13.1 Quality of Native Vegetation

Your assessment of the quality of native vegetation on your farm
 

Quality	Poor	Moderate	Good
(Hectares)

13.2 Native Vegetation / Remnant Vegetation

This relates to activities carried out THIS year.
 

Area of Property that has been revegetated	Ha
Area fenced off, or stock excluded, to protect remnant vegetation	Ha
Area fenced off to protect waterways and riparian areas	Ha
Area that may be used for future biomass crops / tree crops	Ha

If applicable, please answer the following items on the farm that you use.

Do you link riparian zone vegetation?	Yes No
Do you manage riparian zone grazing with biodiversity in mind?	Yes No
Do you have riparian buffers?	Yes No
Estimate the areas of riparian buffers?	Ha
Do you manage stock access to water to conserve vegetation and the riparian zone?	Yes No

Your assessment of quality of Ground Cover on your farm in Hectares

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Level of cover in Summer / Autumn (as at 30 March)	Ha
0 – 30% cover
30 – 50% cover
50 – 75% cover
Over 75% cover
Months that Ground Cover is greater than 30%

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	Cattle	Sheep
Average number of livestock carried per year
Estimate number of animals (all classes, ages etc) turned off
Estimate area that is used for grazing (ha)
Estimates av. Stocking rate (animals per ha on areas grazed)

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15.1 Pastures – General

Annual Pasture	Perennial Pasture	Unimproved
Ha	Ha	Ha

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15.2 Pastures – including Forage Crops

Pasture Type	Ha

15.3 Pastures – Grazing

Grazing Pasture Type	Ha

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Surface Water Management	Ha
Contour banks (i.e. banks along the contour that move water to dams or drains)
Contour farming
Downhill tramlines
Claying of soil to assist water infiltration and minimise runoff
Other earth works or measures to minimise water erosion
Furrow sowing
Raised Beds

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Enter any comments that you wish to make on Water Management here.
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