form_help = new Array();
// Section 1a Basic
form_help.push(
"State.
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"Select the state your farm is in. This also changes the fields in the form to make the appropriate ones appear for the farming system in your state
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);
form_help.push(
"Name, email address, fax and phone numbers, address etc.
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"These are normal details needed to accurately send back your report and other communication.
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);
form_help.push(
"Email address.
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"Your email address, so we can accurately manage your data and return reports to you
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);
form_help.push(
"Your Mailing Address.
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"Address you normally use for receiving mail
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);
form_help.push(
"Locality of the Farmland.
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"Town or locality nearest to the farm (this may be different from the locality of your mailing address) - Important for allowing correct placement of your property and for finding rainfall from Bureau of Meteorology
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);
form_help.push(
"ASFPD (Australian Sustainable Farming Practices Data Collection) No.
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"If you have previously filled in one of these forms, gave us a slip of paper at a GRDC Update or if you have contacted us to have the dataform sent, you may have already received a reference number from the ASFPD database. If so put it in here, if not leave blank.
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);
form_help.push(
"Property No.
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"In WA DAFWA have a database of property identification and some details. These are updated from time to time, and hold some data about the manager of the property. If you have this number, then enter it here. It will assist with sharing of data and save further data gathering activities.
" +
"Other states may not have such system, and so you can leave the field blank if you do not know your property number, of there is no such system in your state.
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);
form_help.push(
"NGR
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"If you have your NGR number enter it here. If you have a CBH number (in WA) enter this here. It will assist with future Quality Assurance or Traceability needs, if these emerge in the market place, so saving potentially more paperwork at that time.
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);
form_help.push(
"GRDC Groundcover Reference Number
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"This number is on the front of your groundcover magazine which you receive.
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);
form_help.push(
"CBH Number
" +
"If you have a CBH number (in WA) enter this here. It will assist with future Quality Assurance or Traceability needs, if these emerge in the market place, so saving potentially more paperwork at that time.
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);
// Section 1b Basic Farm Info
form_help.push(
"NRM Body.
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"Select the NRM Body your farm is in (if you know this)
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);
form_help.push(
"% Of your farmland in this NRM Body area.
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"Your estimate of how much of your land is in this NRM area. Most will be 100%, but in some cases your farm will cross the border, so an estimate is useful
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);
form_help.push(
"Shire Name
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"Select the shire your farmland is in. This allows us to provide comparisons with the rest of your shire, region and state that are meaningful. If you have farmland that is in more than one shire, select the others one(s) in the drop downs to the right
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);
form_help.push(
"Name of Farm
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"Name of your farm. If you have several farms, all in the same shire or NRM area, then put their names in with a comma between.
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);
form_help.push(
"% of farm in the shire
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"In many cases all of the farm is in one shire, though if you have land that falls in two shires, then estimate the % in each
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);
form_help.push(
"GPS Latitude
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"If you know the latitude (decimal degrees) for your farm (taken at centroid or centre of farm)"
);
form_help.push(
"GPS Longitude
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"If you know the Longitude (decimal degrees) for your farm (taken at centroid or centre of farm)"
);
// Section 2a farm type et
form_help.push(
"Farm Type
" +
"Tick all types that apply to your farm. If ticking 'Other' then please enter details for these."
);
form_help.push(
"Details
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"The details relating to Other Crops or Other Livestock if you have ticked either or both of these."
);
form_help.push(
"Advice
" +
"If you receive advice from any of the following sources, enter a percentage estimate of how valuable the advice you receive is from that source. Enter as many sources as you wish."
);
form_help.push(
"Farm Software
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"Computer Software for retaining your farm practice information or managing your farm. Products like Paddock Action Manager (PAM), Back Paddock, Phoenix, Agrimaster etc"
);
// Section 1b Training, Age etc
form_help.push(
"Training etc
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"Field Days, workshops, bus tours etc. Select from the drop-down, how many, and give a rating (1-10, 10 best) for these"
);
form_help.push(
"Groups
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"Farming Systems, Grain and Graze, Conservation or No-Till groups etc."
);
form_help.push(
"People
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"Enter how many people work on the farm, are supported by the farm, or have off-farm income"
);
form_help.push(
"Comments
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"Any comments you would like to make regarding sustainable agriculture or any aspect of the data collection"
);
// Section 2c Rainfall
form_help.push(
"Rainfall
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"If you know the name of the nearest Bureau of Meteorology rainfall station"
);
form_help.push(
"Rainfall figures
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"Your actual rainfall for each month in mm"
);
// Section 3 Land Areas
form_help.push(
"Cropping Year - Currently collecting 2008
" +
"Year for the cropping activities. For consistency this is the year ending December, however date of planting and harvesting in the cropping allows us to apply crops appropriately.)"
);
form_help.push(
"Area of Farmland
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"Total area of your farmland in hectares"
);
form_help.push(
"Area of Dryland Crop
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""
);
form_help.push(
"Area of any Irrigated Crop
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""
);
form_help.push(
"Area of any Fodder Crop
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"Crop planted for grazing, though some may be harvested, e.g. oats"
);
form_help.push(
"Area of Pastures
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"Total estimate of Pastures of all kinds, improved, unimproved etc. These will be split up later in the form"
);
form_help.push(
"Area of any Native or Remnant Vegetation
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"These are generally areas NOT grazed"
);
form_help.push(
"Area of any Fallow - Tillage
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"Area of Fallow that you commneced or maintained this year predominantly with cultivation"
);
form_help.push(
"Area Spray Topped
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"Not really Fallow, but where herbicide used to prevent annual seed set"
);
form_help.push(
"Area of any Fallow - Herbicide
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"Area of Fallow that you commneced or maintained this year with herbicide"
);
form_help.push(
"Area of Brown Manure
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"Area of Crop sprayed out for nitrogen, moisture, disease or weed management"
);
form_help.push(
"Area of Green Manure
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"Area of Crop ploughed in for nitrogen, moisture, disease or weed management"
);
form_help.push(
"Fallow - Date commenced
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"Helps measure water use efficiency - estimate of date will suffice"
);
// Section 4 Cropping
form_help.push(
"Date of Break of Season
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"Approximate date of seasonal break"
);
form_help.push(
"Fuel
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"Your estimate of how much fuel(Diesel mainly) used in the total cropping program"
);
form_help.push(
"Crop
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"Choose a crop from the drop-down list"
);
form_help.push(
"Length of Fallow
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"Estimate of how long (any) fallow was prior to planting in months"
);
form_help.push(
"Planting
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"Choose the month when this crop planted and area planted"
);
form_help.push(
"Harvest
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"Choose the month when this crop was harvested and the area harvested"
);
form_help.push(
"Crop Yield
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"Average yield for this crop in Tonnes/Ha"
);
form_help.push(
"Crop Protein or Oil %
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"Average grain protein or oil % for cereals and oilseeds"
);
// Section 5 Tillage
form_help.push(
"Tillage
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"Enter your estimates for the various types of tillage system"
);
form_help.push(
"Precision Agriculture
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"It is likely that more than one category will apply to your farm if you are using CT Technology. If so, you can enter the same areas in more than one box."
);
form_help.push(
"Variable Rate Technology
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"Where you have yield mapping and are using this to vary the amounts of inputs for the crop"
);
form_help.push(
"Remote Sensing
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"Some form of aerial or other remote sensing, e.g. for subsoil constraints"
);
// Section 6 Stubble
form_help.push(
"Cool Burn
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"Where stubble is burnt late, giving only a partial burn"
);
form_help.push(
"Hot Burn
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"An early burn where almost (if not all) of the stubble is burnt, leaving no stubble from the last crop"
);
form_help.push(
"Raking and Windrow Burning
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"Used in some areas where some stubble is raked and then the raked areas (windrows) burnt. Gives an incomplete burn"
);
form_help.push(
"Windrow Burning for weed management
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"Used with some stubbles where herbicide resistance is suspected. Headers drop chaff into windrows which are then burnt to kill some weed seeds in the windrows"
);
// Section 7 Fertiliser Cropping
form_help.push(
"Product
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"Select from the drop-down for commonly used products "
);
form_help.push(
"Type of Application
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"Select from the drop-down for when the fertiliser was applied"
);
form_help.push(
"Tonnes of this fertiliser used
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"Tonnes of this fertiliser used"
);
form_help.push(
"Hectares Applied.
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"Hectares in total that fertiliser was applied to in this way."
);
// Section 8 Fertiliser Pasture
form_help.push(
"Product
" +
"Select from the drop-down for commonly used products. " +
"If your product is not listed here, choose 'Other' and a field will appear for you to enter the name of the product"
);
form_help.push(
"Type of Application
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"Select from the drop-down for when the fertiliser was applied"
);
form_help.push(
"Tonnes of this fertiliser used
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""
);
form_help.push(
"Ha applied
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"Hectares in total that fertiliser was applied to in this way."
);
// Section 9 Soil Testing
form_help.push(
"Soil Carbon
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"Most soil tests will give you a reading for 'Organic Carbon' as a %. If you know this (on average for the soils on your farm) enter a figure here"
);
form_help.push(
"Soil Type
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"Some common soil types in Qld are listed here"
);
form_help.push(
"Soil Carbon
" +
"Most soil tests will give you a reading for 'Organic Carbon' as a %. " +
"If you know this (on average for the soils on your farm) enter a figure here"
);
form_help.push(
"Av. Soil Carbon for this soil type
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""
);
// Section 10 Soil Conditioners
form_help.push(
"Soil Conditioner Tonnes
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"How many tonnes of the soil conditioner used this year"
);
form_help.push(
"Soil Conditioners Hectares
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"On how many hectares was this conditioner applied to this year"
);
// Section 11 Soil Constraints
//11.1
form_help.push(
"Soil Constraint
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"If you have areas of one or other soil constraint, choose from the drop-down. " +
"If you would like to add a different soil constraint from those listed here, " +
" choose 'Other' and a field will appear for you to enter the name of the product"
);
form_help.push(
"Soil Constraint Hectares
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"How many ha of this constraint do you have on your farm"
);
// Section 12 IPM
form_help.push(
"Crop Rotation
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"Using a crop rotation for disease or weed managment"
);
form_help.push(
"Pest Life Cycle / Beneficial life cycle assessment
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"Choosing a pest strategy with knowledge of the life cycle of the pest and any beneficials in place"
);
form_help.push(
"Beneficial Insects
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"Choosing a strategy or product with knowledge of the effect on beneficials"
);
form_help.push(
"Monitoring Insect pressure
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"ha where you monitor insect pressure when managing pests"
);
form_help.push(
"Chemical Rotation
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"Rotation of chemical groups"
);
form_help.push(
"Herbicide Resistant Weeds
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"How many hectares do you suspect you have herbicide resistant weeds"
);
form_help.push(
"Edge Effects
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"Consideration of 'edge effects' when controlling pests"
);
form_help.push(
"Chemical Training
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"When did you last do Chemical training, e.g. Chemcert, Smart Train etc."
);
form_help.push(
"Chemical Products of Interest
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"Choose one or more of the products in the list below and estimate the amount you used this year"
);
form_help.push(
"Surplus Chemical Storage
" +
"Estimate how much surplus or left over products you would store on-farm (on average) through the year"
);
// Section 13 Native Vegetation
form_help.push(
"Area Revegetated
" +
"Estimate how many ha you have planted with trees or other new permanent vegetation this year"
);
form_help.push(
"Future Biomass or tree crops
" +
"Possible crops include tagasaste or other perennial crops and trees"
);
form_help.push(
"Linking Riparian Vegetation
" +
"This is where riparian vegetation on your farm forms a link with similar on adjoining farms"
);
form_help.push(
"Riparian Buffers
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"These are buffer areas around waterways that are fenced off"
);
// Section 14 Ground Cover
// Section 15 Pastures
form_help.push(
"Annual Pasture
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"Sown or volunteer annuals including clover, medic, annual grasses"
);
form_help.push(
"Perennial Pasture
" +
"Including lucerne, perennial grasses and others often rotated with crop phases"
);
form_help.push(
"Unimproved or Native Pasture
" +
"Pasture that has not been sown, fertilised or improved in any way - often only sparingly grazed"
);
form_help.push(
"pastures / Forage Crops
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"If any of the types listed in the drop-down apply to you, enter the areas of these"
);
form_help.push(
"Pastures and grazing management
" +
"Choose one or more of these if they apply to your farm"
);
// Section 16 Surface Water management
form_help.push(
"Contour banks
" +
"The traditional contour bank constructed along the contour"
);
form_help.push(
"Contour farming
" +
"Where crops are planted along the countour without formal contour banks"
);
form_help.push(
"Downhill tramlines
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"A relatively recent trend where some crops are planted down hill to assist with minimising the amount of water running in any one area of the slope"
);
form_help.push(
"Claying
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"In some areas of Vic, SA and WA water repellant sands respond to treatment with clay"
);
form_help.push(
"Furrow Sowing
" +
"Where crops are planted in deep furrows to assist with capturing small rain events"
);
form_help.push(
"Raised Beds
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"Significant effects on water management in wetter areas of the southern region in particular"
);
form_help.push(
""
);