Landleader Monitoring Tool
AWI and MLA have now closed the Landleader trial phase. Thank you to all those producers who participated in the trials. Your input has been very valuable
Landleader is a survey which gathers data about everyday on-farm environmental and livestock management practices. During the trial phase, producers were invited to fill out the survey with their own farm data. This data is now being analysed and will be used in two ways:
- To start to build a profile of the Australian grazing industry’s environmental and livestock management practices (using data aggregated at a national level) to allow the industry to demonstrate its credentials to natural resource regulators, community groups, domestic and international markets etc;
- To provide individual producers with a confidential customised report that compares their reported practice to industry best practice.
Both reports are currently under development and will be made available in the coming months.
If you are a producer and have submitted an online or paper survey, you will be sent an alert when your customised report is ready.
Pending recommendations arising from the trial phase, Landleader will be further rolled out to the grazing industry during 2008.
Leadleader competition winners
AWI, MLA and the Elders Landcare Farming Partnership congratulate the following winners of the Landleader competition:
NSW: Mr Windsor, Wattle Flat; Ray Kennedy, Coonamble; Peter Wise, Warren; Jenny Bradley, Armatree.
VIC: Mrs Beal, Weerite. SA: Kim Sambell, Kybybolite; Christine Vogt, Kapunda.
QLD: Neville Freeman, Roma; Carol Paterson, Texas.
WA: Mrs Carden, Wickepin; Adrian Brennan, Wongan Hills; Richard Della Sale, Mullalyup.
TAS: Eric Nicholls, Waterhouse; David Cresswell, Deloraine.
Each of the 14 winners will receive an Elders Landcare Farming pack, with choice of the following goods and services: seed; fertiliser; agricultural chemicals; animal health; Waratah fencing; soil testing; agronomic advice; and Elders Livestock Management Systems (ELMS) (subject to availability). The Prizes are valued at $5,000 each.
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Contact
Ms Mimi Han
Senior Project Officer, Wool Production Business
Tel: +61 2 8295 3100
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