Monitoring tools
Quickchecks - Natural Resource Monitoring Tools for Woolgrowers: tools to measure the health of your pastures, soils, woody vegetation, farm watercourses, paddock production levels and birds. Download or order your free copy quoting product number PX061206 at: http://lwa.gov.au/products/stock
The MLA Pasture Health Kit – a field kit for producers to assess pasture health in the paddock. The kit can be ordered from MLA by:
Managing Tasmanian native pastures – chapter 12 shows how pasture monitoring can improve grazing management and maintain pasture productivity. It also describes some objective methods for monitoring native pastures. Download for free by searching for product number PN061152 at: http://lwa.gov.au/search/
Self-assessment tools
Landleader – a voluntary tool that aims to identify and promote the environmental and livestock stewardship credentials of the wool and red meat industries. Visit the website at:www.landleader.com.au/
Farming for the Future Self Assessment Tool – move towards a sustainable farm business that is optimising its natural, financial and social resources by completing this Self-Assessment Tool, and/or implementing any number of the practices on your farm. Download the tool from: www.agric.wa.gov.au/content/SUST/f4fhomepage.htm
FarmSAT – producers of any commodity can quickly assess environmental assurance issues relevant to their enterprise. Visit the website and download the tool from: www.tfga.com.au/pages/TFGAFarmSATProject.htm
Environmental Management Systems (EMS) for Victorian Agriculture: describes two new tools – EMS and BushTender – that could be used to drive sustainable development for biodiversity. Visit: www.dpi.vic.gov.au/dpi/vro/vrosite.nsf/pages/lwm_biodiversity and click on Environmental Management Systems (EMS) under “Related Links”.
The Leakage Calculator: WA sheep producers can quantify the amount of water leaking past the root zone of agricultural plants with a view to tailoring recharge minimising strategies for salinity management. Visit: http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/content/lwe/salin/sman/leakagecalculator_webinfo.htm
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