Farm Decision Support and Monitoring
We encourage you as farmers and users of the Growing Southern Gippsland web site to become more active in monitoring and assessing your farming enterprise. We have included a range resources that we hope will assist you in determining where your enterprise can improve its resilience and sustainability. Included are a series of on farm monitoring tools that are designed to track changes over time. We have also included a range of on farm calculators that are designed to help you understand and plan the transition of your property to a more resilient carbon neutral future.
On Farm Monitoring Tools
Landowner Vegetation Monitoring guidelines (PDF - 657KB)
Revegetation Monitoring Field Recording Sheet (XLXS - 17.3KB)
Rapid Soil Assessment Tool (PDF - 98KB)
Rapid Soil Assessment Tool - Instructions (PDF - 166KB)
Rainfall Monitoring Template (XLXS - 17.3KB)
Bird Monitoring Document (PDF - 1.12MB)
Temperature Monitoring Template (XLXS - 10.4KB)
Waterwatch - www.vic.waterwatch.org.au
EstuaryWatch - www.estuarywatch.org.au
Pest Animals - www.pestsmart.org.au
On Farm Calculators
Agriculture Victoria Farm Water Calculator - agriculture.vic.gov.au/support-and-resources/tools-and-calculators/farm-water-calculator
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Calculators
FarmGAS Calculator ST and Financial Tool - calculator.farminstitute.org.au/login
Sheep Greenhouse Accounting Tool (XLXS - 362KB)
Beef Greenhouse - Greenhouse Accounting Framework (Northern) (XLXS - 499KB)
Dairy - Greenhouse Accounting Decision Support Framework (XLXS - 292KB)
Carbon Calculator - www.carbonneutral.com.au/carbon-calculator/
Truck Operating Cost Calculator - www.freightmetrics.com.au/Calculators/TruckOperatingCostCalculator/tabid/104/Default.aspx
Farm Carbon Footprint Calculator - www.dotnetrest.lincoln.ac.nz/O365flowClient/cache/sites/www-content/Lincoln%20WWW/research/research/rc/aeru/carbon-calculator/CarbonCalculator.html
Farm Carbon Calculator -
www.calculator.farmcarbontoolkit.org.uk/
