Sheep CRC National Farmer Survey Results 2011

Publication Date

5-2012

Publisher

Sheep CRC

Abstract

This report provides a summary of the data collected in a national producer survey conducted on behalf of Program 1 of the CRC for Sheep Innovation (Sheep CRC). The survey was conducted in February and March of 2011 for the purposes of gathering benchmark information on a range of sheep management practices. The intention is that the same survey will be run again late in 2013 and a comparison of the information collected used to show how producers have changed their practices during that time. This information will be used to support arguments regarding the impact of the Sheep CRC’s activities on sheep producer’s behaviour and production.

One thousand producers, with more than 500 sheep, were surveyed by telephone across southern Australia (excluding pastoral zones). The proportion surveyed in each state and zone was calculated to reflect the distribution of producers across those zones. Thirty three per cent of the respondents were from NSW, 28% from Victoria, 1% from Queensland, 18% from SA, 18% from WA and 3% from Tasmania.

Number of Pages

58

Keywords

wool, sheep producer, forecasting, flock management, flock model, flock demographics, surveys, sheep, Western Australia, statistics

Disciplines

Agricultural Economics | Sheep and Goat Science

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