Agriculture & Farming Forms

ChemCert is the de-facto national training credential to legally store, mix, transport and apply Schedule 5 / 6 / 7...

NSW does not issue an individual "pesticide licence" for routine farm use — instead the Pesticides Act 1999 (NSW)...

Agricultural aerial application requires an aircraft Aerial Application Rating (AAR) under CASR Part 137 issued by...

Victoria requires a personal Agricultural Chemical User Permit (ACUP) for anyone applying Schedule 7 or restricted...

1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) is a Schedule 7 vertebrate pesticide used for control of wild dogs, foxes, rabbits, feral...

The APVMA is the federal regulator for AgVet chemicals. Beyond standard registered-product use, the APVMA issues four...

Drone (UAV / RPAS) agricultural spraying is a tightly regulated combination of three separate authorisations: CASA Part...

Queensland combines structural / urban pesticide use under a Pest Management Technician Licence (Health and Wellbeing...

Western Australia regulates restricted pesticides, aerial application and 1080 baiting under the Aerial Spraying...

FREPA is the long-running industry-led free-range accreditation for eggs, meat chickens and ducks. FREPA standards...

Every beekeeper in NSW — even one hive in a backyard — must register with NSW DPI under the Apiaries Act 1985 (NSW) and...

Victorian beekeepers (any hive count) must register with Agriculture Victoria under the Livestock Disease Control Act...

Queensland beekeepers (any hive count) must be registered with Biosecurity Queensland under the Biosecurity Act 2014...

SA beekeepers (any hive count) must register with PIRSA under the Livestock Act 1997 (SA). Annual fee; SA beekeeper...

WA beekeepers must register with DPIRD under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 (WA). Critical given...

Tasmania beekeepers must register with NRE Tas under the Animal Health Act 1995 (Tas). Tasmania is one of the few...

Aquaculture in Australia generally requires both a Lease (the right to occupy a parcel of seabed / waterway / land) and...

NSW aquaculture (oysters, fish, abalone, prawn, freshwater finfish) requires a Fisheries Aquaculture Permit under the...

Victorian aquaculture (sea-cage salmon, rainbow trout, abalone, marron, eels, oysters in some bays) requires an...

Commercial fishing in Australia is administered state-by-state. Each state Fisheries Act sets the licence types —...

Every state requires anyone keeping one or more bee hives to register as a beekeeper — registration is the foundation...

Most commercial beekeepers depend on apiary sites on Crown land — state forests, national parks (where permitted),...

Australia operates a Cattle Tick Quarantine Line through eastern Australia separating the tick-infested zone (most of...

Commercial fishing is regulated under a state framework for state waters (out to 3 nm) and the Commonwealth (AFMA —...

A Fish Receiver Licence is required for any business buying fish directly from a commercial fisher and selling on...

Every Victorian dairy farm supplying milk for human consumption must hold a DFSV licence under the Dairy Act 2000....

NSW dairy producers (farms supplying milk for human consumption) must be licensed under the Food Regulation 2015 (NSW)...

Queensland dairy farms supplying milk for human consumption must be accredited with Safe Food Production Queensland...

WA dairy farms must be registered with DPIRD under the Health Act 1911 (WA) and the Australia New Zealand Food...

Tasmanian dairy farms must be registered with NRE Tas under the Dairy Industry Act 1994 (Tas). DairyTas administers...

Companies exporting live animals from Australia (cattle, sheep, goats, buffalo) need a DAFF Live Animal Exporter...

A Property Identification Code (PIC) is the unique 8-character identifier the state assigns to a property carrying...

The National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) is the lifetime traceability system for cattle, sheep, goats and...

A registered brand is the legal mark of ownership burned (hot-iron / freeze-brand) into cattle and horses. Each state...

Many livestock movements — particularly across state borders — require a state biosecurity entry permit, an Animal...

Earmarks (notches cut into the ear in a registered pattern) and tar / paint sheep brands provide visual...

Animal welfare officers and inspectors are appointed under each state's Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (NSW POCTA...

The National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) is the federal lifetime-traceability system for Australian cattle....

Australia is transitioning sheep and goats from visual mob-based tags to individual electronic identification (eID) by...

Pigs are traced through the PigPass system — a slap-mark / tattoo identifier and a paper or electronic PigPass NVD....

The eNVD is the electronic National Vendor Declaration for cattle — a legal food-safety and biosecurity document signed...

For sheep and goats, the eNVD combines the LPA National Vendor Declaration with the Sheep Health Statement (SHS) and...

The PigPass NVD is the legal food-safety and biosecurity declaration for every pig movement in Australia. Producers...

LPA (Livestock Production Assurance) is the on-farm assurance program covering food safety, biosecurity and animal...

Australian Certified Organic (ACO) is the most widely recognised Australian organic certification — operates the Bud...

NASAA (National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia) and its certification arm NASAA Certified Organic...

Demeter is the international biodynamic certification mark — recognised in 60+ countries via Demeter International. In...

APIQ is the on-farm quality assurance and animal welfare accreditation for Australian pig producers. Required by most...

In addition to the federal PigPass NVD, several states require an on-farm pig movement record kept on the property —...

Inter-state movement of plant produce is regulated by the receiving state under the Interstate Certification Assurance...

A Phytosanitary Certificate is the international plant-health document required for almost every plant or plant product...

BICON is the Australian biosecurity import conditions database operated by DAFF. Almost every plant, animal, biological...

Anyone producing 20+ eggs per week for sale (including farm-gate, market and supermarket) must be licensed under the...

Victorian commercial egg producers (50+ hens) and any retail seller must hold a PrimeSafe Egg Producer Licence under...

Queensland egg producers (50+ hens) must be accredited with Safe Food Production Queensland under the Food Production...

WA commercial egg producers (50+ hens) must register with DPIRD and comply with the Food Act 2008 (WA) and Standard...

Egg producers labelling eggs as "free range" must comply with the Free Range Egg Labelling Information Standard 2017...

During an Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak — like the 2024 H7N3 / H7N8 / H7N9 events in VIC, NSW and ACT — every...

A Property Identification Code (PIC) is the 8-character "NA"-prefixed code that identifies a NSW property running...

In Victoria a PIC (8 characters, prefix "3") is mandatory under the Livestock Disease Control Act 1994 for any property...

Queensland PICs (8 characters, prefix "Q") are issued by Biosecurity Queensland under the Biosecurity Act 2014 for any...

A SA PIC (8 characters, prefix "S") is issued by PIRSA under the Livestock Act 1997 for any property keeping cattle,...

WA PICs (8 characters, prefix "W") are issued by DPIRD under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007....

Tasmania PICs (8 characters, prefix "T") are issued by NRE Tas under the Animal Health Act 1995 for any property...

In the ACT a PIC (8 characters, prefix "C") is mandatory under the Animal Diseases Act 2005 for any rural-block holder...

NT PICs (8 characters, prefix "N") are issued by NT DAF (formerly DITT) under the Livestock Act 2008 for any property...

AWI funds shearer and wool handler training across Australia, delivered through state RTOs (TAFE NSW, Federation TAFE,...

A registered wool classer holds an AWEX-issued stencil number that appears on every bale of wool prepared for the...

The Bowen / AusBowl method — refined by Godfrey Bowen and updated through AWI-funded training — is the foundation...

Some interstate goat movements need a state-issued health permit beyond the standard eNVD + GHS — particularly into TAS...

NSW and VIC operate Ovine Johne’s Disease (OJD) MAP zones and Virulent Footrot control areas. Moving sheep out of a...