Member and Industry News ask questions about the new biosecurity requirements and understand from a practical perspective what they need to do on-farm,” said Howard Smith, President of CCA. LPA-accredited mixed farmer Andrew Bell says the Sheepmeat Council of Australia* workshop he attended in Horsham, Victoria in mid-October helped him understand the new requirements. At the workshop, he and more than 100 other producers, worked through how to create a biosecurity plan for their farms. “A lot of it is common sense. Going to the workshop was a valuable exercise and has helped me formulate a farm biosecurity plan,” Mr Bell said. “Undertaking a biosecurity plan will make producers think about the importance of record keeping and how they would react if there were a biosecurity breach. “If we can show we’re cleaner, greener and more transparent, it will be a lot easier to sell our products.” ISC has created an LPA On-Farm Biosecurity Plan template, to support producers to meet the new biosecurity requirements. The template was mailed to all LPA-accredited producers and is available online. The template requires the property details and on-farm risk map. It asks producers about their current on-farm practices, outlines recommended practices, and lists relevant tools and resources. ISC encourages property owners to regularly refer to their plan, and review it at least annually. More than 5,500 producers have also attended workshops across Australia to learn about the changes to LPA... In addition to the farm biosecurity plan template, ISC has prepared other resources to guide producers through the biosecurity requirements. These include a biosecurity fact sheet, a short video, a guidebook covering all program requirements, and a dedicated biosecurity module in LPA Learning. To download the resources, visit www.mla.com.au/integrity (see ‘tools and resources’) For information on the LPA changes, visit www.mla.com.au/LPAchanges For LPA Learning, visit www.mla.com.au/lpalearning For more biosecurity tips visit www.farmbiosecurity.com.au *The Sheepmeat Council of Australia are known as Sheep Producers of Australia as of November 2017. THE LINK AUT/WIN 18 35
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