June 20, 2017

Competed the five modules of the NCMC Northern Rivers Grazing BMP program. A Best Management Practice (BMP) program for the grazing industry.

Grazing BMP uses a voluntary self assessment tool to develop and implement a best management practice program for the grazing industry, enabling:

• producers to identify and access training to improve knowledge and skills which will enable adoption of best practice

• producers and industry to accurately monitor and report upon improvements in management practice at a range of levels

• producers to benchmark their own practices against industry accepted best practice, and design and implement actions to improve.

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The Grazing BMP program is modelled on the highly successful Grains BMP program, with an industry reference group providing feedback and guiding the project. The program was initially trialled in the Fitzroy Basin and is now being rolled out across other regions as appropriate.

Grazing BMP consists of five modules covering all aspects of the enterprise:

• Soil health

• Grazing land management

• Animal production

• Animal health and welfare

• People and business.