AgForward
AgForward
AgForward was established in 2005 with funding from the Queensland Government to help primary producers interpret the Vegetation Management Act 1999 (VMA).
The program grew to include the delivery of property computer mapping and GPS workshops to help landholders adopt new technology for better property management and productivity.
For seven and a half years, AgForward helped more than 11,000 Queensland landholders, delivering workshops and providing free one-on-one assistance to help producers.
AgForward delivered practical group workshops where producers were provided with their property’s vegetation maps and satellite imagery and learnt how to understand the maps colours and codes, how to validate regional ecosystem maps and what exemptions such as fire breaks and fence lines exist.
Funding for the AgForward initiative ceased on 30 September 2012. For further assitance with property computer mapping, GPS or vegetation management please contact AgForce for a quote under AgServices fee-for-service program on 3238 6048.
The Schmidts manage thousands of hectares of the fodder crop and said their enterprise Wallen Pastoral Company would be worthless without it.
The Schmidts have a five-year fodder permit and continue to feed mulga to their cattle in times of drought.
Useful links
Vegetation Management Act
Vegetation Management Regulations
Exemptions guide
Vegetation clearing
Regrowth Code
Regrowth FAQs
Regrowth Landowners Guide
Managing Regrowth
Interpreting Regrowth
PMAV application form
Fodder harvesting worksheet
AgForward was established in 2005 with funding from the Queensland Government to help primary producers interpret the Vegetation Management Act 1999 (VMA).
The program grew to include the delivery of property computer mapping and GPS workshops to help landholders adopt new technology for better property management and productivity.
For seven and a half years, AgForward helped more than 11,000 Queensland landholders, delivering workshops and providing free one-on-one assistance to help producers.
AgForward delivered practical group workshops where producers were provided with their property’s vegetation maps and satellite imagery and learnt how to understand the maps colours and codes, how to validate regional ecosystem maps and what exemptions such as fire breaks and fence lines exist.
Funding for the AgForward initiative ceased on 30 September 2012. For further assitance with property computer mapping, GPS or vegetation management please contact AgForce for a quote under AgServices fee-for-service program on 3238 6048.
| Andrew Schmidt, pictured left with Bruce Crichton and Ray Finger, was one of the first producers to take advantage of this service. He joined a workshop at Cunnamulla on June 30, 2005, concerned about how the VMA would affect mulga harvesting. |
The Schmidts manage thousands of hectares of the fodder crop and said their enterprise Wallen Pastoral Company would be worthless without it.
The Schmidts have a five-year fodder permit and continue to feed mulga to their cattle in times of drought.
Useful links
Vegetation Management Act
Vegetation Management Regulations
Exemptions guide
Vegetation clearing
Regrowth Code
Regrowth FAQs
Regrowth Landowners Guide
Managing Regrowth
Interpreting Regrowth
PMAV application form
Fodder harvesting worksheet