Stage 2 EMS Environmental Farm Plan and Self Assessment

EMS in Victorian Agriculture

A staged approach to EMS explained An explanation of the four staged approach can be found within the first attached file below, 'Introduction to EMS'. How to use the Stage 2 EMS - Environmental Farm Plan The PDF file attachments below are all the sections of the Stage 2 EMS- Environmental Farm Plan and can be viewed and printed out separately. The intention of these files is that they can be worked through section by section, in concurrent order, section 1 through to section 7. Appendices A and B can be viewed at any time. Self-Assessment Workbook Two additional Self-Assessment Workbooks are attached following the Environmental Farm Plan. They are the Avon River Basin (WA) Self-Assessment Workbook and the Eyre Peninsula (SA) Self-Assessment Workbook.

If you live in an area other than South Eastern Australia, you may like to consider using one of these workbooks in place of the Self-Assessment Workbook in Section 2 of the Stage 2 EMS- Environmental Farm Plan. Both the Avon River Basin (WA) Self-Assessment Workbook and the Eyre Peninsula (SA) Self-Assessment Workbook have been adapted by scientists local to the area, to make them most appropriate for farming situations in these areas.

For example:
If you are a producer residing in the Eyre Peninsula or your environment is similar to the Eyre Peninsula’s, you would use the Eyre Peninsula (SA) Self-Assessment Workbook, instead of the South Eastern Australia- Self-Assessment Workbook which is in Section 2 of the Stage 2 EMS- Environmental Farm Plan. After completing the appropriate version of the Self-Assessment Workbook, you would then continue on to Section 3 in the Stage 2 EMS- Environmental Farm Plan.

Environmental Farm Plan Documents

To view the following documents you will need a copy of the Adobe PDF reader available for free download from the Adobe website (external link).

1. Introduction to EMS (in two parts)	Section One, Part One: (PDF 778kb)	Section One, Part Two: (PDF 448kb)
2. Self Assessment Workbook (in two parts)	Section Two, Part One: (PDF 870kb)	Section Two, Part Two: (PDF 648kb)
3. Environmental Review	(PDF 1088kb)
4. Action Plan	(PDF 581kb)
5. Paddock Record Keeping	(PDF 653kb)
6. Self Audit	(PDF 546kb)
7. Review and Improvement	(PDF 836kb)
Appendix A	(PDF 542kb)
Appendix B	(PDF 545kb)

Self Assessment Workbooks

Self Assessment Workbook: Eyre Peninsula Version (in two parts)	Part One: (PDF 947kb)	Part Two: (PDF 571kb)
Self Assessment Workbook: Avon Version (in two parts)	Part One: (PDF 875kb)	Part Two: (PDF 633kb)

Further Information or Assistance
For further information the Stage 2 EMS package, or hardcopies/CD versions, please contact;
Anna Ridley, Kyra-Jane Huhn or Eloise Seymour at DPI Rutherglen (02) 6030 4500