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Farm family, farm property and business characteristics |
Pastoral zone |
Wheat–sheep and high rainfall zones |
Dairy farms |
Irrigation |
All farms |
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controlling flow bores |
controlling grazing pressure by excluding access to water |
monitoring of pasture and vegetation condition |
deep rooted perennial pasture1 |
soil/plant tissue tests to determine fertiliser needs1 |
tree and shrub establishment2 |
regularly monitoring watertables2 |
collecting of dairy effluent |
pumping dairy dairy shed effluent onto pasture |
laser graded layout |
using irrigation scheduling tools |
monitoring pasture and vegetation and vegetation condition |
preserving / enhancing areas of conservation value |
excluding stock from degraded areas |
percentage conservation tillage |
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Age |
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Environmental concern attitude |
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+ |
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+ |
+ |
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+ |
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+ |
+ |
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Technical concern attitude |
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- |
- |
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+ |
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- |
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- |
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Financial concern attitude |
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+ |
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- |
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Financial outlook attitude |
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+ |
- |
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- |
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- |
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- |
- |
- |
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Landcare membership (1998/99) |
+ |
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+ |
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+ |
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Length of Landcare membership |
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+ |
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- |
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Recent training |
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+ |
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+ |
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+ |
+ |
+ |
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+ |
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Farm cash income |
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+ |
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Closing equity ratio |
+ |
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- |
- |
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- |
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Profit at full equity |
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+ |
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Farm plan |
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+ |
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+ |
+ |
+ |
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+ |
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+ |
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Farm size |
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- |
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Land use intensity |
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+ |
+ |
+ |
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+ |
- |
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- |
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Participation in property management |
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+ |
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+ |
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+ significant positive association at the 95% confidence level or higher
- significant negative association at the 95% confidence level of higher
1 broadacre farms only
2 including dairy farms
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