Production

The South East Queensland – Irrigation Futures (SEQ-IF) program is a state based initiative funded by the Department of Natural Resources & Water.  The program is aimed at improving irrigation water use efficiency and natural resource management across nursery production.  Follow this link www.seq.irrigationfutures.org.au to see relevant nursery production irrigation technical information.

Nursery Production Farm Management System (FMS)  

    Recipient of the 2007 Sustainable Primary Production Award

A Farm Management System (FMS) is a property or business management system that provides production nurseries with the necessary tools to evaluate and continuously improve their business professionalism, productivity, profitability and sustainability.

The nursery industry has developed an industry specific FMS that includes the three key programs designed for nursery production.  Click here for a detailed FMS brochure (PDF 778KB).

• NIASA Best Management Practice (Nursery Industry Accreditation Scheme Australia)

NIASA Accreditation is the formal recognition of a business’s commitment to continuous improvement underpinned by a professional system producing consistent quality products.  Click here for a NIASA brochure (300KB).

• EcoHort™ (Nursery Industry Environmental Management System)

EcoHort™ guidelines provide a risk assessment based pathway for a business to demonstrate their sound environmental stewardship and natural resource management.  Click here for a paper on EcoHort™ (640KB).

• BioSecure HACCP (Property Biosecurity Program)

BioSecure HACCP seeks to identify internal and external threats to biosecurity within an individual business.  Click here for a BioSecure HACCP brochure.  (582kb)