This month we continue the theme of planning, not business planning but farm development planning and approvals. My guest, Wendy Goodburn, a NSW DPIRD Land Use Planner joins us to explain the development and recent release of a fantastic, freely available online tool called myFarmPlanner. myFarmPlanner assists farmers, planners, consultants and local government with the pre-lodgement process for development applications related to on farm developments and upgrades. It is designed for the dairy, horticulture, poultry and agritourism industries in NSW.

While this is an audio only podcast and while we can’t actually show you what the tool looks like, you can view our recently recorded Dairy Breakfast webinar which was very well received and shows the tool being used live with a NSW dairy farm. A link to the recording is in the show notes and can also be found on the NSW Agriculture YouTube page in the Dairy playlist.

Useful resources related to this podcast:

·       Dairy Business Breakfast webinar showcasing myFarmPlanner

·       myFarmPlanner

·       Industry resources for planning and development including “NSW Dairy Development and Environmental Guidelines 2024”, “Farm System Evaluator” tool and the “National Guidelines – Dairy Feedpads and Contained Housing”

·       NSW Agricultural Land Use Planning website  

This podcast is an initiative of the NSW DPI Dairy Business Advisory Unit – further information and resources are available here - Dairy | Department of Primary Industries

It is brought to you in partnership the Hunter Local Land Services

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NSW DPI Dairy Facebook page

NSW DPI Dairy Newsletter - Connect with us | Department of Primary Industries 

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Produced by Liam Driver

The information discussed in this podcast are for informative and educational purposes only and do not constitute advice.