Survey: Agronomists, Researchers & Advisers

Status:: Draft
Last updated:: 2026-08-05

Participant information: This form collects information for New England Landcare Network industrial hemp research planning. Personal contact details are optional. Raw responses, contact details and sensitive details will not be published. Information may be combined and anonymised for project summaries and participant feedback. Read the research statement and disclosures on the Industrial Hemp subdomain: industrial-hemp.neln.com.au/03-primary-research/research-disclosure/short-form/.

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1. Baseline Understanding

How would you describe your current understanding of industrial hemp?

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
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1-3 = low understanding; 4-7 = moderate understanding; 8-10 = high understanding.

What has shaped that understanding?

2. Expertise

Tick any that apply.

Expertise	Tick	Expertise	Tick
Hemp agronomy	[ ]	Comparable broadacre crops	[ ]
Horticulture or specialty crops	[ ]	Soil and nutrition	[ ]
Water / irrigation	[ ]	Pest, weed or disease management	[ ]
Farm business / gross margins	[ ]	Environmental assessment	[ ]
Research / trials	[ ]	Other	[ ]

3. Regional Suitability

How suitable do you think industrial hemp may be for New England conditions?

High suitability	Moderate suitability	Low suitability	Unsuitable	Unknown
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Please provide the reason for your rating. Include the conditions, locations, production systems, evidence or assumptions that shape your view.

Are there particular parts of the New England Landcare Network member-organisation region, crop types, soil types, water conditions, rotations or management systems where industrial hemp may be more or less suitable?

4. Product Pathways

Which pathways are most technically plausible for New England? Rank the top three. Use 1 for the most plausible.

Product pathway	Rank	Product pathway	Rank
Seed / grain food		Oil / protein / flour
Fibre / bast		Hurd / bedding / mulch
Building materials / hempcrete		Biomass / composites
Dual-purpose crop		Other

5. Production Risks

Rank the top three production risks. Use 1 for the most important.

Risk	Rank	Risk	Rank
Frost or temperature risk		Water availability
Soil or drainage constraints		Variety or seed supply
Weed management		Pest or disease pressure
Nutrition or fertiliser requirements		Harvest timing
Drying, storage or post-harvest handling		Other

6. Evidence Gaps

Mark each evidence gap as High, Medium, Low or Not required.

Evidence gap	High	Medium	Low	Not required
Local yield evidence	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Water-use evidence	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Frost and sowing-window evidence	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Soil and nutrient requirements	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Weed, pest and disease management	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Harvest and post-harvest logistics	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Gross-margin and enterprise comparison	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Environmental comparison with realistic alternatives	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]

7. Comparators

Which local or comparable enterprises should hemp be assessed against?

Comparator	Tick	Comparator	Tick
Beef grazing	[ ]	Sheep grazing	[ ]
Mixed farming	[ ]	Winter cereals	[ ]
Summer crops	[ ]	Lucerne or improved pasture	[ ]
Horticulture or specialty crops	[ ]	Forestry or farm trees	[ ]
Native vegetation restoration	[ ]	Other	[ ]

8. Stories, Events Or Examples

Are there trial results, production experiences, failed cases, comparable crops or technical examples that New England Landcare Network should understand?

Demographic Baseline

These questions are optional. They are used only in combined, anonymised summaries to understand audience patterns and communication needs.

Gender:

Option	Tick	Option	Tick
Woman	[ ]	Man	[ ]
Non-binary / gender diverse	[ ]	Prefer to self-describe	[ ]
Prefer not to say	[ ]

Age group:

Option	Tick	Option	Tick
Under 18	[ ]	18-24	[ ]
25-34	[ ]	35-44	[ ]
45-54	[ ]	55-64	[ ]
65-74	[ ]	75+	[ ]
Prefer not to say	[ ]

Education / training:

Option	Tick	Option	Tick
Secondary school	[ ]	Trade / apprenticeship	[ ]
Certificate / diploma	[ ]	University degree	[ ]
Postgraduate	[ ]	Prefer not to say	[ ]
Other	[ ]

Main work / life stage:

Option	Tick	Option	Tick
Farming / land management	[ ]	Business owner / self-employed	[ ]
Employee	[ ]	Student / trainee	[ ]
Retired	[ ]	Volunteer / community role	[ ]
Other	[ ]	Prefer not to say	[ ]

Location for communication planning:

Field	Response	Field	Response
Postcode or nearest town / district		Prefer not to say	[ ]

Preferred communication channels:

Channel	Tick	Channel	Tick
Email updates	[ ]	Website	[ ]
Printed handouts	[ ]	Field days / site visits	[ ]
Workshops / meetings	[ ]	Phone call	[ ]
Social media	[ ]	Local media	[ ]
Through Landcare group	[ ]	Other	[ ]

Preferred social media platform, if relevant:

Field	Response
Preferred platform(s)

Complete this section at the end of the form. If the participant has not been provided with the research statement, provide it before recording consent.

Tick Yes to confirm each consent item. Leave blank if the participant does not consent.

Research consent item	Yes
The participant has been provided with the research statement.	[ ]
The participant agrees to take part in this research conversation or form.	[ ]
The participant understands the information is being collected for New England Landcare Network industrial hemp research planning.	[ ]
The participant understands raw responses, contact details and sensitive details will not be published.	[ ]
The participant agrees responses may be combined and anonymised for project summaries and feedback to participants.	[ ]
The participant agrees optional demographic responses may be used in combined and anonymised communication-planning summaries.	[ ]

Respondent Details

Field	Response	Field	Response
Name (optional)		Contact for follow-up (optional)
Organisation / role (optional)		Expertise area
Preferred contact method		Interviewer / recorder

Follow-up Contact And Published Information

Record whether the participant agrees to follow-up contact or receiving published project information.

Follow-up and sharing item	Yes	No
The participant may be contacted for follow-up or clarification.	[ ]	[ ]
The participant would like to receive future project updates or aggregate summaries.	[ ]	[ ]

Participant Signature

Participant signature		Date
Participant name

Expression Of Interest

This section is optional. It records whether the participant may be interested in a later role if further research, trials, technical review or extension work is scoped. It does not create a commitment.

Possible role	Yes	Maybe	No
Technical adviser or reviewer	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Research partner or collaborator	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Trial design or field-site support	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Data, literature or evidence review	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Grower, adviser or community extension	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Workshop, field day or presentation input	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Referral to other experts, institutions or projects	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Other role	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]

What role could you realistically play, and what would need to be in place for that role to be useful?

Are there limitations, conflicts, capacity constraints, commercial sensitivities or independence concerns that would limit your role?