Survey: Manufactured & Wholesale Product Buyers

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 Raw responses, contact details and sensitive details will not be published.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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! Are you comfortable with audio recording for note-taking only? [ ] Yes [ ] No

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. Buyer Type

Tick any that apply.

Buyer type	Tick	Buyer type	Tick
Retailer	[ ]	Wholesaler	[ ]
Builder or construction project buyer	[ ]	Manufacturer using hemp inputs	[ ]
Distributor	[ ]	Exporter	[ ]
Public-sector or institutional buyer	[ ]	Other	[ ]

3. Products Bought Or Considered

Mark whether each product is current, possible or not relevant.

Product pathway	Current	Possible	Not relevant
Hemp foods	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Hemp seed oil	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Protein, flour or food ingredients	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Fibre, textiles or yarn	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Hempcrete blocks / bricks	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Building panels or composites	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Bedding, mulch or horticultural products	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Personal care / cosmetics	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Other	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]

4. Product Requirements

Use general ranges or comments where exact details are sensitive.

Requirement	Response / notes
Minimum order volume or project scale
Quality or performance specifications
Certification, testing or compliance requirements
Packaging, labelling or delivery requirements
Price band or pricing sensitivity
Supply reliability requirements
Main
Seed types
Secondary processing
Transportation
Main reasons a hemp product would be rejected

5. Pathway Demand

Rank the top three product pathways with the strongest demand or future interest. Use 1 for the strongest.

Product pathway	Rank	Product pathway	Rank
Hemp foods		Oil / protein / flour
Fibre / textiles		Hempcrete blocks / bricks
Panels / composites		Bedding / mulch
Personal care / cosmetics		Other

6. Australian Competitiveness

For each relevant pathway, can Australian manufactured or wholesale hemp products compete with imported or established international products?

Pathway	Yes	No	Unsure
Hemp foods	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Oil / protein / flour	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Fibre / textiles	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Hempcrete blocks / bricks	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Panels / composites	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Bedding / mulch	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Other	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]

7. New England Supply Or Manufacturing

What would make New England-linked hemp products attractive?

What would make them unattractive or difficult?

8. Stories, Events Or Examples

Are there important product, wholesale, project or customer 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 (optional)		Operating region
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