Survey: Post-harvest Processors

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 Raw responses, contact details and sensitive details will not be published.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. Processing Role

Which description best fits your role?

Role	Tick
Provide processing services for a fee without buying the material	[ ]
Buy material and process it	[ ]
Provide both fee-for-service processing and material purchasing	[ ]
Manufacture inputs or intermediate products for other businesses	[ ]
Adviser, equipment supplier or technical service provider	[ ]
Other	[ ]

Comments:

3. Product Pathways And Services

Mark current services, possible future services or not relevant.

Pathway or service	Current	Possible	Not relevant
Seed cleaning / grading	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Seed drying / storage	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Oil pressing	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Protein, flour, hearts or food-ingredient processing	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Decortication	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Fibre grading or preparation	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Hurd preparation for bedding, mulch or building uses	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Biomass handling or processing	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Manufacturing input preparation	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Other	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]

4. Intake And Service Requirements

As a post-harvest processor, please describe what material you could take in and under what conditions. This applies whether you provide fee-for-service processing, buy material for your own processing, or do both. Use general ranges or comments where exact details are sensitive.

Requirement	Response / notes
Processor role for this intake pathway: fee-for-service, buyer, or both
Material types you could receive, such as seed, stalk, fibre, hurd or biomass
Minimum viable throughput, load size or batch size
Intake timing, seasonal windows or booking requirements
Delivery format required, such as bulk, bales, bags, cleaned seed, dried material or chopped material
Moisture, cleanliness, contamination or storage requirements
Testing, certification, food-safety, licence or traceability requirements
If fee-for-service: fee basis or charging model
If buying material: buying basis, pricing approach or preferred supply arrangement
Waste, residue or co-product handling
Main freight or logistics constraints
Other intake or service requirement

5. New England Supply

What would make New England material practical to process?

What would make it impractical or high risk?

6. Constraints

Rank the top three constraints. Use 1 for the most important.

Constraint	Rank	Constraint	Rank
Inconsistent volume		Product quality
Equipment capacity		Freight cost
Storage or drying		Food safety or certification
Contracting or counterparty risk		Market demand from downstream buyers
Regulation or stigma		Other

7. Australian Competitiveness

In your opinion, for each relevant pathway, can Australian material or processing compete with established international supply?

Pathway	Yes	No	Unsure
Seed / grain food	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Oil / protein / flour	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Fibre / bast	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Hurd / building inputs	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Bedding / mulch	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Biomass / composites	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]
Other	[ ]	[ ]	[ ]

8. Stories, Events Or Examples

Are there important processing experiences, failed cases, bottlenecks, lessons or 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