Tasmanian Service kill meat processing Survey - Farmers

Why is Sprout doing this survey?

This survey is being conducted in order to understand the current and potential demand for livestock processing by way of service kills, across Tasmania.

Who is this survey for?

Any farmer of livestock for the consumption of meat, in Tasmania, where they retain the ownership of their product.

This includes:

those who are already processing and selling their meat, using a service-kill abattoir.
those who would like to explore selling their meat but haven't ventured down this road yet.
those who are currently using home-kill services who are looking to move towards selling their product in the future.

This survey does not include farmers who are selling their livestock through an agent, or direct to an abattoir and have no intention of changing this business model.

What are we hoping to understand?

The questions are designed to gather information about level of processing demand (current and potential), location, species type, full supply chain data including transport to and from abattoirs and butchery services.

We are also hoping to understand what farmers believe would be their ideal service provision in this space.

What will happen to the data?
The data will be held by Sprout and summary data only shared publicly once it has been de-identified and aggregated.

Have a question?

If you have any concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us at info@sprout.org.au, or call Jen on 0419 519 296.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. We are excited by this project and we can't wait to work collaboratively with the farming sector, government and other stakeholders to find solutions.

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* 1. In which local government area is your farm located?

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* 2. Which of the following best describes your circumstances?

I am currently farming livestock for meat and processing my animals through a Tasmanian abattoir, and selling the produce.

I was farming livestock for meat, and selling my produce, but stopped due to lack of processing option (abattoir/butcher).

I am currently farming livestock for meat for our own consumption (potentially using mobile abattoir services) and would like to explore selling my produce.

I would like to farm livestock for meat, and sell my produce, but haven't done it before

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Include any comments here to explain your selection.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

This survey is broken into 3 sections and not all of them will apply to you.

Current demand - for those farmers who currently processing - go to pages 2-4
Loss of demand - for those farmers who used to process - go to page 5
Potential demand - for those farmers who hope to process - go to page 6

You can skip any section that doesn't apply to you.

14% of survey complete.