The ARC's farm assessment toolkit

The Agricultural Research Council's Farm Assessment Toolkit has been developed to allow for the evaluation of a farm in a scientific manner, using the natural resource base of the farm as a foundation.

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FAST FACTS

• The Dairy Dash App gives farmers a high-level overview of the herd’s production performance. 
• The toolkit (FAT) App constitutes an expert system and requires analysis of experts, and farmers will not use it directly.
• The ARC ICT Apps division is always working on new apps and systems as well as behind the scenes on data projects.

The objective of apps created by the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) varies depending on their focus area. The objective of the Farm Assessment Tool (FAT) kit is to allow for the evaluation of a farm in a scientific manner, using the natural resource base of the farm as foundation. The resources inform relevant enterprise, which leads to a level of economic prospects for the farm, in combination with associated infrastructural and managerial evaluation. It aims to help the farmer achieve a profitable and sustainable enterprise, by highlighting the areas of potential and comparing with current performance, as well as providing the information resources and support to give farming enterprises a roadmap to achieve their potential.

THE APPS