Bio-security Deadline Approaches

THE deadline for landholders to complete their biosecurity plan to meet the Meat and Livestock Australia livestock production assurance requirements is October 1.

All cattle, sheep and goat producers will need to have a biosecurity plan for each property identification code (PIC).

The new measures are designed to protect your farm, your stock, your market and yourselves from the entry and spread of pests disease and weeds.

District Veterinarian Lyndell Stone said there has been an overwhelming response to the workshops designed to help landholders develop a biosecurity plan, with many oversubscribed.

“Most Producers appear well on their way to getting on top of this change, it’s great to see comfortable faces at the end of a workshop,” said Lyndell Stone.

“After all Farm Biosecurity is not new, most producers practice farm bisoecurity as it makes good business sense.

“The only part that is new is the need to have a documented farm bisoecurity business plan,” Ms Stone said.

The Livestock Production Assurance template is available at: Meat and Livestock Australia.

The plan does not need to be lodged, but does need to be kept on file for use or audits by Livestock Production Assurance .