Table A2.8b Irrigator’s views on effects of modernising on-farm infrastructure comparison of dairy farmers and non-dairy farmers – If your on-farm infrastructure has been SRWUIP on-farm SRWUIP on-farm SRWUIP on-farm SRWUIP on-farm SRWUIP on-farm SRWUIP on-farm SRWUIP on-farm SRWUIP on-farm upgraded/expanded since 2008, how did infrastructure infrastructure infrastructure infrastructure infrastructure infrastructure infrastructure infrastructure the on-farm infrastructure upgrade/ grant recipients - recipients - grant recipients - grant recipients - grant recipients - grant recipients - recipients - dairy grant recipients - addition affect… excluding dairy excluding dairy excluding dairy excluding dairy dairy farmers dairy farmers farmers dairy farmers farmers farmers farmers farmers Negative impact Neither negative Positive impact n Negative impact Neither negative Positive impact n or positive or positive Your farm enterprise as a whole 7% 11% 82% 57 6% 11% 83% 36 Your farm profitability 14% 18% 68% 57 25% 17% 58% 36 Your overall farm productivity since works 9% 14% 77% 56 14% 11% 75% 36 – were completed Your irrigation water costs 25% 29% 46% 56 33% 25% 42% 36 Your farm debt levels 20% 52% 28% 54 66% 14% 20% 35 Your efficiency of water use 5% 11% 84% 57 14% 8% 78% 36 Timing of water delivery to your farm 11% 22% 67% 54 6% 19% 75% 36 Electricity/power costs 34% 38% 29% 56 57% 20% 23% 35 Your on-farm workload 9% 25% 66% 56 14% 28% 58% 36 Your ability to respond to changes in farming 5% 20% 75% 56 14% 17% 69% 35 conditions
Table A2.8b Irrigator’s views on effects of modernising on-farm infrastructure – comparison of dairy farmers and non-dairy farmers If your on-farm infrastructure has been upgraded/expanded since 2008, how did the on-farm infrastructure upgrade/ addition affect… SRWUIP on-farm infrastructure grant recipients - excluding dairy farmers Negative impact SRWUIP on-farm infrastructure recipients - excluding dairy farmers Neither negative or positive SRWUIP on-farm infrastructure grant recipients - excluding dairy farmers Positive impact SRWUIP on-farm infrastructure grant recipients - excluding dairy farmers n SRWUIP on-farm infrastructure grant recipients - dairy farmers Negative impact SRWUIP on-farm infrastructure grant recipients - dairy farmers Neither negative or positive SRWUIP on-farm infrastructure recipients - dairy farmers Positive impact SRWUIP on-farm infrastructure grant recipients - dairy farmers n Your farm enterprise as a whole 7% 11% 82% 57 6% 11% 83% 36 Your farm profitability 14% 18% 68% 57 25% 17% 58% 36 Your overall farm productivity – since works were completed 9% 14% 77% 56 14% 11% 75% 36 Your irrigation water costs 25% 29% 46% 56 33% 25% 42% 36 Your farm debt levels 20% 52% 28% 54 66% 14% 20% 35 Your efficiency of water use 5% 11% 84% 57 14% 8% 78% 36 Timing of water delivery to your farm 11% 22% 67% 54 6% 19% 75% 36 Electricity/power costs 34% 38% 29% 56 57% 20% 23% 35 Your on-farm workload 9% 25% 66% 56 14% 28% 58% 36 Your ability to respond to changes in farming conditions 5% 20% 75% 56 14% 17% 69% 35