Appendix 1: Interview Outline
Interview one - outline
1 Present Situation Questionnaire
2 What's Happened
In the last 20 years with special attention to the changes or the impact of changes which have lead you to your present situation.
3 why have these things happened.
4 Perceptions of risk
i) Please explain what you understand risk to be (variability,
uncertainty, positive, negative).
ii) In respect to this.
a. how important have these sources of risk been to you (list)
b. what have you done to manage changes and impact of changes:
climate
market
physical/production
technology
management input
financial.
c. risk in coming season - impact on management changes to management as result of risk.
5 i) Expenditure priorities - what are they? (drawings, discretionary inputs).
ii) How does this change with a change of income?
$10,000, $20,000, $30,000 + $10,000 etc.
iii) How does cashflow influence this?
iv) How do you decide?
(discretionary expenditure = productive inputs (fert/Lime)/repairs and main/capital purchases/drawings (essential/non-essential)/investment/debt repayment.
6 Opportunities - changes in the future to achieve your goals.
Interview one (check list)
Perceptions of what's happened and why?
(changes in inputs and outputs and why)
1 Farm ownership history
2 Farm Size
Changes in total effective area
3 Personal
Age/qualifications/family/years. Fanning years. Ownership/management responsibilities.
4 Farm labour
Self/family/employed.
5 Development capital
land/subdivision/stock/buildings/machinery.
6 Farm enterprises
Sheep breeding/finishing/cattle. Breeding/finishing/cropping/small. Seeds/goats/deer/forestry.
Performance levels
Lamb/wool/cattle/crop.
7 Climate
Rainfall/drought/flood/snow/pasture growth.
8 Technologies and external changes
Stock breeds/pasture species/weed and pest markets/political.
9 Financial
Income levels
Expenditure- farm work/fert/W& P/wages
- development and capital. changes in cost structure.
10 Farm management
Grazing systems/breeding emphasis/production targets/animal health.
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