Mr. Pat Murphy:

Every farmer has the potential for access. Quite a number of farmers do not interact with the agri-food system but the data are there for them. Most farmers using substantial amounts of fertiliser are interacting with the agri-food system. Many of those farmers would use it and many advisers would have the capacity to use it on behalf of those farmers. We are trying to use the fact that we are collecting these data, which we do for good reasons, to make sure that the farmer benefits as well as the regulator. The other benefit of advisers seeing real-time data is that it can help the adviser and farmer to work out the best strategies for future use of fertiliser if we are trying to improve nutrient management and productivity at farm level and to improve environmental outcomes. The more information we have about what is being used, the better.