Large-scale livestock enterprises checklist

The Queensland Government’s Livestock – Large Scale Extensive Grazing Operations Self-Assessment Checklist (PDF) is a targeted tool from the Farm Business Resilience Program (FRBP), helping extensive graziers benchmark their operation’s strengths and gaps across 10+ key areas.​

This practical checklist uses a four-tier rating system (“Yes, on track”; “Okay, could do better”; “No, should act”; “Not relevant”) to prompt honest self-review without submission requirements. Sections cover personal wellbeing (succession, mental health, insurances), people/HR (contracts, WHS, performance reviews), infrastructure (fences, dams, yards), livestock operations (breeding records, nutrition, genetics), business planning (budgets, cash flow, QA compliance), land management (spelling, groundcover, stocking rates), animal health (vaccinations, mortality), and risks (drought, biosecurity, finance).​

Each section ends with note-taking space for prioritized actions, feeding directly into a full Farm Business Resilience Plan (like the DOCX template). Tailored for large-scale beef, sheep or goat operations, it emphasizes drought-proofing via destocking options, FMDs, and adaptive grazing—ideal for Queensland’s variable climate