Native plantings on farms and their link to beneficial insect biodiversity.

Thank you for agreeing to participate in this questionnaire conducted by Plant & Food Research. The questionnaire should take less than 15 minutes to complete.

The data you provide will help inform our communication strategy with farmers to better control insect pest species, increase pollinator diversity, and prevent reservoirs for insect pest species through targeted native plantings on farm.

All information will be kept strictly confidential and the questions will not allow you to be identified in any way. You do not have to answer every question and it is your right to withdraw your answers from this questionnaire. If you’d like to withdraw your answers please contact Brad Howlett at Plant and Food Research. This can be done at any time prior to the data being analysed in 4 years.

If withdrawing answers please quote the questionnaire ID you'll be prompted to create in Question 1. The data from your responses will not be held longer than 6 years and will not be available to third parties. By participating you are consenting to these terms of data storage and use which have been approved by Plant and Food Research’s Ethics Committee.

At the end of the questionnaire there is an option to provide your name and contact information for the purposes of contacting you in the future to participate in a follow-up questionnaire. This will allow us to see how farmer’s views of native plants and beneficial insects could change over time. This is completely voluntary and choosing not to provide contact details does not affect your participation in the questionnaire. If you do choose to provide your contact information, it will be kept strictly confidential.

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* 1. Enter a number to identify this questionnaire that you will remember (e.g kilometres from nearest town added to last four digits of phone number).

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* 2. Which region are you from?

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* 3. Beneficial insects pollinate crops and control insect pests. Have you heard about, read, or been to presentations about native plants supporting beneficial insects on farms?

Yes

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* 4. If you know about a link between beneficial insects and on-farm native plantings, where did you learn about this?

Mass media (newspaper/news sites, radio, magazines)

Industry website

Industry magazines

Your observations

Other farmers (Informal discussion)

Other non-farmers (Informal discussion)

Scientist/Extension officer (Informal discussion)

Landscapers, nursery staff

Industry workshops/field days

Non-farmer workshops/field days

Local/regional councils

Central government

Farmer catchment groups

Restoration trusts

Other (please specify)

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* 5. If farming, what is your primary production system?

Arable (Cropping)

Sheep/Beef

Dairy

Fruit

Vegetable

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What is the size (ha) of your property?

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* 7. What proportion of your property is non-productive?

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* 8. What proportion of your income is derived from farming?

More than 50%

10-49%

Less than 10%

None

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* 9. Would you describe your farm as:

Conventional

Organic

Regenerative

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Do you have, or plan to plant natives on your property?

Yes

Unsure

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* 11. IF YOU HAVE OR ARE CONSIDERING ESTABLISHING NATIVE PLANTS PLEASE CONTINUE THE SURVEY. IF NOT, PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 23.

Answer as many as apply to you in the text box.

My property already had established native plants, not planted myself (yes or no)

The number of native plants I have already established is approximately

The number of native plants I am thinking of establishing in the future is approximately

I established native plants in the years between

I am aiming to establish native plants in the years

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* 12. How much would you expect to spend on establishing plantings?

$_______ per plant

$_______on maintenance

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* 13. Of the native species you have or plan to plant, how many different species?

2-5

6-10

11-20

more than 20

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* 14. Where on your land are you establishing native plantings?

Waterways

Fence lines

Around your house

Irrigation pivot corners

Gullies

Thoroughfares

I'm not planning on establishing anymore native plantings

Other (please specify)

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* 15. Who did/will do the native plantings?

Yourself

Volunteers

Paid someone else

Other (please specify)

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* 16. Who has done/will do planting maintenance?

Yourself

Volunteers

Paid someone else

No one

Other (please specify)

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* 17. What do you think prevents people from planting natives on their land? Rank (at least top 4) in order from most important to least important with 1 being most important, 10 being least important.

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* 18. What motivates you to establish native plants on your land? Choose as many that apply.

Better Work Environment

Ecological restoration

Crop/pasture insect pollinators

Funding was available

Compliance

Looks attractive

Carbon sequestration

Insect predators of pests

Ecotourism

Increased biodiversity

Public appeal

Protect waterways

Shelter

Shade

Other (please specify)

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* 19. Of the insects that might be supported by native plantings, rate how important you think they are for pollinating your crops/pastures with 1 being not important to 6 being extremely important.

	1- Not important	2	3	4	5	6- Extremely important
Flies	Flies 1- Not important	Flies 2	Flies 3	Flies 4	Flies 5	Flies 6- Extremely important
Butterflies/moths	Butterflies/moths 1- Not important	Butterflies/moths 2	Butterflies/moths 3	Butterflies/moths 4	Butterflies/moths 5	Butterflies/moths 6- Extremely important
Bumble bees	Bumble bees 1- Not important	Bumble bees 2	Bumble bees 3	Bumble bees 4	Bumble bees 5	Bumble bees 6- Extremely important
Beetles	Beetles 1- Not important	Beetles 2	Beetles 3	Beetles 4	Beetles 5	Beetles 6- Extremely important
Native bees	Native bees 1- Not important	Native bees 2	Native bees 3	Native bees 4	Native bees 5	Native bees 6- Extremely important
Honey bees	Honey bees 1- Not important	Honey bees 2	Honey bees 3	Honey bees 4	Honey bees 5	Honey bees 6- Extremely important
Other	Other 1- Not important	Other 2	Other 3	Other 4	Other 5	Other 6- Extremely important

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* 20. Do you believe native plants support predatory/parasitic insects that help control insect pests?

Yes

Unsure

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* 21. Of the insects that might be supported by native plantings, rate how important you think they are for reducing insect pest populations in your crops/pastures with 1 being not important to 6 being extremely important.

	1 -Not important	2	3	4	5	6- Extremely important
Flies	Flies 1 -Not important	Flies 2	Flies 3	Flies 4	Flies 5	Flies 6- Extremely important
Parasitic/predatory wasps	Parasitic/predatory wasps 1 -Not important	Parasitic/predatory wasps 2	Parasitic/predatory wasps 3	Parasitic/predatory wasps 4	Parasitic/predatory wasps 5	Parasitic/predatory wasps 6- Extremely important
Lacewings	Lacewings 1 -Not important	Lacewings 2	Lacewings 3	Lacewings 4	Lacewings 5	Lacewings 6- Extremely important
Hover flies	Hover flies 1 -Not important	Hover flies 2	Hover flies 3	Hover flies 4	Hover flies 5	Hover flies 6- Extremely important
Beetles	Beetles 1 -Not important	Beetles 2	Beetles 3	Beetles 4	Beetles 5	Beetles 6- Extremely important
Spiders	Spiders 1 -Not important	Spiders 2	Spiders 3	Spiders 4	Spiders 5	Spiders 6- Extremely important
Others	Others 1 -Not important	Others 2	Others 3	Others 4	Others 5	Others 6- Extremely important

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* 22. We are keen to know whether your thoughts change during our project. Would you be happy for us to contact you in 2-3 years to fill in this questionnaire again? If so, we would appreciate if you could provide your name and email in the comment box below. A reminder that providing your contact details is completely voluntary and not required to take part in this survey.

Native plantings on farms and their link to beneficial insect biodiversity.