For Providers

Check your eligibility 

Assessment and certification against the Australian Farm Data Code (the Code) are for products, projects, and services offered by providers.  

A provider is defined in the Code as “any entity with a direct contractual relationship (written or verbal) with a farm business, which collects, interprets or manages Farm Data in the course of that relationship. Providers include but are not limited to: technology providers, research institutions, government bodies”. [Ref: Australian Farm Data Code, Edition 2”] 

If you are a provider and answer ‘Yes’ to all the questions below, you’re eligible to have your product, project, or service assessed against the Code: 

• • Do you have a direct contractual relationship with farmers/farm businesses? 

• • Do you collect, receive, use, manage, or share farm data? 

• • Are you an Australian entity? 

If you didn’t answer ‘Yes’ to all the above, you can still get advice on how to adopt the Code – please contact our team at farmdatacode@nff.org.au for more information. 

How to get assessed and certified against the Farm Data Code 

Step 1: Contact us to set up an introductory meeting 

• • Contact us to set up an introductory meeting with our team – this will save you time in the application process and give you an opportunity to ask questions. 

Step 2: Prepare for assessment 

• • Make sure you have read and agree to: 

• • • Certification Process and Rules 

• • • Certification Privacy Policy 

• • • Certification Mark Usage Guidelines 

• • • Provider Agreement 

• • Get executive support for certification  

• • Confirm team members who will be part of the application process – for small to medium organisations you will need 2-3 days from legal, IT and product staff 

Step 3: Apply 

• • Confirm with our team that you want to start the application process

• • NFF will issue you an invoice for the application fee – you need to pay the fee before starting your application 

• • Complete and submit the: 

• • • Assessment and Certification Application Form 

• • • Certification Declaration Form 

• • • Provider Agreement 

 

• • Our team will assess your application and advise you of the results 

• • If you did not comply 100% with the Code, you will have an option to: 

1. 1. 1. update your data terms and policies to fully comply with the Code, or; 

1. 1. 2. choose to not fully comply with the Code and only get a Summary Audit Report published (Audit Reports are published in the Register of assessed and certified products, projects, and services) 

• • If you are 100% compliant with the Code, our team will submit your application to the Certification Panel for review and approval of certification 

• • If approved, you will be issued a Certification Mark with your unique registration number and your Summary Audit Report will be published 

Step 4:  Certification! 

Congratulations you are now certified and can use your Certification Mark to promote your product/project according to the Certification Mark Usage Guidelines. 

 

Fees 

There is only one fee payable to have a product, project, or service assessed against the Code. If the product, project, or service complies 100% with the Code there are no further fees payable for certification to be awarded.  

The current fees for assessment and certification against the Code are: 

	2023 – 2024
Start‐ups <$500k revenue	$700
Small organisations $500k‐$10m revenue	$1,500
Medium organisations $10m-$500m revenue	$5,000
Large organisations >$500m revenue	$10,000
Research projects	$1,000

Annual renewals per product/project/service have the same fees as above.  Fees listed above exclude GST.

 

Helpful guides 

Farm Data Code: Best Practice Guide