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Livestock and smallholding · LK-35

Farm Assurance Evidence Index

A free printable assurance index — your scheme's headings against the record that satisfies each one and where it is physically kept.

First page of the Farm Assurance Evidence Index — Turn an assessment into a walk to a folder, by writing down in advance where every required record actually lives.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

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What this sheet is for

Turn an assessment into a walk to a folder, by writing down in advance where every required record actually lives.

Who it is for

Members of any farm assurance scheme, and anyone facing an inspection.

How to use it

  1. Copy your own scheme's headings into the left column — we print none.
  2. Name the record and the folder, not the intention.
  3. Mark the gaps honestly; they are the point of doing this before the visit.
  4. Date each check so you know how stale the index is.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: One page saying where every record lives, so an assessment is a walk to a folder rather than a day of searching.

Your scheme's headings, your folders. This lists no scheme's requirements, because they differ by scheme, country and enterprise and they change. Write your own scheme's headings in the left column and fill in where each record actually is. That is the work that makes an assessment straightforward.

Write-on lines: Holding · Scheme and membership number · Assessment due

Table, 10 rows: Requirement or heading · Record that satisfies it · Where it is kept · Up to date · Last checked · Gap or action

Ruled lines: Actions before the assessment

Questions

Why does the sheet not list the scheme requirements?

Because they differ by scheme, country and enterprise, and they change between versions of a standard. A printed list would be out of date and would give false comfort. Your scheme's current standard is the only correct source.

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