Hi Maria,
A farmland application form is not a prescribed form so it can be up to your council to decide what to include or don’t include on the form. The owner or their agent can apply so the owners’ signature is not required.
Even if a signature was required, the ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2000 allows for methods to be adopted in lieu of a signature by identifying the customer by other means with some other requiremenst. (Sec9).
I hope this helps.
Matthew.
