Beef cattle husbandry
Responsible, sustainable beef production: Issues facing today's beef producer Training and working dogs - for quiet confident control of stock [... more]
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Horticulture
Sustainable horticulture Apples, pears and other pome fruit Olives and olive oil Greenhouse horticulture Postharvest management of horticultural crops Farm business and trade - horticultural crops Animal Health and Food Sciences Unit National ... [... more]
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Calculating machinery costs and contract rates
Fixed costs are costs which don't vary with usage. You pay these costs every year regardless of whether you use your machine for 10 hours or 1000 hours. Examples of costs associated with owning machines are insurance, depreciation, interest ... [... more]
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Field crops, pastures & rangelands
Salvaging crops for fodder, grain or grazing - costs and income calculator A calculator to help producers make decisions on salvaging crops. The Excel spreadsheet calculates the cost of baling crops for hay or silage and of taking crops through ... [... more]
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Pests, diseases and disorders in horticultural crops
Integrated pest and disease management for Australian summerfruit Orchard Plant Protection Guide for deciduous fruits in NSW 2007-2008 Postharvest diseases of horticultural produce (Volume 1): Temperate fruit Tests are available for plant ... [... more]
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Horses
The horse industry in NSW is made up of many groups including the horse racing sector, competition and sporting associations, pony clubs, working horses and various breed associations just to name a few. NSW DPI provides information to all these ... [... more]
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Beef cattle feeding and nutrition
For information related specifically to drought feeding see the following section of the Drought website: Confinement feeding of cattle in drought: protecting the environment Using oats as an alternative grain in opportunity feedlot ... [... more]
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Preparedness and risk management
Fire is a problem in most summers in Australia, but particularly so after good seasons where spring rains have produced abundant growth and in very hot dry summers where the vegetation becomes tinder dry. Being prepared is a key to minimising the ... [... more]
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Cattle health and disease
The resources below are for dairy and/or beef cattle. A resource may be applicable to one particular production system or both. If in doubt, contact your relevant livestock officer. Annual ryegrass toxicity and blown grass / beard grass ... [... more]
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Horses
The horse industry in NSW is made up of many groups including the horse racing sector, competition and sporting associations, pony clubs, working horses and various breed associations just to name a few. NSW DPI provides information to all these ... [... more]
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Citrus fruit
Citrus is one of most important horticultural industries in NSW with a production area of around 13,000 hectares. The Australian citrus industry is the largest fresh fruit exporter in Australia worth in excess of A$200 million annually. NSW ... [... more]
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Budget templates (Farm Forms)
Farm Forms files, Farm Forms-Cashbook, Farm Forms-Crop and Farm Forms-Livestock. This is to allow people who are only interested in one or two to minimise download time, and also to reduce complexity of a single large set of forms. Use time ... [... more]
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