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                • Buying livestock through Facebook or Gumtree? Be aware of the risks!!
                • Animal Health Issues in Drought Conditions
                • Fit to load guide - understanding your responsibilities when transporting stock
                • How vaccines work (NSW DPI)
                • Zoonoses - Animal diseases that can infect you
                • Q Fever
              • Horses
                • Horse health and welfare
                  • Be a responsible horse owner (NSW DPI)
                  • How to care for horses (NSW DPI)
                  • Property identification codes and horses
                  • Minimum standards for keeping horses in urban areas (NSW DPI)
                  • Good NEIGHbours Hack for Horse Owners (NSW DPI)
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                • Emergency planning for your horses
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                  • Transporting horses - frequently asked questions (NSW DPI)
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                • Have animals? You need a PIC!
                • Geriatric Goat Care
                • Home Butchering - what you need to know
                • Preventing livestock theft
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                • Fit to load guide - understanding your responsibilities when transporting stock
                • Sheep - managing, nutrition, disease and tools (NSW DPI)
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                • Moving sheep into and within NSW (NSW DPI)
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                • Have animals? You need a PIC!
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                • Cow Tales - Buying and selling cattle in NSW - Mick's story
                • Farming for tomorrow on Coopernook Dairy
                • Home Butchering - what you need to know
                • Preventing livestock theft
                • Buying livestock through Facebook or Gumtree? Be aware of the risks!!
                • Fit to load guide - understanding your responsibilities when transporting stock
                • Beef cattle - managing, nutrition, disease and equipment (NSW DPI)
                • Moving cattle into and within NSW
              • Pigs
                • Pig management
                • What can I feed my pigs?
                  • Little piggies - An overview of feeding pigs and protecting our export markets
                  • Do not feed swill to your pigs (NSW DPI infographic)
                  • Responsible disposal of food waste (NSW DPI)
                  • This little piggy had none: Don’t give people food to pigs (AHA)
                • How do I identify and prevent diseases in pigs?
                  • Recognising exotic diseases of pigs (NSW DPI)
                  • Spot the difference: African swine fever vs. swine influenza (AHA)
                  • African swine fever: Disease in-focus (AHA)
                  • Responding to African swine fever (AHA)
                  • Four steps to keep exotic pig diseases out (NSW DPI)
                • Buying and selling pigs
                  • 8-Step guide to moving and selling pigs (NSW DPI)
                  • Pig Tales - Buying a pig in NSW - Alan's story
                  • Pig Tales - Selling a pig in NSW - Tina's story
                  • Getting started with PigPass (APL)
                  • Moving pigs into and within NSW (NSW DPI)
                • The pig owners newsletter
              • Poultry
                • An introduction to keeping chickens
                • Egg-cellent Eggshells with Dr Lou Baskind
                • Producing free range eggs in Quorrobolong - Garth Short
                • Home Butchering - what you need to know
              • Other animals
                • Transporting and moving horses (NSW DPI)
                • Beekeeping for Community and environment
                • Honey bees - management, pests, disease and registration
                • Amateur beekeepers Association of NSW
                • National best management practice for beekeeping in Australian environment
            • Pest animals
              • General pest control
                • Understanding your regional pest plan
                • Rural Living Handbook
                  • Case studies: moving to a rural area
                • Principles of pest animal management (PestSmart)
                • The facts on 1080 poisoning (PestSmart)
                • Best practice pest animal management (NSW DPI)
                • Pest animal recording (FeralScan)
                • Read your Regional Strategic Pest Animal Management Plan
              • Rabbits
                • How to manage your rabbit situation
                • Understanding your rabbit control options
                • Rabbit control decision tool
              • Foxes
                • Understanding your regional pest plan
                • A guide to cage trapping foxes (video)
                • Fox control options (NSW DPI)
                • Urban fox management (NSW DPI)
                • European foxes - the issue, planning and management (PestSmart)
                • Glovebox guide for managing foxes (PestSmart)
                • Report fox activity (FoxScan)
              • Feral pigs
                • Understanding your regional pest plan
                • Feral pigs - the issue, planning and management (PestSmart)
                • Glovebox guide for managing feral pigs (PestSmart)
                • Report wild pig activity (WildPigScan)
              • Wild dogs
                • Understanding your regional pest plan
                • Wild dogs - how to recognise the signs
                • Professional Wild Dog Controller Program (Hunter region)
                • Wild dog biology and distribution ( NSW DPI)
                • Wild dogs - the issue, planning and management (PestSmart)
                • Glovebox guide for managing wild dogs (PestSmart)
                • Report wild dog activity (WildDogScan)
              • Feral deer
                • Understanding your regional pest plan
                • Wild deer - the issue, planning and management (PestSmart)
                • Report wild deer activity (DeerScan)
                • Feral deer - impacts, distribution and policy (NSW DPI)
              • Other and unusual pest animals
                • Understanding your regional pest plan
                • The threat of non-native animals (NSW DPI)
                • Cane toads - the issue, identification and control (PestSmart)
                • How to correctly identify cane toads (NSW DPI)
                • Report cane toad activity (PestSmart)
                • Report red-eared slider turtles or corn snakes (PestSmart)
                • Pest bird management (NSW PestSmart)
                • Managing house mice (PestSmart)
                • Managing feral cats (NSW PestSmart)
              • Report sightings and impacts
            • Weeds
              • Weed Control and Management
                • Stop weeds at the gate
                • Blue Heliotrope Weed Management Guide – A Plan of Attack
                • Green cestrum weed control and identification
                • Giant reed weed control
                • Giant Parramatta Grass weed control and identification
                • Friend or foe? Plant identification tips
                • Fireweed Guide (University of New England)
                • Rural Living Handbook
                  • Case studies: moving to a rural area
              • Identifying weeds
              • Other resources
                • Wild Reed Project
                • Weeds Australia (Centre for Invasive Species Solutions)
            • Wildlife
              • Rural Living Handbook
                • Case studies: moving to a rural area
              • Integrating wildlife conservation and farm management (Department of Planning, Industry and Environment)
              • Wildlife friendly fencing (external site)
              • Birdata App – Bird Surveys Instructional Video
              • Shorebirds of the Hunter Estuary
              • Eucalypt Identification - Tree Bark (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
              • How to make a Bee hotel (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
              • The Wonders of Wattles (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
              • Looking for Biodiversity (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
              • Backyard Birdbaths (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
              • How to set a camera trap (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
              • Significant woodland birds in the Hunter region
            • Rural property ownership
              • Farm planning - setting your vision for your land
              • Barrington River – A Property Management Case Study
              • Salt Water – A Property Management Case Study
              • The Hunter LLS Poddy
              • Rural Living Handbook
                • Case studies: moving to a rural area
              • Marketing fundamentals for direct to market producers
              • The Big Shift for Small Farms podcast
              • How can I make better farm management decisions?
              • Protecting your land from rural crime (NSW Police)
              • The Farm Small Farm Smart Podcast (Farm Table)
            • Future land managers
              • Adventures at your place - kids outdoor activities
              • Farm Force - Farm kids standing guard against bushfire, pests, drought and flood
            • Water for production
              • Rural Living Handbook
                • Case studies: moving to a rural area
              • Quality water is top priority for livestock
              • How to manage and maintain farm dams
              • Livestock water: You must get this right
              • Healthy Farm Dams webinar recording
            • Waterways
              • Rural Living Handbook
                • Case studies: moving to a rural area
              • Know your natural resources - Water
              • Healthy Farm Dams webinar recording
              • The Farm Dam Guide (WaterNSW)
              • Stock & Waterways Guide
              • Australian Marine Debris Initiative App
              • Hunter River Works at Millers Forest
            • Native vegetation
              • Rural Living Handbook
                • Case studies: moving to a rural area
              • Tree planting to improve landscape connectivity & production
              • A primer on managing native vegetation
              • Thinning for Biodiversity
              • Hunter Farm Forestry Network
            • Aboriginal Culture and Land Management
              • Traditional Land Management
                • Cultural Burn Training Project
                • Biraban Cultural Burn video
              • Protecting Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
                • Cultural heritage values and mythbusting
                • A primer on Cultural Heritage
              • Other resources
                • Rural Living Handbook
                  • Case studies: moving to a rural area
            • Preparing for emergencies
              • Flood
                • Farm flood readiness kit
                • Stock health tips after floods
                • Farm Force - Farm kids standing guard against bushfire, pests, drought and flood
                • Reminder to make a plan for emergencies
                • Rural Living Handbook
                  • Case studies: moving to a rural area
                • Good NEIGHbours Hack for Horse Owners (NSW DPI)
              • Fire
                • Bushfire recovery
                • Farm fire safety (NSW Rural Fire Service)
                • Farm Force - Farm kids standing guard against bushfire, pests, drought and flood
                • Reminder to make a plan for emergencies
                • Rural Living Handbook
                  • Case studies: moving to a rural area
                • Good NEIGHbours Hack for Horse Owners (NSW DPI)
              • Other resources
                • Farm Force - Farm kids standing guard against bushfire, pests, drought and flood
                • Reminder to make a plan for emergencies
                • Rural Living Handbook
                  • Case studies: moving to a rural area
                • Good NEIGHbours Hack for Horse Owners (NSW DPI)
            • Farm safety
              • Rural Living Handbook
                • Case studies: moving to a rural area
              • Small acres and farm safety: What are the risks?
              • Tackling Rural Crime (NSW Police)
              • A-Z Farm Safety Guide (SafeWork NSW)
            • Horticulture
              • Rural Living Handbook
                • Case studies: moving to a rural area
              • Queensland Fruit Fly - Action guide
              • Agrifutures guide to farm diversity (what to grow where)
            • Soil and groundcover
              • Rural Living Handbook
                • Case studies: moving to a rural area
              • Many benefits to ongoing soil testing
              • DIY Field Soil Tests
              • Tips to minimise erosion and retain topsoil
              • Maintaining groundcover to reduce erosion and sustain production (NSW DPI)
              • Pasture establishment and management (NSW DPI)
              • Dung Beetles
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      • Programs and projects
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        • Enhancement of NSW Central Murray Forests Ramsar Site
        • Recovery of threatened and iconic aquatic species
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        • Improving the condition of regionally significant wetlands and river reaches
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          • How sustainable is your farm?
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          • About Every Bit Counts
          • Blockies' bootcamp
          • Reading and resources
            • Livestock and poultry
              • Managing animals
                • Have animals? You need a PIC!
                • Home Butchering - what you need to know
                • Preventing livestock theft
                • Rural Living Handbook
                  • Case studies: moving to a rural area
                • Buying livestock through Facebook or Gumtree? Be aware of the risks!!
                • Animal Health Issues in Drought Conditions
                • Fit to load guide - understanding your responsibilities when transporting stock
                • How vaccines work (NSW DPI)
                • Zoonoses - Animal diseases that can infect you
                • Q Fever
              • Horses
                • Horse health and welfare
                  • Be a responsible horse owner (NSW DPI)
                  • How to care for horses (NSW DPI)
                  • Property identification codes and horses
                  • Minimum standards for keeping horses in urban areas (NSW DPI)
                  • Good NEIGHbours Hack for Horse Owners (NSW DPI)
                  • Pastures for horses (NSW DPI)
                • Transporting and moving horses
                  • Transporting horses in NSW (NSW DPI)
                  • Transporting horses - frequently asked questions (NSW DPI)
                • Emergency planning for your horses
                  • Horse safety in disasters (NSW DPI)
                  • Livestock flood refuge mounds (NSW DPI)
                  • Transporting horses - frequently asked questions (NSW DPI)
              • Sheep and goats
                • Have animals? You need a PIC!
                • Geriatric Goat Care
                • Home Butchering - what you need to know
                • Preventing livestock theft
                • Buying livestock through Facebook or Gumtree? Be aware of the risks!!
                • Fit to load guide - understanding your responsibilities when transporting stock
                • Sheep - managing, nutrition, disease and tools (NSW DPI)
                • Goats - management, disease, breeds and welfare (NSW DPI)
                • Moving sheep into and within NSW (NSW DPI)
                • Moving goats into and within NSW (NSW DPI)
              • Cattle
                • Have animals? You need a PIC!
                • Beef cattle vaccines (NSW DPI)
                • Sustainable beef farming on Craven Plateau
                • Cow Tales - Buying and selling cattle in NSW - Jill's Story
                • Cow Tales - Buying and selling cattle in NSW - Mick's story
                • Farming for tomorrow on Coopernook Dairy
                • Home Butchering - what you need to know
                • Preventing livestock theft
                • Buying livestock through Facebook or Gumtree? Be aware of the risks!!
                • Fit to load guide - understanding your responsibilities when transporting stock
                • Beef cattle - managing, nutrition, disease and equipment (NSW DPI)
                • Moving cattle into and within NSW
              • Pigs
                • Pig management
                • What can I feed my pigs?
                  • Little piggies - An overview of feeding pigs and protecting our export markets
                  • Do not feed swill to your pigs (NSW DPI infographic)
                  • Responsible disposal of food waste (NSW DPI)
                  • This little piggy had none: Don’t give people food to pigs (AHA)
                • How do I identify and prevent diseases in pigs?
                  • Recognising exotic diseases of pigs (NSW DPI)
                  • Spot the difference: African swine fever vs. swine influenza (AHA)
                  • African swine fever: Disease in-focus (AHA)
                  • Responding to African swine fever (AHA)
                  • Four steps to keep exotic pig diseases out (NSW DPI)
                • Buying and selling pigs
                  • 8-Step guide to moving and selling pigs (NSW DPI)
                  • Pig Tales - Buying a pig in NSW - Alan's story
                  • Pig Tales - Selling a pig in NSW - Tina's story
                  • Getting started with PigPass (APL)
                  • Moving pigs into and within NSW (NSW DPI)
                • The pig owners newsletter
              • Poultry
                • An introduction to keeping chickens
                • Egg-cellent Eggshells with Dr Lou Baskind
                • Producing free range eggs in Quorrobolong - Garth Short
                • Home Butchering - what you need to know
              • Other animals
                • Transporting and moving horses (NSW DPI)
                • Beekeeping for Community and environment
                • Honey bees - management, pests, disease and registration
                • Amateur beekeepers Association of NSW
                • National best management practice for beekeeping in Australian environment
            • Pest animals
              • General pest control
                • Understanding your regional pest plan
                • Rural Living Handbook
                  • Case studies: moving to a rural area
                • Principles of pest animal management (PestSmart)
                • The facts on 1080 poisoning (PestSmart)
                • Best practice pest animal management (NSW DPI)
                • Pest animal recording (FeralScan)
                • Read your Regional Strategic Pest Animal Management Plan
              • Rabbits
                • How to manage your rabbit situation
                • Understanding your rabbit control options
                • Rabbit control decision tool
              • Foxes
                • Understanding your regional pest plan
                • A guide to cage trapping foxes (video)
                • Fox control options (NSW DPI)
                • Urban fox management (NSW DPI)
                • European foxes - the issue, planning and management (PestSmart)
                • Glovebox guide for managing foxes (PestSmart)
                • Report fox activity (FoxScan)
              • Feral pigs
                • Understanding your regional pest plan
                • Feral pigs - the issue, planning and management (PestSmart)
                • Glovebox guide for managing feral pigs (PestSmart)
                • Report wild pig activity (WildPigScan)
              • Wild dogs
                • Understanding your regional pest plan
                • Wild dogs - how to recognise the signs
                • Professional Wild Dog Controller Program (Hunter region)
                • Wild dog biology and distribution ( NSW DPI)
                • Wild dogs - the issue, planning and management (PestSmart)
                • Glovebox guide for managing wild dogs (PestSmart)
                • Report wild dog activity (WildDogScan)
              • Feral deer
                • Understanding your regional pest plan
                • Wild deer - the issue, planning and management (PestSmart)
                • Report wild deer activity (DeerScan)
                • Feral deer - impacts, distribution and policy (NSW DPI)
              • Other and unusual pest animals
                • Understanding your regional pest plan
                • The threat of non-native animals (NSW DPI)
                • Cane toads - the issue, identification and control (PestSmart)
                • How to correctly identify cane toads (NSW DPI)
                • Report cane toad activity (PestSmart)
                • Report red-eared slider turtles or corn snakes (PestSmart)
                • Pest bird management (NSW PestSmart)
                • Managing house mice (PestSmart)
                • Managing feral cats (NSW PestSmart)
              • Report sightings and impacts
            • Weeds
              • Weed Control and Management
                • Stop weeds at the gate
                • Blue Heliotrope Weed Management Guide – A Plan of Attack
                • Green cestrum weed control and identification
                • Giant reed weed control
                • Giant Parramatta Grass weed control and identification
                • Friend or foe? Plant identification tips
                • Fireweed Guide (University of New England)
                • Rural Living Handbook
                  • Case studies: moving to a rural area
              • Identifying weeds
              • Other resources
                • Wild Reed Project
                • Weeds Australia (Centre for Invasive Species Solutions)
            • Wildlife
              • Rural Living Handbook
                • Case studies: moving to a rural area
              • Integrating wildlife conservation and farm management (Department of Planning, Industry and Environment)
              • Wildlife friendly fencing (external site)
              • Birdata App – Bird Surveys Instructional Video
              • Shorebirds of the Hunter Estuary
              • Eucalypt Identification - Tree Bark (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
              • How to make a Bee hotel (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
              • The Wonders of Wattles (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
              • Looking for Biodiversity (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
              • Backyard Birdbaths (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
              • How to set a camera trap (NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust)
              • Significant woodland birds in the Hunter region
            • Rural property ownership
              • Farm planning - setting your vision for your land
              • Barrington River – A Property Management Case Study
              • Salt Water – A Property Management Case Study
              • The Hunter LLS Poddy
              • Rural Living Handbook
                • Case studies: moving to a rural area
              • Marketing fundamentals for direct to market producers
              • The Big Shift for Small Farms podcast
              • How can I make better farm management decisions?
              • Protecting your land from rural crime (NSW Police)
              • The Farm Small Farm Smart Podcast (Farm Table)
            • Future land managers
              • Adventures at your place - kids outdoor activities
              • Farm Force - Farm kids standing guard against bushfire, pests, drought and flood
            • Water for production
              • Rural Living Handbook
                • Case studies: moving to a rural area
              • Quality water is top priority for livestock
              • How to manage and maintain farm dams
              • Livestock water: You must get this right
              • Healthy Farm Dams webinar recording
            • Waterways
              • Rural Living Handbook
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