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SMALL FARM INFORMATION

Spooky Horses? You don’t have enough chickens around!

Known as nature’s tractors, a chicken’s favourite pastime is scratching in loose litter looking for worms and little bits of grain that have dropped out of hay or feed. Chickens will also clean…

Good bugs for small farms – A beginner’s guide

What are good bugs? Most pest species (bad bugs) have natural enemies (good bugs) that regulate their populations. These good bugs are known as beneficial organisms (also called ‘beneficials’) and…

Fire plans for livestock

 A key factor in minimising risk to stock during a bush fire is to identify safer areas on the farm where livestock can be moved. The area you choose will depend on the type of livestock you are…

News

• Fire plans for livestock
• Watch your cattle - lead poisoning kills
• New sheep worm drench resistance kit makes testing easier

Farmer's Workshop

• Specialist Tools Simplify Tricky Jobs
• Handy Tips for Troublesome Engines
• Preparing the right mix for solid concrete

Planning/Management

• Bushfire Preparation and Management for Small Farms
• Farm security: Preventing crime on hobby farms
• Biosecurity plan for small landholders

Farming Ideas

• Starting out in olives
• Leasing land for small farm expansion
• Small producer case study: Creating an organic agritourism experience (Part 2)

Farms For Sale

• Lifestyle property of 13.5 acres and additional 4.5 acre sub-divison
• Farming in style only 2 hours from Sydney
• Platypus, privacy and potential to farm, retire or develop

Getting Started

• Ask the Experts: How can we afford our dream of owning a hobby farm?
• Hobby farm tax deductions and business structures in Australia
• Escape to a rural lifestyle, buy a hobby farm

Live Stock

• Spooky Horses? You don’t have enough chickens around!
• Breeding meat goats on small farms
• Managing laminitis in horses on small properties (part 1)

Self / Sustainability

• Self-sufficient farming: Milking a cow
• Recycling old hay
• Sustainable farming: An introduction to small farm sustainability in Australia

Pastures & Crops

• Grazing herbs for livestock
• Slashing Grass?
• Pasture Development on Small Farms

New Forum Topics

	Topic	Replies	Last post	Forum
5909	New to all of this. Improving my posture for Alpacas. by Gingerbread Man on Sun, 12/08/2019 - 11:17	4	by Gingerbread Man Fri, 12/13/2019 - 19:19	Pastures & Crops
5908	Adding cameras to tracotrs by IHeartRobots on Fri, 12/06/2019 - 08:20	1	by admin Fri, 12/13/2019 - 11:55	Farm software
5914	Oil Level in A NH Roller Bar Hay Rake by Clydie on Tue, 12/10/2019 - 19:19	1	by admin Thu, 12/12/2019 - 10:44	Machinery & products
5757	Nigerian Dwarf Goats by gem7680 on Wed, 07/03/2019 - 17:28	3	by First Fleet Wed, 12/04/2019 - 11:39	Goats
5905	GST on agistment lease by Louise2507 on Mon, 12/02/2019 - 09:59	2	by Louise2507 Mon, 12/02/2019 - 12:49	General Forum
5466	How to Become Classified as A Primary Producer/Alpacas by Char on Fri, 02/01/2019 - 11:04	3	by thomen Mon, 12/02/2019 - 10:40	Farm planning
5453	Pasture Improvement Costs by @Nick on Mon, 01/14/2019 - 19:44	4	by admin Fri, 11/29/2019 - 17:28	Farming Help
5903	Setting up Cattle scales load bars by bigdave06 on Wed, 11/27/2019 - 13:43	0	by bigdave06 Wed, 11/27/2019 - 13:43	General Forum
5894	Soil aeration by Albertgotdonkey on Fri, 11/08/2019 - 08:16	4	by Albertgotdonkey Tue, 11/19/2019 - 17:33	General Forum
3032	Selling meat off farm that is slaughtered by a registered abattoir by Dominiquet on Sun, 08/14/2016 - 17:38	5	by admin Mon, 11/18/2019 - 11:13	Farming Help
5855	sheep and goats by mick650 on Mon, 09/09/2019 - 20:06	3	by ploist125 Thu, 11/14/2019 - 06:11	General Forum
5891	Growing/cutting hay by megssss on Wed, 11/06/2019 - 11:14	3	by admin Wed, 11/13/2019 - 10:58	Farming Help
699	How do you use software to help you run your farm ? by clement_911 on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 19:20	8	by kakhankaramm Fri, 11/08/2019 - 18:29	General Forum
5889	Please help with choice by PeterHigg on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 22:59	3	by admin Fri, 11/08/2019 - 12:46	Farm planning
5887	Sheep and Cattle Per Acre by Jack Lambo on Tue, 10/29/2019 - 08:17	1	by admin Thu, 10/31/2019 - 11:13	Pastures
3849	Paralysis Tick Prevention - sheep/lamb by BecS on Sat, 09/22/2018 - 07:00	3	by AuroraDaniels Wed, 10/23/2019 - 18:04	General Forum
5870	Do lambs need to be treated prior to Consumption? by Bushwick on Sun, 10/06/2019 - 22:15	4	by admin Mon, 10/21/2019 - 11:17	Sheep
2899	Chamberlain Countryman 354 Parking Brake by countryman on Sat, 05/07/2016 - 12:33	1	by Peter Holmes Sat, 10/19/2019 - 10:28	Farming Help
3059	Tractor implements... Advice please. by Mal on Sat, 09/10/2016 - 11:08	2	by pasture.improv… Fri, 10/11/2019 - 11:10	Farming Help
5869	Goat founder, please help. by annef202 on Sun, 10/06/2019 - 12:32	2	by admin Fri, 10/11/2019 - 11:09	Goats

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