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SMALL FARM INFORMATION

🌾🚜 Agfest 2025 – Tasmania's Premier Field Day Event 🚜🌾

📅 Dates: 1st to 3rd May 2025 📍 Location: Quercus Park, Tasmania Get ready for Agfest 2025, where agriculture, innovation, and rural life come together in an unforgettable showcase! Whether you're a…

Stock Sense Goat Essentials Webinar - Part 1

Stock Sense helps Victorian livestock producers adopt animal health and production practices that improve animal welfare and Victoria’s biosecurity status. Berwyn Squire from Agriculture Victoria…

Save up to 50% on your water usage

Introducing the Sumisoaker: a lightweight, efficient, and cost-effective solution for all your irrigation needs. Say goodbye to bulky and expensive watering systems! The Sumisoaker is designed to be…

News

• 🌾🚜 Agfest 2025 – Tasmania's Premier Field Day Event 🚜🌾
• Topcon Agriculture introduces Value Line Steering solution, bringing affordable precision technology to small and medium-sized farms
• Celebrate National Agriculture Day Australia – November 15, 2024! 🌱

Farmer's Workshop

• Specialist Tools Simplify Tricky Jobs
• What to look for when buying a used tractor?
• Handy Tips for Troublesome Engines

Planning/Management

• Bush fire survival plan
• Farm security: Preventing crime on hobby farms
• Bore water on small farms

Farming Ideas

• Leasing land for small farm expansion
• Small producer case study: gourmet pickled walnuts (Part 1)
• A guide to small scale beekeeping

Farms For Sale

• Child Safety on Farm [+Free Checklist]
• Sharing Farm Machinery — the must-knows
• Quad bike rollover protection regulations, what you need to know

Getting Started

• Buying a small farm – starting out
• How to catch a swarm of bees
• Hobby farm tax deductions and business structures in Australia

Live Stock

• Stock Sense Goat Essentials Webinar - Part 1
• Are you new to the livestock Industry? Discover 5 key requirements you need to know
• The Sheep and Goat eID Tag Discount Program has commenced

Self / Sustainability

• Self-sufficient farming: Milking a cow
• Permaculture – What is it? Does it have a place in small farming?
• 5 Great Reasons to Grow Your Own Vegetables

Pastures & Crops

• Grazing herbs for livestock
• Pasture development on small farms – Part 1:  Replacing old pasture
• Pasture improvement on small farms – Part 2: Enhancing existing pasture

Active forum topics

	Topic	Replies	Last post	Forum
2456	Buying cattle on a hobby farm by10drew on Sun, 07/12/2015 - 21:47	1	by charlie Fri, 07/17/2015 - 16:18	Farming Help
992	Hi from teeny tiny hobby farmer by2steers on Sat, 08/11/2012 - 20:19	1	by charlie Sun, 08/12/2012 - 19:00	New Members
993	Yard/crush/race requirements for my teensy enterprise? by2steers on Sat, 08/11/2012 - 20:33	6	by 2steers Sun, 08/12/2012 - 19:26	Farming Help
1891	Gday all by37acres on Thu, 04/10/2014 - 21:10	0	by 37acres Thu, 04/10/2014 - 21:10	New Members
1889	Small farm ideas by37acres on Thu, 04/10/2014 - 20:15	8	by rmcpb Wed, 04/16/2014 - 17:59	General Forum
5453	Pasture Improvement Costs by@Nick on Mon, 01/14/2019 - 19:44	4	by admin Fri, 11/29/2019 - 17:28	Farming Help
1639	Cultivation and weed controll byAaron on Wed, 05/01/2013 - 10:57	3	by joncarter Tue, 08/20/2013 - 22:26	Farming Help
3217	Ear tags in sheep byaaronroberts on Thu, 06/29/2017 - 06:58	1	by admin Thu, 07/06/2017 - 10:55	Farming Help
2310	Dam help byabalone on Mon, 03/02/2015 - 20:12	2	by barb Tue, 03/03/2015 - 12:47	General Forum
1934	Pasture management byabbey on Sat, 04/26/2014 - 20:55	3	by Taylorspruill2014 Mon, 05/05/2014 - 18:06	Farming Help
2924	Clearing paddock of rocks and other debris byabluekroo@gmail.com on Thu, 05/26/2016 - 17:47	2	by Wynarling Thu, 06/02/2016 - 12:41	General Forum
2851	Olive newbies byAdamnkel on Sat, 04/16/2016 - 19:38	1	by barb Sun, 04/24/2016 - 13:18	New Members
797	Managing cattle bloat on our hobby farm byadmin on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 15:19	1	by charlie Fri, 10/14/2016 - 16:33
476	Grazing pastures byadmin on Sat, 11/19/2011 - 16:56	2	by barb Thu, 11/24/2011 - 20:46	Farming Help
3260	Feeding jacaranda tree to sheep byadmin on Mon, 10/09/2017 - 09:16	1	by admin Tue, 10/17/2017 - 14:52	Farming Help
3803	Working on our dream byado1968 on Tue, 07/03/2018 - 12:25	1	by admin Tue, 06/28/2022 - 12:54	New Members
3111	New farm purchase - suggestions please byahamidkhan2003 on Fri, 11/11/2016 - 19:35	2	by michaelmogo Thu, 11/17/2016 - 23:41	New Members
3114	Price of farm land near captains flat byahamidkhan2003 on Fri, 11/18/2016 - 21:14	1	by charlie Wed, 11/23/2016 - 18:52	Farming Help
3205	First Introduction byahmedgomma on Wed, 05/10/2017 - 19:36	3	by admin Tue, 05/16/2017 - 10:56	New Members
3188	Advice on setting up a new commerial aquaponics farm byAhsha.k on Sat, 04/01/2017 - 09:16	1	by admin Tue, 04/04/2017 - 14:28	New Members

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