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Program
1: Prospective New Industries
Buckwheat
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Coriander
seed (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Coriander
seed production (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Sesame
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Medicinal
herbs (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Dried
herbs (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Echinacea
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Fresh
herbs (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Native
food (CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems site)
Garlic
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Olives
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Olives
- Contacts and references (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Quandong
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Crow
Garlic (Tas DBIRD service sheet)
Asparagus
gross margin budget (NSW Agric)
Broccili
gross margin budget (NSW Agric)
Low
THC Hemp (NSW Agric)
Chestnut
production (NSW Agric)
Tropical fruits:
Growing
papaya: before you start (QDPI Notes)
Hawk
moth pollinators in papaya (QDPI Notes)
Papaya
ringspot disease (QDPI Notes)
Papaya
fruit fly - major exotic pest of horticulture (QDPI Notes)
Papaya
fruit fly - Description of a papaya fruit fly (QDPI Notes)
Pests
of papaya- two spotted mite in papaya (QDPI Notes)
Durian : Growing & Marketing(NT
DBIRD- not currently available online. Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Growing Pawpaws(NT DBIRD-
not currently available online. Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Mango Irrigation Management
Guidelines (NT DBIRD- Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Mango Pruning in the Top
End (NT DBIRD- not currently available online.
Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Mango Management - Flowering
to Market (NT DBIRD- Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Mango Pruning in the Top
End (NT DBIRD- not currently available online.
Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Pitaya or Dragon Fruit(NT
DBIRD- not currently available online. Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Rambutan 2 - Growing &
Marketing (NT DBIRD- not currently available
online. Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Rambutan Irrigation Requirements
and Management (NT DBIRD- Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Rabbit
farming (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Rabbit
Farming (NSW Agric)
Sheep
dairying (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Animal
farms (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Bison
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Camels
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Capretto
(kid meat) (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Rabbits
Kept as Pets (Tas DBIRD service sheet)
Meat
goat gross margin budget (NSW Agric)
Water
buffalo (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Snails
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Goats
Dairy
goats (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Emus:
Queensland
emu farming - Conditions of application for emu farm licence (QDPI
Notes)
Emus
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Code
of Practice for the Husbandry of Captive Emus (Vic NRE
Ag Notes)
Ostriches
Ostriches
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Program
2: Emerging New IndustriesChinese
broccoli
(QDPI Notes)
Choy
sum (QDPI Notes)
Komatsuna
(QDPI Notes)
Mizuna
and mibuna (QDPI Notes)
Mustard
greens (QDPI Notes)
Pak
choy (QDPI Notes)
Managing
weeds in broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage (QDPI Notes)
Issue
1 - Giant ginger (QDPI Notes)
Issue
1 - Ginger—a potent cholesterol-buster? (QDPI Notes)
Ginger
in Queensland: commercial production (QDPI Notes)
Growing
okra (QDPI Notes)
Growing
rhubarb (QDPI Notes)
Mushroom
production 1: general production (QDPI Notes)
Mushroom
production 2: pests and diseases(QDPI Notes)
Mushroom
production 3: hygene procedures(QDPI Notes)
Chinese
water chestnuts for the fresh market (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Growing
snow peas and sugar snaps in Western Australia (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Asian
vegetables (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Chinese
broccoli (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Chinese
chard (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Chinese
flowering cabbage (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Chinese
water chestnuts (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Wasabi
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Abiu
(NSW Agric)
Amaranth
- Chinese Spinach - Een Choy (NSW Agric)
Asian
fruits and vegetables (NSW Agric)
Banana
Leaves (NSW Agric)
Betel
Leaves - La Lop (NSW Agric)
Bitter
Melon (NSW Agric)
Black
sapote (NSW Agric)
Chinese
Broccoli/Gai lum (NSW Agric)
Chinese
Cabbage/Wong Baak (NSW Agric)
Chinese
Chard/Bok Choy (NSW Agric)
Chinese
Flowering Cabbage/Choy Sum (NSW Agric)
Chinese
mustard (NSW Agric)
Curry
Leaves (NSW Agric)
Hairy
Melon (NSW Agric)
Kaffir
Lime Leaves (NSW Agric)
Khao
Chae - Chinese Keys (NSW Agric)
Meloukhia
(NSW Agric)
Sin
Qua/Luffa (NSW Agric)
Soursop
(NSW Agric)
Star
Apple (NSW Agric)
Taro
(NSW Agric)
Water
spinach (NSW Agric)
White
Radish (NSW Agric)
White
Sapote (NSW Agric)
Winter
Melon - Wax Melon (NSW Agric)
Yam
Bean - Jicama (NSW Agric)
Yam
(NSW Agric)
Agroforestry and Farm Forestry
Growing Trees on Rural Properties
- Resource Enhancement and Conservation Benefits (NT DBIRD- not currently
available online. Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Growing Trees on Rural Properties
- Timber Products (NT DBIRD- Email publications.dbird@nt.gov.au
for hard copy)
Designing
the paddock layout and suitable site for a tagasaste plantation (AGWEST
Farmnotes)
Insect
pests of the perennial fodder shrub tagasaste (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Specialty
timbers for the Western Australian market (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Farm
forestry - overview to regional species lists (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
The
use of fertiliser in farm forestry (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Farm
forestry / agroforestry - What is it? (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Glossary
of farm forestry terms (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Glossary
of terms used in forest entomology (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Insect
pests - life histories and habits (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Introducing
Timberbelts (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
References
and further reading for farm forestry (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Establishing
a farm pine plantation (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Eucalypt
plantation establishment - site preparation (Vic NRE
Ag Notes)
Farm
forestry - selecting the right tree (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Ordering
planting stock for commercial tree establishment (Vic NRE
Ag Notes)
Planting
stock specifications (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Site
preparation for farm forestry (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Timberbelt
design (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Black
wattle for farm forestry (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Christmas
trees - overview (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Cypress
for farm forestry (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Dryland
area species (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Farm
forestry - overview to regional species lists (Vic NRE
Ag Notes)
Farm
forestry species for southwest Victoria (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Gippsland
farm forestry species (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Growing
cut Christmas trees (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Paulownia
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Radiata
pine for farm forestry (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
A
suggested stand management regime for eucalypt sawlog rotation
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Case
study: Managing your farm forestry trees - what's your plan?
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Christmas
trees - shearing techniques (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Eucalypt
stem pruning (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Guide
to early age 'form' pruning (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Insect
pests of young eucalypt plantations (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Managing
cypress for clearwood production (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Productive
reuse of effluent on tree plantations (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Thinning
for eucalypt sawlogs (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
The
definition and language of forest entomology (Vic NRE
Ag Notes)
The
use of fertiliser in farm forestry (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Thinning
eucalypts for sawlogs (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Farm
tree nursery (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Farm
Forestry - Potential for diversification (NSW Agric)
Investing
in Farm Forestry (NSW Agric)
Wapiti
hybrids (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Deer
species, domestication and farming (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Sire
selection in deer (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Blood
testing for tuberculosis in deer (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Using
forage herbs(NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Meeting
the standards for the Deer QA On Farm Programme (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Parasitism
in deer (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Parentage
testing of deer (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Malignant
catarrhal fever in deer (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Feeding
and nutrition tables for deer (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Recognising
and controlling tuberculosis in deer (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Feeding
and nutrition of hinds and calves (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Deer
handling facilities (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Fading
elk syndrome (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
How
to control worms in the abomasum in elk (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Yersiniosis
in deer (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Copper
Deficiency InDeer (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Farming
red deer (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Artificial
insemination in red deer (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Venison
production - nutritional requirements (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Handling
cut velvet (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Facial
eczema: an overview (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Best
management practices for stock grazing in riparian areas (NZ AgResearch.
AgFACT)
Weaning
in deer (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Velvet
antler removal: standards of practice (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Dietary
mineral element requirements of grazing livestock (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Cocksfoot
(NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Roundworms
(NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Velvet
production - breeding and nutritional requirements (NZ AgResearch.
AgFACT)
Calving
in deer (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Trace
element testing (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Ticks
awareness, management and control (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Managing
Iodine Deficiency (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Livestock
farming with ryegrass endophyte (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Fencing
… posts, battens and prefabricated fencing (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Selecting
plants for dryland pastures (NZ AgResearch. AgFACT)
Deer
farming in Queensland - Breeding programs and principles (QDPI Notes)
Deer
farming in Queensland - Fallow deer management (QDPI Notes)
Deer
farming in Queensland - Principles of farm layout and yard design (QDPI
Notes)
Deer
farming in Queensland - economic considerations (QDPI Notes)
Nutrition
of farmed red and rusa deer - general management and management considerations
(QDPI Notes)
Deer
farming in Queensland - Chital deer management (QDPI Notes)
Deer
farming in Queensland - Rusa deer management (QDPI Notes)
Deer
farming in Queensland - Boundary and internal deer fencing (QDPI Notes)
Moving
animals - Deer (QDPI Notes)
Deer
farming in Queensland - Red deer management (QDPI Notes)
Deer Budgets: Fallow
Deer Red
Deer (NSW Agric)
BACK
TO TOPOrganics
- Information for consumers (QDPI Notes)
Organics
- Certification (QDPI Notes)
Organics
- Contacts (QDPI Notes)
Organics
- Trade opportunites for organic food (QDPI Notes)
Organics
- Marketing organic food (QDPI Notes)
Organics
- Organic production and processing (QDPI Notes)
Organics
- Research tools - links and downloads (QDPI Notes)
Organics
- Department of Primary Industries (QDPI Notes)
Organics
- What is organics? (QDPI Notes)
Organic
marketing (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Organic
product certification schemes (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Organic
milk production (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Organic
farming (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Organic
farming: the certification process (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Organic
product certification schemes (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Organic
horticulture (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Cashmere
goats (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Suri
alpaca (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Alpaca
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Alpaca
fibre (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Angora
rabbits (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Angora
goat gross margin budget (NSW Agric)
Cashmere
goat gross margin budget (NSW Agric)
Tea
tree for cut flower production (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Commercial
flower growing in NSW - an industry snapshot (NSW Agric)
Growing
Australian native flowers commercially (NSW Agric)
Growing
Blandifordia (christmas bells) commercially (NSW Agric)
Postharvest
care of cut flowers (NSW Agric)
Exporting
cut flowers (NSW Agric)
Testing
your own flower planting sites for nematodes (QDPI Notes)
Should
I grow wildflowers? (QDPI Notes)
Smokebush
(Conospermum spp.) for cut flower production (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Direct
seeding native trees and shrubs (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Direct
seeding of native plants for revegetation (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Rice
flower (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Qualup
bell (Pimelea physodes) for cut flower production (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Program
3: Established IndustriesBeekeeping:
bees in suburbia-1 (QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping:
Bees in suburbia-2 (QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping
Information (QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping:
Preserving hive equipment (QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping:
Equipment sterilisation by irradiation (QDPI Notes)
Bees
(QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping
Diseases: Correct diagnosis (QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping
- Disease: European foulbrood I (QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping:
Honey grades (QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping
- Disease: American Foul Brood (QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping:
Registration of beehives, honey testing and marking of apiaries
(QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping
- Disease: Chalkbrood- a simple guide (QDPI Notes)
Use
of petrol in Beehives: Recommendation withdrawn (QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping-
Disease: sacbrood (QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping:
Mechanical aids (QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping:
queen bee replacement (QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping:
beeswax (QDPI Notes)
Beekeeping:
Wax Moth (QDPI Notes)
Ant
and termite control in the apiary (AGWEST Farmnotes)
General
guide to backyard beekeeping (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Eradication
of nuisance honeybees in and near houses (Vic NRE
Ag Notes)
Honeybee
pollination of fruit tree crops (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Which
diseases of bees must be notified (Vic NRE
Ag Notes)
Honeybees
and Garden Sprays (Tas DBIRD)
Apiaries
Act 1985 (NSW Agric)
Apiaries
Act 1985 (NSW Agric)
Apiary
management for winter / early spring pollination (NSW Agric)
Backyard
beekeeping (NSW Agric)
Bee
swarms and their control (NSW Agric)
Best
practice in a honey bee pollination service (NSW Agric)
Code
of practice for management of American foulbrood (NSW Agric)
Directory
of beekeeping services (NSW Agric)
Drone
honey bees – rearing and maintenance (NSW Agric)
Drone
mother colonies – number and positionv
Drone
mother stock – selection and drone quality (NSW Agric)
European
foulbrood and its control (NSW Agric)
Honey
and pollen flora suitable for planting in NSW (NSW Agric)
Honey
bee nutrition and supplementary feeding (NSW Agric)
Honey
bee pollination of blueberries (NSW Agric)
Honey
bees in cherry and plum pollination (NSW Agric)
Honey
bees in faba bean pollination (NSW Agric)
Honey
bees on canola (NSW Agric)
Insurance
for beekeepers (NSW Agric)
Lucerne
pollination (NSW Agric)
Making
beeswax furniture polish (NSW Agric)
Nosema
disease in bees (NSW Agric)
Nuisance
bees (NSW Agric)
Nuisance
bees - Report form (NSW Agric)
Pollen
- trapping and storage (NSW Agric)
Pollination
of apples by honey bees (NSW Agric)
Queen
bee suppliers (NSW Agric)
Removing
honey from the hive (NSW Agric)
Samples
for bee disease diagnosis (NSW Agric)
Sending
beehives for irradiation (NSW Agric)
Spring
management of bees (NSW Agric)
Wintering
bees (NSW Agric)
The
need for a balanced ration (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Feed
value of the perennial fodder shrub tagasaste (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Fertiliser
requirements of the perennial fodder shrub tagasaste (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Saltbush
(Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Pasture
Seeds
The
need for a balanced ration (Vic NRE Ag Notes)
Program
4: Future Agricultural SystemsResilient Agricultural Systems
What
threat is salt to my farming operation? (QDPI Notes)
Interpreting
water analysis for crop and pasture (QDPI Notes)
Cutting
Costs With Water Use Efficiency Technology (QDPI Notes)
Soil
insects in Central Queensland (QDPI Notes)
Root
knot nematodes in the home garden (QDPI Notes)
Testing
Your Own Rice Flower Planting Sites for Nematodes (QDPI Notes)
Spiraling
whitefly in Australia (QDPI Notes)
Kangaroo
paw rust (QDPI Notes)
Temperature
influences plant quality during road transport (QDPI Notes)
Farm
hygiene for vegetable crops (QDPI Notes)
Fungicide
resistance - threats and strategies (QDPI Notes)
Grossmargins
for vegetable crops: why are they useful? (QDPI Notes)
Integrated
weed management components in vegetable crops (QDPI Notes)
Oils
ain't oils - they're adjuvants (QDPI Notes)
Preparing
soil for vegetable crops: organic matter and soil pH (QDPI Notes)
Producing
vegetables for market 1: successful horticultural enterprises
(QDPI Notes)
Producing
vegetables for market 2: the production environment (QDPI
Notes)
Producing
vegetables for market 3: matching crop requirements with the production
environment (QDPI Notes)
Producing
vegetables for market 4: sensible use of irrigation resources
(QDPI Notes)
Producing
vegetables for market 5: temperature requirements & limitations
(QDPI Notes)
Nitrogen
requirements, sources & use in the Southern N.T.-1. (NT
DBIRD Agnotes)
Nitrogen
Nutrition of Cattle in the Southern NT - 2. Supplementary Feeding (NT
DBIRD Agnotes)
Environmental
management systems for agriculture (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Salinity
at a glance (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Saltland
pastures : changing attitudes towards saline land (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Scheduling
irrigation of potatoes using tensiometers on light/medium to heavy soils
(AGWEST Farmnotes)
Genetically
modified crops in agriculture: an overview (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Puccinellia:
for productive saltland pastures (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Weed
control for successful revegetation: for agricultural regions with less
than 600 mm rainfall (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Commercial
earthworm farming - is it for you? (AGWEST Farmnotes)
Computer
hardware for primary producers (QDPI Notes)
Loans
for Landcare - effluent management and utilisation (QDPI Notes)
Ownership
and operating costs of farm machinery (QDPI Notes)
Avoid
trouble from bees (AGWEST Farmnotes)
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Last updated: December 2006
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