Pastures & Grazing NSW provides a collection of weblinks for the grassland and pasture community to peruse. Feel free to suggest a new link by getting in touch with us.

Information on pasture species and varieties:

• PBR Database Search (IP Australia) and Plant Varieties Journal
• Pasture Species and Varieties (NSW DPI)
• Pasture Varieties 2012-2013 – pdf file (NSW I&I and Grassland Society of NSW)
• Temperate perennial pasture establishment guide (NSW DPI)
• Feedbase and Pasture Species (Evergraze)
• Australian Pastures Genebank

Seed and Fertiliser Companies:

• DLF Seeds
• Pioneer Australia
• Barenbrug Seeds
• Impact Fertilisers
• Incitec Pivot
• Native Seeds Pty Ltd
• Pacific Seeds
• Progressive Seeds
• RAGT Australia
• Valley Seeds
• Wengfu Australia
• AGF Seeds

Government Departments, Research Organisations and Industry Bodies:

• NSW Department of Primary Industries
• Ag Resources - Local Land Services (nsw.gov.au)
• Queensland Government Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
• Victorian Department of Jobs, Skills, Industries & Regions
• Western Australia Department of Agriculture
• Department of Environment & Heritage (NSW)
• Local Land Services (NSW)
• Landcare Australia
• CSIRO - Farming & Food Division
• Meat and Livestock Australia
• Dairy Australia
• Australian Wool Innovation
• Grains Research and Development Corporation
• Sheep CRC and quarterly newsletters
• Agrifutures Australia
• Local Land Services - Youtube Channel for webinars and other informative videos.

Weather and Climate Information:

• Farming Forecaster by region:
  • Central Tablelands
  • Hunter
  • Murray
  • Riverina
  • South East/ACT
    
• Bureau of Meteorology
• The Long Paddock (Queensland)
• Weatherzone 
• 10 Day Precipitation Outlook for Australia 
• MLA Rainfall to Pasture Growth Outlook Tool

Miscellaneous Links:

• Pest Genie – information about chemicals for plant protection and animal health
• ABC Rural
• The Land – Rural Press
• AgLinks – The Australian Agriculture Directory

Grassland Societies within Australia and around the world:

• Australian Grassland Association 
• Grassland Society of Southern Australia
• Australian Rangeland Society
• New Zealand Grassland Association
• British Grassland Society
• European Grassland Federation
• Grassland UK
• Grassland Society of Southern Africa
• Canadian Forage and Grassland Association
• American Forage and Grassland Council

Newsletters and Newsfeeds:

The internet is a great source of targeted information and by using newsletters and newsfeeds, you can get the information delivered straight to your inbox.

Some of our suggestions:

• CSIRO Scope – online
• NSW DPI Agriculture News Releases – online or available as an RSS news feed
• Farmonline

Google Alerts – set up a Google Alert to get an email update of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic.  You can set these to be sent to you daily or weekly.

Drought Information:

Some resources to help you through the challenges of drought:

• NSW DPI Drought Hub
• Rural Financial Counselling Service
• BOM Monthly Drought Statement
• Australian Government Drought and Rural Support

Scientific Literature:

While much scientific research is published in more accessible locations such as newsletters, websites and commercial publications, it is useful to be able to go direct to the source.

NOTE:  some journals require a subscription to access full text articles.

See below for some suggestions on publications which publish research on agriculture (including pasture and grazing management):

• Crop and Pasture Science – previously published as Australian Journal of Agricultural Research (AJAR).
• Animal Production Science – previously published as Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture (AJEA)
• The Rangeland Journal
• New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Google Scholar – this concentrates on indexing peer-reviewed papers, theses, and other scholarly materials. Use the Advanced Search Options to further refine your search.

P&G NSW cannot take any responsibility or give any guarantees, warranties or representations, implied or otherwise, for the content or accuracy of these third-party sites.