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Let's be real. Farming is expensive.

Equipment and machinery are costly to buy let alone maintain. A known struggle if you’re a small business owner.

Farmers have been sharing their farm machinery for centuries and why not, it’s an effective way to curb the price rises. Let’s explore the benefits and pitfalls of owning and sharing farm machinery and what you need to know.

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Ever wondered what it would take to fix severe gully erosion? In this video from Tropical North Queensland Drought Hub, well-known and respected extension officer, Bob Shepherd, describes how the Nicholas family of Paynes Lagoon near Charters Towers, transformed an active and severely eroded site into a stable and rejuvenated feature of the landscape. Bob describes it as 'one of the better projects he has been involved in'.

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NRM (Natural Resources Management) Southern is one of 54 natural resource management organisations in Australia and one of three in Tasmania. The role of the NRM is to protect, sustainably manage and improve our natural resources for the shared environmental, social and economic benefit of the community.
Healthy Farming

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Chickens naturally stop laying eggs in winter.  Actually when you think about it, the fact that they lay an egg a day for so much of the year is completely unnatural.  Birds in the wild will only lay a few eggs until they have a clutch to hatch, but we have bred chickens to just keep laying every day, no wonder they need a break!

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Liz from Eight Acres outlines why and when you should feed hay to your cattle. The series of small farm diary videos are proudly bought to you by Farmstyle Insurance.

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If there is one thing a small farm owner can count on during a high-risk fire day, it’s that your local rural fire brigade probably won’t arrive in time to control a fire on your property. They are likely to be busy fighting fires elsewhere, as fire-fighting resources are often allocated to places where there is the greatest risk to life on high-risk fire days. 

This can be a difficult fact to take on board for some new landholders, especially those living close to our larger regional towns and cities who are used to services being nearby and instantly available. 

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Undoubtedly you’ve heard about new quad bike rollover protection regulations which have come in. Agriculture and forestry use quad bikes, sometimes called an ATV, as they are a useful tool for many farming jobs.

Quad bikes are designed for an operator who straddles the bike. There are 3 categories of quad bikes:

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We had the pleasure of speaking to our 2nd prize winner and recipient of the COX 27T log splitter, to learn more about her inspiring small farm journey.

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Watch small Aussie farmer, Liz Beavis, catch a swarm of bees on her hobby farm.

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Your property, your rules. So how do others know what the rules are? Sure, you can go through this with every person setting foot on your farm. Or you could set up some policies and procedures and maybe an induction or two, to make life a lot easier both now and in the future. This is also a simple way to let others know what you expect from them.

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