By Robyn Neeson, Alternative Farming Systems Officer, NSW Agriculture, Yanco Organic farming's basic tenet is the creation of a healthy, fertile soil - on this base the rest of the farm agro-ecosy...

What is organic certification? Generally people understand that organic farming involves managing a healthy, sustainable farm ecosystem without using artificial chemical fertilisers, pesticides an...

SOIL texture and structure give important characteristics affecting crop selection and agricultural productivity. Well designed windbreaks offer many advantages in addition to their obvious fu...

Species common name Benefit flowering time Low growing species to 6m approx. Acacia fimbriata Fringed wattle Pollen Aug-Oct *Albizia lopantha Leopard tree Pollen & nectar La...

By Steve Grace of Northern Rivers Rural Buying Service The first line of defence against frost damage is most obviously not to grow susceptible crops in frost prone areas. Growers wishing to produ...

By Wendy Seabrook   Commercial cultivation of native bush foods is a very young industry. Hence the cultivation techniques being used by growers on the north coast are to a certain extent experimen...

Not far from Coraki on a bank of the Richmond river there is a 63 ha dairy farm owned by Dennis and Heather Attrill. It is distinctive in the area as the place surrounded by trees. One of their...

By Alan and Elise Roberts Listening to Peter Hardwick, the founding presidentof ARBIA, on the verandah of his bungalow facing Lillian Rock, you realize the depth and breadth of knowledge he has ...

By Chris Layland Growing soya beans organically involves different techniques to conventional production, because organic farming methods are designed to regenerate the soil and our environment. Ar...

By Sylvia Kramer [Sylvia, with her partner Noel Allen, runs a small organic dairy herd on the north coast. They have 35 Jersey cows. Silvia is interested in developing a net-work of small-scale or...