Farming
Together
Backed by Southern Cross University, one of Australia’s leading regional universities, and funded by the Australian Commonwealth Government, Farming Together offers a wide variety of services to grow agricultural communities through collaboration.
SQNNSW
Innovation
Hub
The SQNNSW Hub is a part of the national Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hubs program, which aims to help farmers and communities get ready for drought by connecting them with regional agricultural experts, innovation, and new practices.
Multi Species Pastures
Farmers across the North Coast are increasingly asking questions about how they can improve their pasture diversity. What plant species should we use? What varieties and combinations?
Pasture Dieback
Pasture dieback is a condition that kills sown and native summer growing pastures. It starts as small patches and can spread to affect large areas. Southern Cross University has established a range of trial and demonstration sites across the NSW north coast to help improve producers’ understanding of how best to respond to pasture dieback.
Dung Beetles
Which species of dung beetles might be present on your property? Australia has more than 500 species of native dung beetles and 50 species introduced from Africa and southern Europe. The introduced dung beetles are very useful where they are well established, burying large volumes of cattle, sheep and horse dung.
Landscape Function
Farming landscapes on the NSW north coast are degraded from historical changes to land use and loss of landscape function. This is evidenced by soil erosion, loss of wetlands, reduction in water quality and catchment health and increasing challenges in maintaining farm productivity.