Animals

Jack and Dunedoo

Jack and Dunedoo are dogs with a special job. They look after the sheep at Tocal. Understanding how important their job is didn’t come naturally to Jack. But with a great role model like Dunedoo he soon worked it out!

Freda

Freda is the best milking cow at Tocal dairy. At first she wasn’t sure what to do when she got into the dairy, but with a bit of help from the staff she soon got the hang of it!

Charlotte

Charlotte is just like all the other chickens at Numeralla egg farm. Except for one thing. Charlotte doesn’t really like crowds. So how does one chicken find peace on a busy free range egg farm? With a little understanding from her friends! This book shows readers free range egg production, from range yards to nest boxes to egg packing.

Bosley and Bruce

Bosley is one of the icons of Tocal, since Bruce West recognised that what Bosley lacked in muscle he made up for in temperament. This new children's book is about Bosley and Bruce. It's short, sweet, and a great way to introduce young kids to farming.

Alpaca Agskills

A basic guide to the skills and practices of alpaca production. Step by step instructions, diagrams and full colour pictures for their care, management and breeding.

Farming alpacas AgGuide

Alpacas are fascinating animals, but they require special management. This AgGuide takes you behind the scenes, explaining the "why" alpaca management.

Building the Poultry Penthouse

Australian native bees

This AgGuide provides a wealth of advice on how you can support and enjoy our native bees, whether you use them for pollination or you have a small backyard garden and collect their delicious honey. Combining the expertise of Australia's leading native bee researchers.

Bee Agskills

A basic guide to some of the skills and practices of bee production. Easy to follow for those new to bee keeping, this book contains step-by-step instructions, diagrams and full-colour pictures. Includes how to maintain hives, use a bee smoker, catch a swarm, remove and extract honey, health and pests in the hive, buying equipment, and working safely with bees.

Healthy Bees - AgGuide

Pests and diseases can attack specific stages in the lifecycle of the honey bee and they can also attack specific castes. This publication covers the management of pests, diseases and other disorders of the honey bee.

Getting started in beef

Includes safety, yard design, livestock identification, compulsory paperwork, breeds, crossbreeding, deciding on what to produce, herd health, routine husbandry, diseases and parasites.

Managing and marketing beef

Provides as overview of the cattle industry, details on breeding management, pastures, selling methods and costs, beef grading and marketing, muscle and fat scores, and factors affecting costs and profitability.

Beef Agskills

A step-by-step guide to basic beef skills and practices, including many diagrams and colour photos. Covers general safety precautions, animal welfare, quality assurance, drafting and counting cattle, mouthing, drenching, vaccinations, dehorning calves, heat detection, calving problems, weaning and paddock appraisal.

Dairy AgSkills

A practical guide to animal welfare, safety, quality assurance, milking, feeding, health and management of a dairy herd. Includes calf rearing, breeding and waste disposal systems.

Dairy goats AgGuide

An easy-to-use reference for both the novice and experienced dairy goat farmer. Discusses herd establishment, animal husbandry, health and welfare, nutrition, biosecurity infrastructure requirements, quality assurance and market specifications.

Goat Agskills

Shows how to provide shelter for goats, trim hooves, drench, vaccinate, tattoo, disbud, eartag and milk goats by hand or using a machine. Also covers buying a goat, kidding, show preparation, record keeping, health problems, quality assurance, animal welfare and safety.

Horse Agskills

A basic guide to many of the skills used when handling, riding and caring for horses. Includes buying a horse, daily horse care, assessment of confirmation, lunging, vaccinating, drenching, hoof care, dentition, loading a horse onto a float, care of equipment, safety and animal welfare.

Poultry Agskills

Get started in backyard poultry with this basic guide. Includes breeding, rearing, housing, feeding, flock health, safety and animal welfare. Plenty of photos and diagrams to show you what to do.

Getting started in free range poultry

This book includes both meat and egg production, breeds, rearing, health, housing and nutrition. Extensive section of case studies.

Pig Agskills

Practical skills on the care of pigs. Covers pig husbandry, health care, breeding programs for sows and raising piglets. Highlights animal welfare standards for pigs.

Pig production: the basics

A basic guide to some of the skills and practices of pig production. This guide covers topics such as how to get started in pig production, health and nutrition, breeding and farming, pests and rodent control and marketing your pigs.

Sheep Agskills

A guide to the basics of handling and caring for sheep, with step-by-step instructions, diagrams, and colour pictures. Includes safety precautions, animal welfare, quality assurance, catching and handling mouthing, drenching, vaccinating, crutching, foot trimming, lambing and individual identification.