Field crops and pastures

Cropping Systems for Sustainable Wheat Production

This publication is a comprehensive guide to profitable and sustainable wheat production. Packed with colour photos and illustrations. Includes rotations, crop selection, soil management, seedbeds and sowing, crop nutrition, weed control, crop health, GPS technology, farm safety and harvesting.

Lucerne Management

This multi-touch ebook aims to improve the understanding of the needs of the lucerne plant, whether in a stand of lucerne or in a mixed pasture. Landholders and farm advisors are offered the opportunity to better harness lucerne as a powerhouse of quality feed and increased soil Nitrogen.

Pasture weeds of coastal NSW

An easy-to-use reference to the non-grass plants, including legumes, ferns, sedges, rushes and herbs identified by flower colour. Beautiful colour photographs for each species. Notes on appearance and management.

Grasses of coastal NSW

An easy to use reference to the grasses of coastal NSW, including the methods of identifying species. Beautiful colour photographs for each species. Notes on appearance and management.

Grasses of the NSW tablelands

An easy-to-use reference to the grasses of the NSW tablelands, including the methods of identifying species. Beautiful colour photographs for each species. Notes on appearance and management.

Grasses of the NSW slopes

An easy-to-use reference to the grasses of the slopes and adjacent plains of NSW, including the methods of identifying species. Beautiful colour photographs for each species. Notes on appearance and management.

A guide to pasture species in NSW

A guide to pasture species in NSW. Includes descriptions and colour photos of useful temperature and tropical legume and grass species. Learn how to select, establish and manage pastures for grazing and forage.

Pastures in a farming system

Describes the benefits of native and introduced species and how to maintain the desirable pasture mix through grazing management. This book will help you get the most out of your pasture system while keeping it productive.

Broadleaf weed seedlings

An important principle of weed control in crops and pastures is to identify and treat weeds at the early post-emergent stage. This field guide on identification has photographs and descriptions of the cotyledon and first leaves stage of all the important weeds you are likely to encounter in temperate zones.

Humic products

A range of products, often referred to as alternative fertilisers, are marketed with numerous claims relating to soil health and improved plant growth. However, there is often an absence of evidence about the veracity of the claims and the effectiveness of these products. Producers and consumers alike are left to rely on the advertised promises which come with little proof.

Successful silage (TopFodder silage manual)

This book is a reference manual detailing the practicalities and basic principles in producing silage in Australia, from growing and harvesting the parent forage to storing and feeding the silage to ruminants.The up-to-date information presented draws on the experience and research material of Australias most recognised silage experts. Where Australian information has not been available, overseas data have been applied to the Australian situation.

Fungi of coastal NSW

Despite their diversity, abundance and contribution to global biodiversity, fungi are among the most poorly studied organisms. This book is designed to be used by people of all ages to identify in the field. With stunning photographs, it contains some great information on what fungi are an where to find them.