Agriculture

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Infrastructure

• Property Planning AgGuide (TOCAL) 
• Fencing AgGuide (TOCAL) 
• Electric Fencing AgGuide (TOCAL) 
• Pastures in a Farming System (TOCAL) 
• Fundamentals of Wind Farm Aerodynamic Layout Design (NEW!) 
• AgTech: An Introduction (TOCAL) 
• Machinery Hygiene: Inspecting and Cleaning Machinery to Prevent the Spread of Weeds, Pests and Diseases (TOCAL)
• Maintaining Small Farm Equipment: How to Keep Tractors and Implements Running Well 

Farm Planning

• Sustainable Farm Finance: A Practical Guide for Broadacre Graziers (NEW!) 
• How To Write A Business Plan and Review Farm Performance (TOCAL) 
• Start Your Farm:  The Authoritative Guide to Becoming A 20th Century Farmer
• Financial Management for Agribusiness 
• The Lean Dairy Farm 
• Business Management For Tropical Dairy Farmers 
• Farm Business Management 

Climate Risk Management

• Managing Climate Risk On Your Farm (TOCAL)
• Preparing for Drought: What the Farmers Say (TOCAL) 
• A Water Story:  Learning from the Past, Planning for the Future 
• Finding Resilience:  Change and Uncertainty in Nature and Society 

Crops and Pastures

• Cropping Systems for Sustainable Wheat Production (TOCAL) 
• Pastures in a Farm System (TOCAL) 
• Irrigation:  Centre Pivot and Lateral Move (TOCAL)
• Irrigation:  Measuring and Monitoring (TOCAL)
• Irrigation:  System and Pump Selection (TOCAL)
• Irrigation Scheduling (TOCAL)
• Managing For Healthy Soils (TOCAL)
• Managing Weeds (TOCAL) 
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems in Crop Production 

Market Products and Services

• Marketing Agricultural Products and Services (TOCAL)

Livestock 

• Livestock Behaviour 
• Animal Nutrition:  From Theory and Practice 
• Reproductive Technologies in Farm Animals
• Beef Agskills (TOCAL)
• Dairy Agskills (TOCAL) 
• Managing and Marketing Beef (TOCAL)
• Beef Cattle Production and Trade 
• Small Cattle For Small Farms 
• Running A Small Beef Herd
• Nutrition and Feeding of Organic Cattle 
• Managing a Beef Business in the Sub Tropics
• Sheep Ag Skills (TOCAL)
• Breeding Stud Sheep 
• Sheep Farming For Meat and Wool 
• Running A Small Flock Of Sheep
• Pig Agskills (TOCAL)
• Pig Production:  The Basics (TOCAL) 
• Horse Agskills (TOCAL) 
• Alpaca Agskills (TOCAL) 
• Farming Alpacas (TOCAL) 
• Goat Agskills (TOCAL)
• Poultry Agskills (TOCAL)
• Bee Agskills (TOCAL)

Sustainability

• Rocky Outcrops in Australia: Ecology, Conservation and Management
• Rainforest Restoration Manual for South-Eastern Australia
• Principles of Ecology (TOCAL) 
• Vegetation Survey and Assessment  (TOCAL) 
• Nature Conservation on Farms  (TOCAL) 
• Restoring Natural Areas in Australia  (TOCAL) 
• Linking Australia's Landscapes: Lessons and Opportunities From Large Scale Conservation Networks
• AG Guide: Farm Water