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•Innovative and Internationally Competitive Agricultural Industries

•Sustainable Management of Natural Resources for Agriculture and the Community

•Animal and Plant Protection

•Serving the Broader Community

NSW Agriculture

Corporate Goals

NSW Agriculture•

Director General Dr. R. SheldrakeAO

Deputy Director General

Dr. M. Curll AOExecutive Director

Regulatory

Executive DirectorResearchAdvisory

Education

Executive DirectorPlanning

& Policy

Executive Director

Administration

Chief -Animal Industries

Chief -Plant Industries

Chief -Corporate Services

New South Wales Agriculture

• Total Employees 2,205• Professional 777• Technical 545• Regulatory 146• Operational 187• Administrative 460• Other 90• Budget AUD $233 Mill

New South Wales- Agriculture

• Research Centres of Excellence 9• Other Research Stations 9• Local Offices 84• Agricultural Colleges 2

Functions of NSW Agriculture

• Four key functions

- Research

- Extension

- Regulation

- Education

RESEARCH

• Largest State owned research

organisation in New South Wales.

• Approximately 450 research staff in all

fields of agriculture.

• Funded by industry and Government.

•9 Specialised and integrated centres of

excellence.

• Integration of research, extension and

education services.

• Links between other service providers.

RESEARCH AREAS

• Armidale Beef

• Camden Animal & Plant Health

• Yanco Rice & horticulture

• Orange Sheep/ Pastures & weeds/ Deciduous Fruit/ Vertebrae

pests.

• Narrabri Cotton

• Wollongbar Environmental Management

• Trangie Rangelands Management

• Tamworth Northern Farming Systems

• Wagga Wagga Viticulture/ Southern Farming

systems

RICE -VEGESWINE

LABORATORIES

SHEEP WEEDS PESTS

ENVIRONMENT

COTTONBEEF

RANGELANDNORTHERN FARMING

EXTENSION

EXTENSION

• Over 400 extension staff in all fields of agriculture.

• Specialised

•Acts as the bridge between research and farmers and farmers and farmers.

•Increased focus on agriculture as a tool for resource management.

•Combination of individual visits, group meetings and field days, seminar and media.

REGULATORY

• State quarantine

•Internal quarantine

•Animal disease

•Epidemic control

•EMAI

•Disease diagnosis

•Biological control

EDUCATION

• 2 Colleges

•Provide technical training

•Full time diploma

•Short courses

•Improve the planning and farm business management skills.

• Improve the knowledge and skills of staff.