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Head Office NSW Agriculture- Orange
•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.