Livestock in NSW

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Managing your livestock

Whether you're running a small herd, managing honeybees or operating a large-scale livestock operation, caring for animals involves more than just day-to-day care. Here's practical advice to help you make informed decisions on health, infrastructure, transport and production.

Livestock health

Animal health, disease management and reporting.

Moving or selling livestock

Tagging, documentation, transport and traceability.

Production system resources

Nutrition, breeding and farm business management.

Browse by animal type

Sheep

Beef cattle

Dairy cattle

Pigs

Poultry

Horses

Goats

Honey bees

Attend practical workshops and events

Local Land Services events

Local Land Services delivers a range of free, in-person, down-to-earth workshops and events for livestock owners. Topics are designed for all stock owners, from small farmers to livestock enterprises looking to upskill including:

seasonal health and pastures
sheep and goat eID
livestock technology
farm business

Farm Business Resilience Program events

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development deliver farming business workshops.

How we can help

Support is available across NSW to help livestock owners improve animal health, productivity and resilience. Services include:

Animal health and biosecurity advice – including disease prevention, diagnosis, animal welfare and herd health.
Livestock production – from nutrition and pasture management to breeding and welfare.
Identification and traceability – including help with Property Identification Codes (PICs), eID, and how to safely transport livestock.
Emergency preparedness – advice and support to build farm resilience and manage your stock during drought, flood, and fire.

Laboratory services

NSW DPIRD's NSW Animal and Plant Health Laboratories (APHL) can assist your business in securing export markets by providing a range of suitable tests for export livestock and genetics.