Information for landholders

General

Preparing a Whole of Property Weed Management Plan: This document is a great starting point for anyone wanting to tackle their weeds more strategically and efficiently.  

Integrated Weed Management: An introduction to Integrated Weed Management with summaries of the various weed control methods available such as biological control, cultivation, and herbicides.

Rural Living Handbook: Provides an overview of a range of topics including farm water, soils, livestock health and what to consider before purchasing a rural property.

WeedWise: Contains over 300 profiles of weed species in NSW including identification and impacts, control methods, and your biosecurity duty.

Grazing Strategies for Managing African Lovegrass: Information on the nutritional value of African lovegrass and how to get the most out of it by varying the timing and intensity of grazing.

Drought

NSW Drought Hub: All things drought related.

Weeds and Drought: Weed management considerations during and after drought.

Sustainable Farms and Conservation

Sustainable Farms: The Sustainable Farms project provides information about integrating conservation objectives with production on farms by managing natural assets like farm dams, rocky outcrops, and remnant vegetation.

Biodiversity Conservation Trust: A NSW Government initiative which offers private landholders a range of opportunities to protect, connect or restore biodiversity on their properties, and helps them manage the long-term or in-perpetuity conservation agreements.

Rivers of Carbon: Working with landholders to protect and restore Australia's wetlands and waterways by helping them secure funding to help plant trees, fence off stock, build small-scale erosion control, provide alternative stock watering points, and rehabilitate habitat.

Sustainable Land Management Practices for Graziers: A comprehensive document covering best management practices for grazing in the Tablelands and Southern Highlands of NSW.

Native Pasture Management: A short booklet about understanding the impacts of grazing strategies on native pastures.

Herbicides

Weed Spraying Quick Guide(PDF, 142KB): A single-page printable table of herbicide rates for common weeds of the Monaro.

Using Adjuvants with Herbicides: A guide to the types of adjuvants (additives) that can be used to improve the effectiveness of herbicides.

Control Techniques Using Herbicides: A brief overview of herbicide application techniques such as foliar spraying and stem injection.

Spray Equipment Calibration Methods: How to calibrate boom and backpack sprayers to ensure the correct amount of chemical is being applied.

NSW Weed Control Handbook: A guide to weed control in non-crop, aquatic and bushland situations.

Spray Water Quality Factsheet: Explains how different aspects of water quality impact herbicide efficacy.

Delta T Briefly Explained: Describes how the relationship between temperature and humidity impacts herbicide efficacy.

Soils

Gully Erosion Assessment and Control Guide: Understand the causes of gully erosion and how to mitigate and repair them.

Saving Soil - A landholder's guide to preventing and repairing soil erosion: A comprehensive guide covering the causes of erosion, soil types, erosion control earthworks design and more. 

Soils for Life: A helpful website on the importance of soil health with case studies of farmers using regenerative agriculture methods, and comprehensive guides to implementing these techniques.

Land Clearing

LLS Land Management Framework: A range of resources to help landowners understand the Land Management Framework including allowable activities, pasture expansion and more. 

Draft Native Vegetation Regulatory Map: Look up your property to see how it is categorised under the Land Management Framework.

The purchase of rural land is a major decision and the presence of weeds and their ongoing management costs is often overlooked, especially by people with little or no experience in rural land management.

Before signing a contract, prospective purchasers should carefully consider the following:

• Are there significant weed infestations on the land and are these being managed?
• What are the costs of the continual weed control?
• If the land is to be used for farming, will weed infestations lead to production losses?

Privacy laws prevent Council from disclosing weed infestation information to prospective buyers without the owner's consent, however it may be helpful to arrange for someone who knows about weeds to inspect the property with you. If weeds are found, a weed spraying contractor(PDF, 316KB) can provide an estimate of how much control work will cost.

Snowy Monaro Regional Council now provides a dedicated weed disposal facility at each of its three landfill sites to facilitate the safe and effective disposal of weed material. In discharging its General Biosecurity Duty, Council has a responsibility to ensure that it takes appropriate measures to minimise the risk of weed spread from these facilities.

Weeds accepted at Council’s Waste and Recycling facilities are those identified as Biosecurity Matter in accordance with the Biosecurity Act 2015 and the South East Regional Strategic Weed Management Plan 2023-2027. Weed disposal facilities are not to be used for the disposal of household green waste.