Rural Properties

The University of New England’s Rural Properties are a unique natural resource supporting world-class research and teaching, covering an environmentally diverse area of 4837 hectares. They are comprised of nine individual properties supporting an integrated range of operations including:

• fine wool
  
• sheep and cattle genetic and nutrition research
  
• animal behaviour and welfare research
  
• dog nutrition
  
• poultry research
  
• pasture management
  
• natural resource management
  
• water resource flow research
  
• native animal research
  
• agro forestry
  
• agronomy and horticulture research
  
• mixed farming systems research
  
• soil moisture and crop yield mapping
  
• cattle grazing behaviour research
  
• crop variety development
  
• forestry and pasture establishment and production research