{"id":4833,"date":"2020-07-22T04:46:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mli.org.au\/?p=4833"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:15:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:15:57","slug":"updated-rural-living-handbook-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/updated-rural-living-handbook-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated &#8220;Rural Living Handbook&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lls.nsw.gov.au\/__data\/assets\/pdf_file\/0007\/1147804\/Rural-Living-Handbook-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rural Living Handbook<\/a>&nbsp;is a guide produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/regional-and-primary-industries\/farm-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" label=\"Local Land Services (opens in a new tab)\">Local Land Services<\/a> to help rural landholders experience the wonderful aspects of rural life as well as to raise awareness of the risks and responsibilities that come with that lifestyle. It is for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>people who are new to rural life in NSW<\/li><li>prospective rural property owners<\/li><li>owners of hobby farms and lifestyle blocks<\/li><li>people who are having a go at primary production for the first time<\/li><li>long-term property owners who want further resources on living sustainably in a rural area.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rural Living Handbook provides you with a starting point with practical information on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>buying a rural property, including a &#8216;Before you buy&#8217; checklist<\/li><li>natural resources, including water, soil and native plants and animals<\/li><li>cultural heritage and how to identify and care for it<\/li><li>property management, including livestock, fencing, chemicals and waste disposal<\/li><li>biosecurity responsibilities, including pests, weeds and diseases<\/li><li>how to prepare for emergencies and getting help afterwards during recovery<\/li><li>regional and local planning and what impact that may have on you<\/li><li>specific information for owners of small landholdings.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each section of the Rural Living Handbook contains lists of useful resources, website and contacts for organisations that provide support to rural landholders. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;Rural Living Handbook&nbsp;is a guide produced by Local Land Services to help rural landholders experience the wonderful aspects of rural life as well as to raise awareness of the risks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","iawp_total_views":45,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[290],"class_list":["post-4833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guides-and-reports","tag-sustainable-land-management","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4833"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10554,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4833\/revisions\/10554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mli.org.au\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}