Animal Feed
Livestock export
Soil
Chemistry
Plant health
Veterinary
Edible oil, oilseed
Plant Nutrition
Water
Our Lab Services
NSW DPI laboratory services undertake diagnostic testing to support surveillance, export and diagnostic activities for farmers, researchers and relevant industries both nationally and internationally, as well as emergency activities for animal and plant diseases in NSW and interstate.
NSW DPI laboratories are equipped with facilities for inorganic analytical chemistry (providing soil, plant and water analysis), feed testing, olive oil, olive fruit, oilseeds and edible oil analysis, plant pathology, entomology and veterinary pathology.
Our laboratory services are fully independent, NATA accredited and quality assured, with a strong focus on customer experience and collaboration.
DPI is committed to growing the NSW economy through the state's primary industries.
DPI is Australia’s largest supplier of research and development services to primary industries with a team of over 600 people.
Our solutions-focused approach is through strategic, practical and agile research programs, providing tested science to underpin farm decision making and advice on implications to the community and policy makers.
Our Research & Development
scientific and technical staff, along with 13,000ha of trial sites make DPI the largest rural research provider in Australia
600+
DPI maintains a portfolio of $100m per year of research and development projects
$100m
DPI is globally recognised as a top 1% plant, animal and environmental sciences research organisation
Top 1%
Innovation in primary industries to improve resilience and boost productivity
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NSW DPI • research and Development
Orange Agricultural Institute
Aims to improve the quality, profitability and sustainability of deciduous fruit, wool and sheep meat production, weeds, pastures, ecosystems, livestock diseases, and vertebrate pests.
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Trangie Agricultural
Research Centre
A long history of research in sheep and beef genetics and has contributed substantially to the understanding of the genetic characteristics of Merino sheep and beef cattle, particularly the Angus breed.
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Griffith Centre for
Irrigated Agriculture
The evolution from the Viticulture Nursery of 1916 to today’s Griffith Centre for Irrigated Agriculture has recognised the changing needs of clients in the
area it services.
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Yanco Agricultural Institute
The centre for efficient and sustainable production of rice and horticulture, with research concentrated on crops grown under irrigation. Rice varieties developed at Yanco constitute over 95% of the Australian rice crop. A campus of Tocal College.
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Narrandera Fisheries Centre
The centre of inland freshwater fisheries research in NSW and has also developed into a productive hatchery, providing fingerlings of four native fish species to improve freshwater recreational fisheries and conservation initiatives.
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Wagga Wagga
Agricultural Institute
Agricultural research commenced at Wagga Wagga in 1892 when the Department of Agriculture established an experimental farm on the site. Today it is the centre for southern farming systems and viticulture.
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Cowra Agricultural Research
and Advisory Station
Red Meat and Sheep Development for improvements in genetics, meat quality, nutrition, reproduction, lamb survival and market development. On-site plant breeding trials and large scale crop and pasture management demonstrations undertaken.
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Dareton Agricultural Research
and Advisory Station
Research primarily directed at improving the sustainability of citrus production including the development of new citrus varieties and rootstocks to address current and future market requirements.
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Jindabyne Gaden Fishery
Not only does the Gaden Fishery produce quality fish, it provides an excellent tourism destination for visitors, enhancing public awareness of the trout hatchery, trout and salmon fishing opportunities.
Condobolin Agricultural Research and Advisory Station
Research on wheat production, best management practices for canola and mustard production in low rainfall areas, as well as barley management and variety testing.
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Wollongbar Primary
Industries Institute
The Institute supports profitable and sustainable agriculture, horticulture and fisheries, as well as rural communities and conducts cutting edge research
across a range of areas including soils and animal health.
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Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute and Belgenny Farm
NSW’s premier quarantine and biosecurity facility with critical infrastructure and world recognised DPI research scientists. Belgenny Farm is a part of the DPI Schools Education Program.
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Tocal Agricultural Centre
The Centre includes Tocal College, NSW DPI Industry Development, Regional Services and Regulatory programs, Tocal Field Days and
Tocal Homestead.
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Central Coast Primary
Industries Institute
With a focus on market access, researchers at this site work on post-harvest disinfestation and in field management of many horticultural and other crops.
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Port Stephens
Fisheries Institute
One of the largest specialised aquaculture research facilities in the country, driving excellence for NSW.
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Tamworth Agricultural Institute
The Tamworth Agricultural Institute is the Department’s principal research institute for the cropping zone of northern inland NSW and the
centre for pastures research, driving sustainable industry in the region.
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Australian Cotton
Research Institute
Research activities at the ACRI have played a key role in the development of cotton in New South Wales and Queensland, and continue to help the cotton industry develop a sustainable future.
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Armidale Livestock
Industries Centre
The Livestock Industries Centre has world leading expertise in livestock genetics, ruminant nutrition, meat quality, animal physiology, economics
and technology transfer.
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Glen Innes Agricultural
Research and Advisory Station
DPI research and development programs for eastern Australia’s sheep and cattle industry based on temperate perennial pastures.
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Ebor Fish Hatchery
Breeding and rearing premier cold water sport fish, including Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout to stock cold water public rivers and lakes.
Grafton Primary
Industries Institute
High rainfall zone production programs on grain crops including soybean and winter cereals, fisheries, beef cattle, weed biocontrol and education, forestry plantation management and a tree nursery.
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Narrandera
Tamworth
Wagga Wagga
Griffith
Condobolin
Narrabri
Trangie
Armidale
Ebor
Yanco
Tocal
Port Stephens
Menangle
Cowra
Orange
Central Coast
Glen Innes
Grafton
Dareton
Jindabyne
Wollongbar
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Science and research staff
Research Institutes
The GATE
World-Class Food & Fibre Program
Animal Ethics Committees
Grand Challenge
The role of NSW DPI laboratory services is to provide quality assured laboratory testing services in the fields of veterinary pathology, analytical chemistry and plant health.
Spotlight on a Scientist
Spotlight on a Scientist is a video initiative that showcases DPI scientists, the important research they undertake, and how they impact primary industries. The series aims to increase connections across DPI and the broader public, to enhance the understanding of our R&D.
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DPI has spent over a century working to nurture and grow NSW's primary industries, with the first experimental farms commencing between 1892 - 1914. Continued research, innovation and education positions DPI to meet the challenges faced by NSW's primary producers side by side, through this century and the next.
DPI Research Institutes
DPI has more than 20 research institutes state-wide.
DPI has approximately
700 active research and development projects underway
World-Class Food & Fibre Program
Grand Challenge
The GATE
Research Institutes
Animal Ethics Committees
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