The SSAA Farmer Assist program connects farmers and landholders with skilled, licensed, and insured conservation volunteers to help manage pest animal issues on rural properties — at no cost to you.
Using our simple online portal, you can register, submit a pest control request to the Jobs Board, and receive responses from qualified shooters who are available to assist with wildlife management. Only conservation volunteers who have successfully completed the program’s proficiency requirements and are committed to our Program Rules and Code of Practice — including safety, ethical shooting, and animal welfare standards — can view and respond to your job requests.
For your peace of mind, all participating conservation volunteers are covered by the Association’s $20 million public liability insurance policy, and their involvement is entirely voluntary with no fees or charges to landholders.
Our conservation volunteers can assist with controlling a wide range of pest species that impact agricultural production, pastoral enterprises, and natural environments, including those below.
Each species presents unique challenges, and our conservation volunteers can help you tailor control activities to your property’s needs.
If pest animals are affecting your productivity, environment, or livestock, register today and use our free service to find experienced assistance when you need it most.
Wild dogs can cause a significant impact on agricultural production and the environment. Wild dogs are predators that harm and kill both livestock and native animals. The main methods of control of wild dogs include poisoning, trapping, shooting, fencing and using guarding animals …
Feral Pigs can cause a significant impact on agricultural production by preying on livestock, reducing crop yields, damaging infrastructure and consuming or damaging pasture. The main methods of control of feral pigs include poisoning, trapping, shooting and fencing …
Feral cats can cause a significant impact on small native animals, birds, lizards and insects. They also can pass on disease to livestock. The main methods of control of feral cats include poisoning, trapping, shooting and fencing …
Foxes can cause a significant impact on agricultural production and the environment. Foxes are predators that harm and kill both livestock and native animals. The main methods of control of foxes include baiting, trapping and shooting …
Rabbits can cause a significant impact on agricultural production by reducing crop yields, damaging infrastructure and consuming or damaging pasture. The main methods of control of rabbits include poisoning, trapping, shooting, bio-control and fencing …
Feral Goats can cause a significant impact on agricultural production and the environment. Feral goats can consume or damage pasture and native habitats. The main methods of control of feral goats include trapping, shooting, mustering and fencing …
Wild deer can impact on agricultural production and the environment if their populations are not managed. The main methods of control of wild deer include trapping, shooting and fencing …
Pest birds can impact on agricultural production and the environment if their populations are not managed. The main methods of control of pest birds include trapping, shooting and netting …
At times kangaroo (and wallaby) populations can grow to a level that they can become an agricultural pest where they compete with livestock and damage pasture …
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