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Agriculture
NSW Farmers’ has welcomed the NSW Liberal and Nationals $300 million biosecurity and feral animal control policy announcement, as a significant step toward addressing a burgeoning crisis farmers have been managing almost alone for too long. NSW Farmers’ president Xavier Martin said the size of the investment recognised the seriousness of the challenge. “This is [...]
Agriculture
NSW Nationals Leader Gurmesh Singh and NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane says an elected Liberal and Nationals Government will fund a $300 million biosecurity and control program for the co-ordination and management of feral animals to protect critical primary industries sector and conserve the environment. They said agriculture contributes about $25.5 billion per year to [...]
Agriculture
A group of Brazil’s leading cotton growers and industry representatives recently visited Moree, Wee Waa, Narrabri and Goondiwindi on an industry knowledge-sharing tour to see ‘best practice’ in Australia’s cotton industry. Held last month, the tour also took in Dalby and Toowoomba. An initiative of Cotton Brazil, and supported by Rabobank, the tour saw a [...]
Agriculture
THREE emerging leaders who are making a significant contribution to the Australian cotton industry have been named as finalists for the 2026 Cotton Research and Development Corporation Chris Lehmann Young Cotton Achiever of the Year Award. The 2026 finalists are Natalie Aquilina, a Cotton Seed Distributors technical agronomist from Narrabri; Louis Dreyfus Company Grower Services [...]
Regional Health
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan and the NSW Opposition voted in favour of Health Services Amendment (Right to Primary Health Care) Bill 2026 introduced to NSW Parliament by Member for Wagga Wagga Joe McGirr. Dr McGirr’s Bill seeks to legally guarantee local health districts provide timely and vital healthcare for people in rural and [...]
Agriculture
THE adoption of sheep and goat electronic identification technology this year has presented local sheep producers with a timely opportunity to identify the best performing animals within their flock, as drought conditions across the Northern Tablelands force producers to make tough decisions. Using eID data to separate the passengers from the performers is the focus [...]
Agriculture
NORTH West Local Land Services is reminding livestock producers to closely monitor stock health following recent rainfall events that may result in the emergence of patchy green pick across parts of the region. While conditions remain dry across much of the north-west, rain events combined with warm soil temperatures can trigger sudden pasture responses that [...]
Murray-Darling Basin
EMERGING leaders across the Murray-Darling Basin are being called to nominate for the first round of a new leadership development program focused on securing a sustainable future for the Murray–Darling Basin. With applications for the inaugural intake of the Murray–Darling Basin Leadership Program closing on Sunday June 7, 2026, Murray–Darling Basin Authority chief executive Andrew [...]
Agriculture
SafeWork NSW delivered agricultural safety workshops to more than 80 women across regional New South Wales, including Gunnedah in April and Dubbo earlier this month. Women working in agriculture across regional New South Wales are being empowered to lead safety on farms through the Women in Agriculture: Leading Safer Futures workshops which highlight the critical [...]
Agriculture
THREE leading scientists from Narrabri whose work is shaping the future of Australian cotton have been named finalists for the 2026 Cotton Seed Distributors Researcher of the Year award. The award, to be presented at the 2026 Australian Cotton Conference on the Gold Coast as part of the Australian Cotton Industry Awards, recognises outstanding contribution [...]
