Agriculture coverage
Agriculture
FARMERS across New South Wales – and the rest of the country – will today celebrate National Agriculture Day, with NSW Young Farmers’ Council chair Jess Ryan saying the New South Wales $25.5 billion agricultural sector not only provides a diverse range of careers but offers food security across Australia and around the world. There [...]
Net Zero
AS regional communities again find themselves at the centre of debates over Australia’s net-zero future, a new handbook launched today will help them play a more active role in shaping how renewable energy projects are developed in their region. The handbook includes case studies and tools that build on best practice from other communities undergoing [...]
Agriculture
THE National Farmers’ Federation is urging the public to get behind farmers and agriculture on Friday, November 21, for National Agriculture Day. NFF president Hamish McIntyre said the annual event is a wonderful chance to celebrate the people behind our nation’s food and fibre. “This year’s theme, Stand with the Land is a powerful call [...]
Agriculture
FARMERS and businesses are invited to register their interest in purchasing unassigned groundwater which is being made available by the NSW Government. This is being done through a controlled allocation order which sets out a fair and transparent process for buying water shares available in 37 water sources in New South Wales that are not [...]
Agriculture
LANDHOLDERS across New South Wales are encouraged to take advantage of $850,000 worth of free grain and bait on offer as part of a statewide crackdown on feral pigs. The support is part of plans to strengthen and build the state’s primary industries sector and available through the NSW Government’s Local Land Services. Funding is [...]
Agriculture
CATTLE and sheep sales across Armidale and Guyra have entered a new era, with a $10 million upgrade transforming the region’s saleyards into modern, efficient and sustainable selling centres. The Armidale and Guyra Saleyards redevelopment received $9.78 million from the Commonwealth and NSW Governments, with the project modernising the ageing selling centres, and improving operational [...]
Agriculture
AUSTRALIA’s on-farm, gap-year program, AgCAREERSTART, is telling a powerful story about young people wanting to make their start in agriculture. A program evaluation shows a high retention rate of AgCAREERSTART participants staying in agriculture through work or study, while every $1 invested delivers $5.56 back into the sector. Delivered by the National Farmers’ Federation and [...]
Narrabri Gas Project
THE NSW Farmers’ Association has strongly condemned the NSW Government’s threats of compulsory land acquisition to support a multi-billion-dollar mining corporation. In a speech last week at a National Energy Forum, NSW Premier Chris Minns said “we will be considering compulsory acquisition” to progress the Narrabri Gas Project. NSW Farmers’ say this is despite enormous [...]
Agriculture
NEW South Wales shearer, registered nurse and mental health advocate, Carol Mudford, has been named the 2025 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award national winner. Ms Mudford, founder of sHedway, a national not‑for‑profit tackling suicide prevention and mental health in the shearing industry, has officially been named the 2025 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award Winner for her leadership [...]
Country Roads
THE consultation period on the federal government’s plan to cut default regional road speed limits to as low as 70 kilometres per hour has been extended by two weeks to Monday, November 10. The morning after Regional Development Shadow Minister, Dr Anne Webster, called for an extension of time – and following Transport Shadow Minister [...]
