Agriculture coverage
NSW EPA
AS spray season kicks off this summer, the NSW Environment Protection Authority will be checking if commercial pesticides applicators are licenced in Moree, Walgett, Narrabri, Brewarrina, Warren, Coonamble, Gilgandra, Gunnedah and surrounding areas. NSW pesticide users are being urged to make sure they have the relevant licences and training ahead of a new compliance campaign [...]
Bushfire Season
NSW FARMERS’ has warned the state’s national parks have become ticking time bombs for bushfires this summer. As authorities continued to confiscate large swathes of land to form national parks, NSW Farmers’ President Xavier Martin said vital resources to properly manage bushfire risks on public land had failed to follow. “Farmers and communities have done [...]
National Ag Day
A heartwarming image of a kelpie sleeping on freshly shorn wool has won the 2025 National Agriculture Day photography and video competition, in a record year for entries. The photo, Sleeping on Cloud 9, depicts red kelpie, Hazel, taking a break from yarding sheep with a kip on a pile of fresh wool. Photographer Kiana [...]
Conservation
THE Bats in Backyards project, part of the NSW Government’s Saving our Species initiative, is calling for landholders in the Moree Plains Shire and north-western New South Wales to help survey insect-eating bats on properties during the summer months. Bats in Backyards is a citizen science project that contributes valuable data to help save some [...]
Agriculture
AUSTRALIA’s largest state farming organisation has engaged senior legal counsel as it ramps up opposition to the controversial Narrabri Gas Project. NSW Farmers Acting CEO Mike Guerin – who led a successful legal challenge against the federal government and mining giant Glencore in Queensland – said he was “getting the band back together” to fight [...]
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 [...]
