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NSW landholders are being asked to report their livestock numbers and land use information as part of Local Land Services’ annual farm census. The Annual Land and Stock Return collects important information that helps shape the delivery of essential animal health and biosecurity services and prepare for emergencies such as bushfires and biosecurity outbreaks. Landholders [...]
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TWELVE women have travelled from across Australia to attend a leadership retreat in Canberra, as part of the Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program, including Narrabri clinical psychologist, Malinda Guest. Ms Guest, a director of Boundless Psychology in Narrabri, is passionate about rural mental health, communication, and relationships. She wears many hats, including university lecturer, psychology [...]
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SOLAR farm biodiversity expert Dr Josh Ennen from the Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute in the United States will be in New England this month as part of a visiting fellowship co-ordinated by University of New England. The visit supports collaborative research between the Renewable Energy Wildlife Institute and UNE’s Renewable Energy Hub, who are investigating [...]
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TICKETS for the cotton industry’s biggest event this year, the 2025 Cotton Collective in Toowoomba, are now available. The Trade Show at Cotton Collective will be staged in the Toowoomba Showgrounds pavilion and just as it was in 2023, Cotton Australia’s Michael Murray is still wondering how they are going to fit everyone in. “It’s [...]
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WITH the release of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report 2023, the Australian Government has revised the feedlot industry’s contribution to emissions. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water has adopted a new Australian-specific equation to calculate enteric methane emissions from grain-fed cattle following research conducted by University of New England. This [...]
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THE Moree region continues to flex its strength as an agricultural powerhouse, with an influx of fresh young agricultural science graduates choosing to forge their careers in the district. James Garnsey and Dior Rohr are two next-gen agronomists calling Moree home, and exemplify the future of agricultural consultants, buoyed by technology and innovation, and excited [...]
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JACOB Booby and Blake Palmer from Narrabri and Grace Griffiths from Goondiwindi have been named 2025 Cotton Research and Development Corporation Chris Lehmann Young Cotton Achiever of the Year Award finalists. Cotton Australia made the announcement last week, with the winner to be named at the Cotton Collective in Toowoomba in August. The finalists include [...]
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AN upcoming conference aims to join the dots between land and genuine solutions to climate change. The conference, which aims to build groundbreaking alliances between farmers, agribusiness and researchers interested in land-based solutions to climate change, will be held at the University of New England on June 18-19. The Down to Earth conference will survey [...]
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THE Australian Beef Sustainability Framework has welcomed the announcement from the European Commission that Australia is considered a low risk under its upcoming European Union Deforestation Regulation. Chair of the ABSF Steering Group, Patrick Hutchinson, said this was well-deserved recognition of the industry’s efforts with vegetation management. “This is a positive reflection of industry’s strong [...]
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NEWLY-elected member for Parkes Jamie Chaffey is calling on Labor to bring back interest-free loans from the Regional Investment Corporation for farmers impacted by Australia’s drought and floods. Mr Chaffey said farmers across Australia have been simultaneously devastated by recent floods as well as drought. “In 2020, the Coalition introduced a two-year interest free period [...]
