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Agriculture
NATIONAL Farmers’ Federation CEO Troy Williams has tendered his resignation for personal reasons. NFF president, David Jochinke, said the board has accepted his decision, which was made for personal reasons. “We thank Mr Williams for his contribution and wish him the very best for the future,” Mr Jochinke said. The Board will commence recruitment for [...]
Farm Safety
EVERY farmer in every corner of Australia knows the feeling. The clouds are rolling in, the last bin is still waiting, the kids are due home, and the machinery’s playing up. It’s the kind of pressure that defines farming, but can also derail even the best-laid plans. As National Farm Safety Week continues, Farmsafe Australia [...]
Agriculture
FIVE young rural leaders have been named the successful recipients of the NSW Farmers’ Tertiary Scholarships at its annual conference. Each year, NSW Farmers’ awards five tertiary scholarships to members or their children to support their university or vocational qualification in a field relevant to agriculture, or regional and rural Australia. The 2025 recipients hailed [...]
Agriculture
ON Australian farms, children are often front and centre – in the ute, in the yards, in the workshop and in the moment. But today, as part of National Farm Safety Week, Farmsafe Australia is shining a spotlight on what may be one of the most underdiscussed risks in agriculture: on-farm child safety. Farmsafe chair [...]
Agriculture
SUNDOWN Pastoral Company, owned by David and Danielle Statham, and Hiringa Energy have announced a start for the Good Earth Green Hydrogen and Ammonia project west of Moree. GEGHA has satisfied all development milestones, with construction scheduled to begin in October this year. The GEGHA project, supported by the NSW Government, is an integrated solar [...]
Clean Energy
A trailblazing project west of Moree that will reduce carbon emissions and create the state’s first large-scale green hydrogen and ammonia production facility has been given the green light to kick the project into the next gear. The Good Earth Green Hydrogen and Ammonia project near Moree has now secured all the financial approvals to [...]
Agriculture
FARMERS from across New South Wales are in Sydney this week to discuss critical issues such as the future of farming and the energy transition. NSW Farmers’ chief executive Annabel Johnson said the NSW Farmers’ Annual Conference was a chance to bring the perspective from the paddock to the city as Australia faced a range [...]
Farm Safety
FARMSAFE Australia on Sunday launched its 2025 National Farm Safety Week campaign. With the theme Second Chances: Who Knows How Many You’ll Get, Farmsafe Australia has issued a national call to action. Accompanying the campaign is the release of the 2025 Safer Farms Report, which provides a sobering picture of on-farm harm over the past [...]
Agriculture
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is encouraging farmers and landholders to make a submission on proposed amendments to the Land Management (Native Vegetation) Code 2018. The Land Management Codes were implemented in 2018 to allow landholders to have greater flexibility to manage native vegetation, in particular invasive native species on their properties. The codes [...]
Agriculture
YOUNG cattle men and women with the ability and ambition to make a difference to their industry are being urged to polish up their resumes and apply for Cattle Australia’s National Beef Leaders program. Applications open on Thursday for the program, which is now in its second year after being established by CA to identify [...]
