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GWYDIR Valley Irrigator Association’s executive officer and CottonInfo technical lead, Lou Gall, has been named a 2025 Cotton Industry Researcher of the Year finalist. Cotton Australia on Monday announced the award finalists for the Cotton Seed Distributors Researcher of the Year Award, which also includes Dr Katie Broughton, a research scientist at CSIRO Agriculture and [...]
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Non-urban metering rules are in effect across the state and the NSW Government is inviting licensed water-users to learn more about what they need to do to be compliant. NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is ramping up an education campaign and launching a series of online information sessions to help [...]
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THE NSW Opposition is calling on the Minns Labor Government to do more to protect the state’s primary industries by boosting biosecurity funding in the upcoming budget. NSW Nationals Leader Dugald Saunders met with farmers at Murwillumbah saleyards on the North Coast today, where the highly invasive cattle tick is causing concern. He said a [...]
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AUSTRALIAN farmers are heading towards a record-high winter crop planting this year, Rabobank says in its newly-released 2025-26 Australian Winter Crop Outlook. The annual outlook, by the agribusiness banking specialist’s RaboResearch division, says the nation’s grain growers are expected to plant an estimated 24.5 million hectares of winter crops this year, up 0.8 per cent [...]
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THE National Farmers’ Federation has welcomed comments by the Prime Minister outlining the importance of agriculture to any prospective free trade deal with the European Union. The NFF welcomed talks between Prime Minister Albanese and EU President, Ursula von der Leyen, in Italy, but stressed the importance of improved agricultural market access, and standing strong on [...]
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THE race to a $100 billion Australian agriculture industry by 2030 is on. And for the first time, Woolworths and the National Farmers’ Federation are seeking the nation’s most innovative minds to lead the charge. Joining forces to launch the AgriEmpower Scholarship, Woolworths and the NFF are investing $400,000 over the next four years to [...]
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ENERGY developers must fairly engage with the community and properly address the impacts of renewable projects on regions, NSW Farmers has told a state inquiry. On Tuesday, the state’s peak farm body appeared at a NSW Government inquiry into renewable energy zones, saying its calls to improve community engagement around the renewable transition were still [...]
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COTTON growers from the Narrabri, Goondiwindi and Gunnedah regions have been named finalists in the 2025 Bayer Cotton Grower of the Year award and AgriRisk High Achiever of the Year award. Cotton Australia last week announced five finalists, with results to be announced at the Cotton Collective in Toowoomba in August. Thomas Popp, who farms [...]
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THE National Farmers’ Federation’s Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program on Tuesday welcomed twelve women from across Australia to its esteemed ranks. The mentoring and networking program is the NFF’s flagship initiative to address the under representation of women in agriculture’s leadership ranks. The 2025 Diversity in Agriculture Leadership cohort includes Karen Penfold, Nada Sukkarieh, Courtney [...]
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INVASIVE weed species remain a big issue in the region and Member for the Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan has been advocating for more action from the NSW Government to stop the spread of harrisia cactus and tropical soda apple. This week the NSW Government responded with $10 million to target high-risk weeds across the state [...]
