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THE latest data released by AgriFutures Australia and collated by the team at AgHealth Australia has revealed a sharp and deeply concerning rise in on-farm fatalities and serious injuries. There were 72 lives lost and 133 serious injuries recorded in 2024, with Farmsafe Australia, the national peak body for farm safety, calling for urgent action, [...]
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KENWAY and Clark has been named Case IH CNH Capital Dealer of the Year – three or more branches – for the third time in nine years, marking a sixth Case IH Dealer of the Year award overall during this period. The company, headquartered in Moree and with dealerships across New South Wales and Goondiwindi [...]
Agriculture
THE National Farmers’ Federation says the federal government’s lack of transparency over water buybacks has been laid bare, with the revelation 30 gigalitres of water has already been secured under the second tranche of the 450 gigalitre buyback program in the Murray Darling Basin. National Farmers’ Federation water committee chair, Malcolm Holm, said the disclosure [...]
Cyclone Alfred
THE National Farmers Federation is closely monitoring the unfolding situation as Tropical Cyclone Alfred threatens agricultural communities across southern Queensland and northern New South Wales. With destructive winds and heavy rainfall predicted, the storm’s potential to cause significant damage to crops, infrastructure, and rural communities is of major concern for the farming sector. Cyclone Alfred, [...]
Agriculture
THE NSW Government is updating specific wetlands in six regional draft water-sharing plans following important community feedback that has been critical in helping improve mapping. The NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is inviting people to view the revised maps and provide further input on the prescribed wetland areas before the [...]
Agriculture
THREE inspiring women from regional New South Wales, including Dimity Smith from Tamworth, have been named finalists in the 2025 NSW-ACT AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award. This year, the spotlight is on the exceptional regional talent who have founded their own organisations and businesses, significantly contributing to the prosperity of regional and rural communities in NSW. [...]
Agriculture
TACKLING pest and weed infestations between neighbouring public and private lands has been strengthened through The Good Neighbours Program and will undertake 21 initial projects, including management and control of Parthenium weed at Croppa Creek. The Good Neighbours projects will target pest animals and problem weeds, including feral deer, feral pigs, tropical soda apple and [...]
Agriculture
WOMEN with leadership ambitions are urged to apply to the popular Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program. The initiative is run by the National Farmers’ Federation and is now entering its eighth year. NFF President David Jochinke said more women are needed in the top echelons of agriculture organisations and businesses. “The NFF has set a [...]
Agriculture
FARMERS from across New South Wales and the north-western area of the state are warning the march of a destructive cactus could be the beginning of a crisis unless ongoing funding for weed control is secured. NSW Farmers’ Croppa Creek and North Star branch chair, Richard Doyle, said farmers in the north of the state [...]
Agriculture
NATIONALS leader, David Littleproud, says farmers and families have secured a huge cost-of-living win, after Labor was forced to bin its bad fresh food tax. Mr Littleproud said The Nationals’ successful motion in the Senate to remove Labor’s fresh food tax, known as the biosecurity protection levy, has allowed common sense to prevail. “Labor’s fresh [...]
