Agriculture coverage
Wheat Harvest
TARGETED messaging will be activated from October 17 at key New South Wales pinch points, including Moree and Bellata, to encourage safer interactions between passenger vehicles and those transporting grain during what is expected to be one of the biggest wheat harvests on record. Electronic message signs will be installed roadside at Moree, Bellata, Gilgandra, [...]
Agriculture
PLANTING is underway across much of Australia’s cotton-growing regions with some crops already out of the ground in warmer climates, some growers holding back for warmer weather while some in tropical areas won’t be planting until rain begins to fall. Cotton Australia General Manager Michael Murray said the signs for this season are positive with [...]
Agriculture
MEAT & Livestock Australia (MLA) has launched a new advertising campaign showcasing lamb as the “ultimate social device”. Launched on September 15 and running for four weeks, the Australian Lamb Spring campaign parodies the advertising style of technology brands but introduces a device that actually facilitates in-person connections: Lamb. General Manager for Marketing and Insights [...]
Agriculture
ARMIDALE Secondary College Year 10 student, Stephanie Kliendienst, has given the thumbs-up to a new program to boost skills and employment in the agriculture technology industry. The program is part of the NSW Government’s commitment to expanding opportunities for youth in regional NSW and growing our primary industries. Up to 1500 students are taking part [...]
Agriculture
MORE than 300 people attended the highly-anticipated PURE trial farm field day at Boolah Farms, near Pallamallawa east of Moree, on Wednesday. A mix of industry members, farmers, agronomists, partners, and stakeholders were involved in the Boolah trials, an event that provided a valuable networking platform. Partnered with Asahi Beverages, the field day showcased innovative [...]
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MORE than 2000 farmers and their supporters on Tuesday stood on the lawns in front of Parliament House in Canberra to send a powerful message to the people who determine the policies that impact farmers’ livelihoods. The message was clear: farmers are not being listened to, their voices are being drowned out by activists with [...]
Agriculture
FROM fungi to flies – everything will be covered at the PURE trial farm field day, a unique event highlighting the latest advancements in sustainable agriculture. The September 11 field day, with presentations at the Pally Pub as well as in-field demonstrations, will be hosted by Stuart and Lyndall Tighe, of Boolah Farms. The field [...]
Moree Show
MOREE Show Society is calling on wheat growers from across the district to enter crops in the Agshows NSW Suncorp Bank Championship Dryland Field Wheat Competition. With a bumper harvest anticipated, Show Society secretary Karen Munn says now is the time to enter crops. “I’d love our local growers to show the rest of New [...]
Agriculture
FEDERAL Member for Parkes Mark Coulton will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with hundreds of farmers from across the country next week, in an unprecedented rally against Labor’s anti-farming ideology. Mr Coulton said Labor is destroying agriculture and making life impossible for the nation’s producers of food and fibre, due to endless cuts to the regions, anti-farming legislation [...]
Agriculture
MOREE agronomist Kate Lumber has been named the cotton industry’s 2025 Nuffield Farming Scholarship recipient, supported by Cotton Research and Development Corporation and Cotton Australia. A total of 25 scholarship recipients were announced at the annual Nuffield Farming dinner at the Grand Chancellor Hotel in Launceston on Tuesday. Alice Jorgensen from Myall Creek, near Bingara, [...]
