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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, [...]
National Farmers’ Rally
FARMERS and supporters are being urged to get ready to make history in Canberra next week at the National Farmer Rally. National Farmers’ Federation President David Jochinke said he looked forward to joining thousands in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, September 10 to stand up for the future of Australian agriculture. “This is a pivotal [...]
Road Safety
SEPTEMBER is Rural Road Safety month, with the Australian Road Safety Foundation encouraging all road users to get involved and help make a significant reduction in road trauma. Now in its seventh year, the national awareness campaign targets regional and rural road safety throughout September, and is designed to highlight the additional risks when driving [...]
Pally Field Day
AN innovative trade show and field day at Pallamallawa next month is expected to bring more than 300 attendees from across the region to see new and innovative farm practices that deliver real-world regenerative, commercial applications. The September 11 event, a collaboration between PURE Grain and Boolah Farms, includes a trade show at the Pally [...]
Vale Sandy Munro
WHEN Sandy Munro was handed the microphone at the 2023 Moree picnic races and told it was his turn to make a speech, the look of sheer pride on his face fully captured the very essence of bush racing. The horse Sandy part-owned, Fiocchi, had just won the Boolooroo Cup – for the second year [...]
Submissions Sought
PROGRESSIVE fundraising group, Young Aggies Moree, invites local volunteer groups to submit expressions of interest for donations from funds raised at the 2024 Gold Rush Ball in September. Since 2015, the Gold Rush Ball has been a major fundraiser for the Young Aggies Moree Rural Scholarship Fund. The scholarship provides financial support to help tertiary [...]
