Agriculture coverage
Record Numbers
SHADOW Minister for Agriculture Brendan Moylan has applauded the state’s cropping sector for once again leading the way on growth and productivity, farm income and export value growth. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences show cropping has played a huge part in recent record-breaking years in Australian agriculture, fisheries [...]
Cotton Awards
THE Australian Cotton Industry Awards are now open for nominations for 2026. The awards recognise people across the industry for their achievements, commitment to sustainability, and adoption of best practice, highlighting the work that keeps Australian cotton productive, efficient, and responsible. From this year, the awards will be held every two years, giving the industry [...]
Agriculture
A strengthened response to new and emerging high-risk weeds that can blight the landscape and impact farming productivity is being delivered through new, four-year funding for 97 Local Control Authorities, comprising groups of local councils. The $40.7 million NSW Weeds Action Program is an important part of the NSW Biosecurity Action Plan, designed to ensure [...]
Agriculture
A series of free workshops will be held this month at community halls in the north-west, including Garah and Gurley, to share the latest tips and tools for smarter summer cropping. Delivered as part of the Grains Research and Development Corporation’s RiskWi$e program, sessions will be held at Garah, Gurley and Spring Ridge this month [...]
Agriculture
AFTER building careers off-farm, fourth-generation farmers Hugh, Jock, Oscar and Archie Brownhill have returned to the family farm, bringing fresh energy and a strong sense of teamwork which saw them named 2025 Growers of the Year. Hugh was a rural real estate agent, Jock worked in agribusiness banking, Oscar remained working on farms at Bellata [...]
Agriculture
AUSTRALIA’s farm gate production value is forecast to exceed $100 billion this financial year – four years ahead of the National Farmers’ Federation’s 2030 target. The latest forecasts from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural Resources Economics and Sciences released today show Australia’s agricultural production value will hit a record $101.4 billion in 2025-26, and $107.4 [...]
Agriculture
MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan is urging the Minns Labor Government to act and prevent any further Commonwealth water buybacks from the Gwydir catchment. The Federal Government recently announced they are targeting entitlement holders in the northern Murray-Darling Basin, including in the Gwydir Valley area. Recovery targets for returning water to the river system [...]
Regional News
INVERELL veterinarian Sarah Golding has been named a New South Wales finalist for the AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award, recognising her leadership in education, technology and workforce sustainability. Dr Golding, founder of The Vet Mind Mentor, is one of three state finalists. “What an incredible privilege to have been named a finalist alongside such wonderful, deserving [...]
Agriculture
NEW England-based primary producers have the opportunity to expand their knowledge, free of charge, at a practical workshop designed to help provide financial skills key to managing a farming business. Hosted by the NSW Rabo Client Council, the Financial Skills Workshop – which is open to all farmers, not just Rabobank clients – will be [...]
Water Resources
NORTHERN Basin irrigators will be banned from floodplain capturing after the NSW Government increased the Menindee Lakes storage trigger from 195 gigalitres up to 250 gigalitres – a downstream rule is being used to narrow upstream users’ access. The announcement came without consultation with irrigators, nor has it included any form of compensation for those [...]
