A Goondiwindi grower joins the Cotton Australia board, and four Narrabri professionals graduate from the industry’s top leadership program.
Agriculture
Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, Dorrigo, Investigation, Long Read, New England Surrounds
Duped by the ABC: Food fraud investigation may be rotten
The ABC’s food fraud special ‘Duped’ made Australians afraid of what’s in their fridge. A closer look at the evidence, the lab behind it, and the sources it relied on tells a very different story.
Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, Expos, conferences and meetings, Moree
Moree farmer to join national leaders in Canberra as uncertainty clouds bright season
Moree farmer Oscar Pearse says conditions on his family’s cropping country are looking “pretty good” this season, but he’s heading to the NFF Leadership Summit to talk about the uncertainties facing farmers.
Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, Local News
Reardon brings a lifetime of agriculture to NSW Farmers presidency
Rebecca Reardon has been elected NSW Farmers president, bringing a lifetime in agriculture and a commitment to strengthening the industry’s future for generations.
Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, Armidale
Armidale scientists turn satellites into nitrogen advice for cotton growers
Armidale researchers are turning satellite images into real-time fertiliser advice for cotton growers; in a project the University of New England hopes will change how the industry manages one of its biggest costs.
Posted inAgriculture, Liverpool Plains Shire
Landowners urged to act now as rain creates ideal conditions for priority weeds
Recent rainfall has created ideal conditions for priority weeds, with Liverpool Plains landowners urged to act now to protect livestock and properties.
Posted inAgriculture, Business, Politics
NSW Farmers moves to strip MLA of NLIS database project
NSW Farmers moved to ask the government to strip MLA of the NLIS database uplift project at last week’s conference, after years of what one delegate called “lip service” from the agency running it.
Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, Wee Waa
Wee Waa business to pitch biological pest control fix for cotton industry
A Wee Waa agricultural business is preparing to pitch a new approach to controlling one of cotton’s most stubborn pests, using predatory mites instead of chemical sprays, at the Australian Cotton Conference on the Gold Coast this August.
Posted inAgriculture, Narrabri, Training and courses
Narrabri farmers offered free help with succession planning
When should farming families start talking about who takes over the property? A free Narrabri session says the answer is: earlier than you think.
Posted inAgriculture, Local News
Supplementary feeding and vaccination critical to livestock health this winter
Northern Tablelands livestock producers are being urged to boost supplementary feeding and vaccinations as winter conditions heighten the risk of disease outbreaks.