A suite of new laws and reforms are needed to crack down on bad behaviour by the nation’s major supermarkets, according to a Senate Inquiry report handed down this week.
Agriculture
Posted inAgriculture, Armidale
Getting farmers “out of the paddock and into the office” at the Young Farmer Business Program Conference
The 2024 NSW Young Farmer Business Program Conference will be held in Armidale on 16 and 17 May at the University of New England (UNE). The two-day program is designed for farmers aged 18-40 or, as manager for the Young Farmer Business Program, Vicki Priest, said “for the young at heart.”
Posted inAgriculture, NSW Politics, Regional Development
No job losses in DPI, Regional NSW merger
The Premier’s office has assured there will be no job losses as a result of the government’s decision to merge the Department of Primary Industries and the Department of Regional NSW.
Posted inAgriculture, Awards
Jack’s Creek takes out award at 2024 Wagyu Branded Beef Competition
Local beef producer Jack’s Creek has won yet another award, this time taking out the Class 4 Open F1 Wagyu Steak category at the 2024 Wagyu Branded Beef Competition.
Posted inAgriculture, Armidale, Federal Politics
Joyce fires back on decision to ‘strangle’ the APVMA
Barnaby Joyce says the government shut down the Dungowan Dam, they shut down the Inland Rail, they put the New England Highway ‘under review’, and now they are strangling the APVMA.
Posted inAgriculture, Armidale
Breaking: APVMA to stay in Armidale
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority will remain in Armidale as Agriculture Minister Murray Watt says the government is taking ‘decisive action’ to strengthen the agricultural sector’s chemical regulator.
Posted inAgriculture, Education
NSW Farmers tertiary education scholarships up for grabs
A statewide search is underway for five bright young minds from rural communities as NSW Farmers opens applications for its 2024 Tertiary Scholarships.
Posted inAgriculture, Armidale, Barraba
Armidale’s Michael Crowley to be new CEO of MLA
Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has announced that Michael Crowley will be its next Managing Director, starting in the role on 27 May.
Posted inAgriculture, Local News
NRAR uses satellites to watch for illegal floodplain harvesting
Attention Farmers: With the Bureau of Meteorology forecasting possible significant falls of rain in the north of the state over the weekend and into next week, water users in the Border Rivers and Gwydir Valley water-sharing areas are reminded they can’t harvest floodwater without a licence and compliant metering equipment.
Posted inAgriculture
Competing bids for ownership of Namoi Cotton
One of the New England’s largest businesses is currently in a bidding war, with Olam Agri outbidding global agribusiness Louis Dreyfus Company in a bid for complete ownership of Australia’s largest cotton ginning company.