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.
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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.
Posted inAgriculture, Good News, Grants and funding, Local News
New England researchers chase cotton breakthroughs with five funded projects
Mite-filled capsules dropped by drone, satellite dashboards, beans as fertiliser: five New England projects have landed almost half of the country’s cotton innovation grants.
Posted inAgribusiness, Agriculture, Armidale, National News
Syngenta paraquat exit rattles farmers
Syngenta is pulling paraquat from Australian and New Zealand shelves, and farmers say it’s another tool gone from an already shrinking chemical toolbox.
Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events, Glen Innes
Glen Innes farmer says people, not paperwork, keep farms safe
Glen Innes farmer Katie Saul says the safest farms aren’t built on paperwork, they’re built on people who genuinely look out for one another. Here’s why she says visible leadership matters.
Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events, National News
New coin honours the land’s unsung heroes
A horse, a dog, an eagle and a story of grit. The Royal Australian Mint’s newest coin honours the rural battlers behind our beef, wool and grain.
Posted inAgriculture, Energy, Local News, NSW News, Walcha
Getting to a tipping point: NSW Farmers renewables debate not as clear cut as the vote
New England farmers packed the floor at NSW Farmers’ conference this week, but the fight wasn’t over wind and solar. It was over who pays, who decides, and where the transmission lines actually go.
Posted inAgriculture, Legal, NSW News, NSW Politics, Social issues and services
Farmers press health and welfare case for firearm suppressors
Protecting hearing and better animal welfare concerns drive demand to keep firearms suppressors at the NSW Farmers annual conference on Tuesday.
Posted inAgriculture, NSW News
Agriculture Minister backs AgTech push at NSW Farmers conference
A free AgTech training platform and drone rules featured on Day 1 of the NSW Farmers conference.