This International Women’s Day, NSW Farmers is recognising the women driving Australia’s agricultural sector.
Agriculture
Posted inAgriculture, Local News
Water plans walked back
Farmer hopes for water security have been buoyed by new changes to water sharing plans for NSW rivers, including the Gwydir and Namoi-Peel.
Posted inAgriculture, Australia Votes 2025
Ag groups welcome food security plan
Ag groups have welcomed the pledge from Labor that the government will develop a national food security strategy, Feeding Australia, to strengthen the country’s food system if re-elected.
Posted inAgriculture, Local News
MLA thanks Dr Jane Weatherley as she announces departure
Meat & Livestock Australia has announced that Dr Jane Weatherley, General Manager Research and Adoption, will conclude her role in April.
Posted inAgriculture, Inverell
Rural Women to start the conversation on succession planning
Rural women are the backbone of family farms, yet when it comes to succession planning, their voices can often go unheard. Not anymore.
Posted inAgriculture, Money
RBA rate cut welcome but farmers still battling
The RBA’s first rate cut since late 2020 will provide some relief to Aussie farmers, but it won’t do much to ease the difficulties facing the industry.
Posted inAgriculture, Training and courses, Women
Women wanted for ag leadership program
Women with leadership ambitions are again being urged to apply to the popular Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Program (DiALP).
Posted inAgriculture, Croppa Creek, North Star
Local farmers warn of cactus crisis and call for NSW Government action
Farmers have warned the march of a destructive cactus through NSW could be only the beginning of the state’s weed woes unless ongoing funding for weed control is secured. Harrisia […]
Posted inAgriculture, Uralla
Shearing facility a powerful tool to train industry’s next generation coming to Uralla
Uralla Showground will be home to a new portable shearing facility, helping to train a new generation of shearers and wool handlers.
Posted inAgriculture
Industry shoots down calls to axe native logging
The local logging sector has hit back at claims native logging can be replaced, arguing the environmental impacts of the practice are overstated.