The Sheep Sustainability Framework (SSF) has unveiled its 2025–2030 Strategic Plan, outlining a roadmap to strengthen the Australian sheep industry’s leadership in sustainability, transparency, and industry accountability.
Agriculture
Posted inAgriculture, New England Surrounds
Farmers fight for cattle tick control
Increasing cattle tick and tick fever outbreaks in the Northern Rivers region has inspired Northern NSW beef producers to lobby for a return to stricter control measures at the NSW Farmers Annual Conference this week.
Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events
Communication failures major risk to farm safety
From spotty mobile reception to assumptions about who’s where and doing what, communication failures are putting lives at risk on Australian farms.
Posted inAgriculture, Energy, Moree
Moree leads the way on green hydrogen
A cotton farm near Moree is set to become a global pioneer in sustainable agriculture, with a green hydrogen and ammonia project backed by the NSW Government passing the next round of approvals and expected to be shovel ready soon.
Posted inAgriculture, Federal Politics
Australia gives in on US beef restrictions
Australia has fully lifted a ban on US beef imports as it tries to soften the blow of US tariffs without putting the nation’s biosecurity at risk.
Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events, Mental Health
Farmsafe warns of mental health impact of burnout and near misses
As National Farm Safety Week continues, Farmsafe is highlighting the link between burnout, situational distress, and the often-unseen mental health risks in farming.
Posted inAgriculture, Good News, Youth
Future strong for farming with new leaders and support for young farmers
Five young rural leaders have been awarded NSW Farmers Tertiary Scholarships as the organisation’s annual conference ushered in a new leadership team and renewed focus on the next generation of agriculture.
Posted inAgriculture, Gunnedah, Technology
The latest in ag tech comes to grain
SPAA and GRDC are leading Grain Automate Alley, showcasing tools, technology and training to help Australian farmers embrace the future.
Posted inAgriculture, Expos, conferences and meetings
NSW Farmers conference underway in Sydney
Farmers from all corners of NSW will meet in Sydney this week to discuss critical issues such as the future of farming and the energy transition. NSW Farmers’ Chief Executive Annabel Johnson said the NSW Farmers’ Annual Conference […]
Posted inAgriculture, Awareness Events, Mental Health
NSW records highest farm deaths as safety campaign calls for cultural change
New South Wales recorded more farm fatalities than any other state in 2024, with 19 lives lost, as part of a nationwide surge in on-farm deaths detailed in the 2025 Safer Farms Report released today.