With a bumper grain harvest forecast this year (2020), NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has alerted people bringing harvesting machinery into NSW from Queensland that they are required by law to ensure equipment crossing the border is free of the devastating parthenium weed and its seeds. (more…)
Category: Features
Our Members, CSIRO and MLA developing new ways to control wild rabbit populations
Australia’s national science agency and Centre for Invasive Species Solutions (CISS) member, CSIRO, is on the hunt for new weapons to use against the nation’s most destructive pest: wild rabbits. (more…)
Weevils spell trouble for Paterson’s curse
Local producers could save money and boost weed control this spring by checking Paterson’s curse plants for insect damage before they spray weeds, according to NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Local Land Services (LLS). (more…)
NSW livestock disease investigations following drought-breaking rains
The worst drought in living memory and the relieving rain that followed in parts of NSW has provided NSW Local Land Services with a ‘field laboratory’ for observing potentially devastating livestock diseases. (more…)
Helping secure the future of traveling stock reserves through long-term permits
For the first time in several years, livestock producers have the opportunity to apply for long-term access to Travelling Stock Reserves (TSRs) across the Hunter and MidCoast. (more…)
NSW DPI developing the banana industry
A new five-year National Banana Development and Extension program will give northern NSW banana growers access to the latest research and development results. (more…)