Rural

Trade lamb prices adjusted by $15 to $20 a head at Wagga Wagga market

Lamb numbers were marginally lower at Wagga today with the exception of new season lambs which lifted to just over 7000. Quality was outstanding over trade and heavy lamb categories, with old lamb’s grain assisted or finished on crop. Heavy and...

Kim Woods

06 Aug 2020

Rural

Goats flung from man’s car in police pursuit at Nyngan

A man has been charged after goats were allegedly stolen from an abattoir in the state’s Orana region last month. About 8am on July 30, officers attached to Central North Police District and the Rural Crime Prevention Team received reports that...

Kim Woods

06 Aug 2020

Rural

Heavy lambs ease by $8 to top $186 at Griffith markets today

Agents penned significantly higher sheep and lamb numbers this week at Griffith. It has been an early start to new season lambs with 3,300 on offer today, most coming off crop depicting the amazing season across the supply area all beautifully...

Kim Woods

31 Jul 2020

Rural

Police report $4.3 million of livestock stolen over past two years

The Rural Crime Prevention Team will launch Operation Stock Check next week, an ongoing, proactive operation to prevent livestock theft by disrupting the movement of stolen stock in western NSW. Operation Stock Check is a high-visibility strategy...

Kim Woods

31 Jul 2020

Rural

Seasonal workers allowed into NSW for southern horticultural harvest

From today, seasonal workers who have resided in the defined New South Wales and Victoria border zone, which includes towns such as Mildura, will be able to cross the border daily to undertake farm work in NSW by accessing a border zone resident...

Kim Woods

31 Jul 2020

Rural

Feral pig knock down

A FURTHER 679 pest animals have been culled from the Griffith region via an aerial program, on the back of 1679 eradicated over two shoots last year. The program run by Riverina Local Land Services again focused on feral pigs, but other pests were...

Kim Woods

29 Jul 2020

Rural

Free webinars on turning excess feed into silage during bumper season

With recent rain across a wide part of NSW, some farmers have the unusual problem of having too much feed for their relatively few livestock, so silage may be the answer. “Previous generations commonly used silage and now it’s becoming popular...

Kim Woods

30 Jul 2020

Rural

Border closures have left region with a shearer shortage

Border towns are seeking clarity from Government as they wait on news of essential medical and work travel exemptions, however ministers and bureaucrats remain silent as the situation worsens. Leader of the Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party Robert...

Kim Woods

30 Jul 2020

Rural

Robust processor demand pushes trade heifer prices up by 8c/kg at Wagga

Cattle numbers declined at Wagga on Monday and quality was quite good, a reflection of the mild winter conditions. There was an excellent selection of trade cattle which were keenly sought by a major domestic processors. Secondary cattle were in...

Kim Woods

30 Jul 2020

Rural

Dalton bill strikes a nerve

A water register bill posed by Member for Murray Helen Dalton has drawn the wrath of politicians and lobby groups at a parliamentary inquiry. “When 11,000 members of the public sign a petition for a water register, and all the powerful groups try...

Kim Woods

22 Jul 2020

Rural

Flawed bill could lock up vast water volumes

Ricegrowers have labelled the Drought of Record Bill as flawed and capable of locking up almost 25 per cent of effective water allocation. Ricegrowers Association of Australia appeared before the NSW Upper House inquiry into the Bill last week to...

Kim Woods

22 Jul 2020

Rural

Weather radar works underway

Farmers, emergency services crews and communities across Western NSW will soon have access to real-time weather data, after works started on a new Doppler radar at Brewarrina Airport. The new radar in Brewarrina was the first of three Doppler radars...

Kim Woods

22 Jul 2020

Rural

Water plan assessment underway by Authority

Phillip Glyde, Murray Darling Basin Authority chief executive With the size, complexity and controversy of the reform to secure the future of the Murray–Darling river systems and their communities, I find it hard not to get caught up in the detail...

Kim Woods

22 Jul 2020

Rural

Bread basket: Barellan tops NSW grain production again

In one of the state’s most serious droughts on record, Barellan has been named as the biggest receival site for grain in the GrainCorp system. With direct headed canola deliveries still being made around New Year, GrainCorp area manager Brad...

Narrandera Argus

11 Feb 2020

Rural

District set for cropping bonanza after rainfall

The Narrandera district has already exceeded its total rainfall for 2019 and is on the way to bank rolling one of the biggest winter crops seen in years. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, Narrandera has received 243.8mm so far this year, with...

Narrandera Argus

28 Apr 2020

Rural

Barellan grain farmers holding on to harvest hopes

Headers began slicing into crops around the Narrandera Shire this week, heralding the start of the 2019 harvest and one of the smallest on record. Moisture stress has claimed a portion of the region’s cereal and oilseed crops, with growers...

Narrandera Argus

22 Oct 2019