(28/02/2020) Support for a Royal commission into the Murray Darling Basin Plan has flowed in NSW Parliament this week, with the NSW Nationals backing a petition presented by the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party.
(10/02/2020) Rainfall has helped lifted the spirits of some drought and bushfire stricken farming communities in NSW, but the financial benefits will not flow for many months.
(3/02/2020) NSW Farmers is concerned that the appointment of Murray-Darling Basin Plans Inspector General Mick Keelty as the head of the South Australian bushfires inquiry may delay vital reforms to water management.
(28/02/2020) NSW Farmers is calling on wool brokers and pastoral houses to support growers and to show leniency on short term loan repayments during the wool auction interruptions.
(24/02/2020) NSW Farmers Association supports watershed management rules that prioritise the use of flows for stock and domestic use during times of drought.
(20/02/2020) NSW Farmers has secured funding from the NSW Government to continue the vital Western Division Wild Dog Coordinator position, with Bruce Duncan reappointed to the Dubbo-based role.
(29/01/2020) NSW Farmers has recognised the work undertaken by the Joint Transition Team (JTT) in developing a reformed model for the structure of the dairy industry.
(23/01/2020) NSW Farmers’ President James Jackson has welcomed the rapid response by the NSW Government to distribute $75,000 grants to bushfire-affected primary producers.
(17/01/2020) The Goodman Foundation, the philanthropic arm of global industrial property company Goodman Group, has donated $750,000 to the NSW Farmers' Natural Disaster Relief Fund to support the bushfire recovery process for farmers in NSW.
(15/01/2020) NSW Farmers President James Jackson has today welcomed the commitment to provide grants of up to $75,000 to bushfire affected primary producers.