(12/05/2026) NSW Farmers President Xavier Martin has urged the Australian Government to embrace primary production following the Treasurer’s Budget speech.
(12/05/2026) NSW Farmers is warning state and federal governments must urgently respond to an acute cost-of-production shock with new data showing spikes in fuel and fertiliser prices caused by global shortages have slashed confidence.
(8/05/2026) Rural residents are crying out for reliable roads, the state’s peak farming body has told an Inquiry into Local Government Funding.
(7/05/2026) NSW Farmers is calling on the NSW Government to pause plans to fast-track renewable energy projects.
(6/05/2026) The Albanese Government must provide answers after it scrapped a multi billion dollar freight project.
(4/05/2026) We are saddened to learn one of our past presidents, Harold Balcomb, died on 27 April 2026.
(29/04/2026) We have called on the NSW Government to answer urgent questions about how it will protect groundwater, farm biosecurity, and landholders as it promotes new gas exploration.
(23/04/2026) The ongoing challenge of cattle tick and tick fever can not be left to individual landholders to manage alone.
(16/04/2026) NSW Farmers has called on the major supermarkets to dip into their mega profits to help cover the soaring cost of getting food from farms to families.
(10/04/2026) As conflict in the Middle East drives uncertainty and tightens pressure on fuel and fertiliser supply, Australia’s peak farming bodies stood shoulder to shoulder on the banks of the Murray River, warning Government not to compound the strain.
(4/04/2026) NSW Farmers has secured a major victory for regional skills and workforce development, with the NSW Government confirming a three-year, $15 million funding commitment for the AgSkilled program.
(30/03/2026) NSW Farmers has welcomed a coordinated national response on fuel security and fuel supply chain resilience, but says immediate, practical action is needed to fix regional distribution failures.
(23/03/2026) The Young Farmers Business Program will officially kick-off at the Sydney Royal Easter Show on Thursday 2 April, helping NSW farmers set up for the opportunities and challenges ahead in the State’s booming agricultural industry.
(19/03/2026) NSW Farmers' position on this is clear, state and federal governments must act today to ensure there is a guaranteed diesel supply for agriculture as a priority.
(16/03/2026) NSW Farmers advocated for the state’s agricultural sector during a NSW Government roundtable discussion on the ongoing fuel crisis.
(12/03/2026) NSW Farmers has called on Energy Minister Chris Bowen to immediately act and resolve the bush fuel shortage.
(6/03/2026) A controversial proposal from an anti-farming environmental group risks handing control of private land to government under the guise of conservation.
(25/02/2026) NSW Farmers says plans to pollute rural and regional communities with Sydney’s rubbish should be immediately rejected.
(23/02/2026) Shortchanged farmers in the state’s northwest are desperately calling on government to deliver fairer compensation for small-scale title mining claims.
(18/02/2026) Fed up farmers and families facing poor regional, rural and remote mobile services are being encouraged to keep complaining.