Cara Jeffery

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | David Claughton |Michael Condon |Cara Jeffery

Farmers say the recent floods in NSW were unprecedented, terrifying and exhausting. Internationaland Australian science agencies link the flooding to climate change. Experts say approvals for fossil fuel projects need to stop, and a national disaster plan is needed. Scientists and politicians are warning big policy shifts are needed to mitigate extreme weather impacts, following what farmers describe as unprecedented flooding in the New South Wales Hunter and Mid North Coast regions last month.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Clint Jasper |Cara Jeffery |Brandon Long |George Yankovich

Australia's winter crop production is expected to be 8 per cent lower this year, with drought and dry conditions affecting grain growers in South Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wales. The Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resources Economics and Sciences' (ABARES) June crop report estimates national winter grain production at 55.6 million tonnes. If realised, grain production would still be 13 per cent above the annual average production for the last 10 years.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Rachel Holdsworth |Emily Doak |Cara Jeffery

Sheep and cattle farmers are selling off stock, and crop farmers are dry sowing, as southern NSW's drought begins to take hold. The drought is not having an impact on the health of livestock, with farmers using feed supplements. The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting a higher chance of rain in June in some parts of the Riverina. Dams have dried up and the paddocks of Yvette McKenzie's New South Wales Riverina sheep farm are dry and bare.

Mar 27, 2025 | abc.net.au | Amelia Bernasconi |Lara Webster |Michael Condon |Cara Jeffery

A NSW parliamentary inquiry heard fears that sheep prices for Australia's eastern state producers could drop heavily as live export was being phased out. The report handed down this week made only one recommendation — monitoring industry trends. NSW Farmers says it will continue to push for more action to address the impacts. Farming groups have slammed the findings of a NSW government inquiry into the impact of the live sheep export ban on the state after it delivered just one recommendation.

Oct 25, 2024 | abc.net.au | Cara Jeffery |Amelia Bernasconi |Lara Webster

Grain and oilseed growers in northern NSW are looking to the skies and hoping the weather cooperates to produce a stand-out harvest this year. Agronomist Paul Nelson, based at Warialda between Moree and Glen Innes, said crops in the paddock were looking good and were the best he had seen in his 45 years in the industry. "The crop is just spectacular," he said. However, Mr Nelson said the threat of forecast rain was concerning.