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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | David Claughton |Lara Webster
Owners have shared remarkable vision and insights of rescuing their horses in flooded areas of New South Wales. The Mid North Coast and Hunter are significant horse breeding, training and agistment regions. People in the horse industry say it will take time to count the costs of lost animals and infrastructure. Jess Yates was asleep on her property in the NSW Hunter region when she received a distressing call.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Angus Verley |Lara Webster
Farmers have been forced to topple their fertiliser silos after the product set hard inside. Grower group Grain Producers Australia says it has received numerous reports of quality problems with fertiliser this year. Fertiliser suppliers have distanced themselves from the problem, saying they recommend against storing the product in silos.
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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Kristy Reading |Lara Webster
A report from the International Road Transport Union shows about 28,000 Australian heavy-vehicle driving jobs were unfilled last year. The report also found 5 per cent of drivers were under the age of 25. Heavy vehicle advocates want to see traineeships or cadetships considered to encourage more school leavers to think about jobs in the road freight industry.
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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.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Lara Webster |Megan Hughes |Selina Green
Farmers have mixed feelings about the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's report into supermarket power. Some are happy to see increased transparency, while others are concerned the ACCC won't have enough "teeth". Some of the measures include weekly data about what supermarkets have paid for fruit and vegetables to an independent body. Recommendations made by Australia's consumer watchdog could even the playing field between farmers and supermarkets but not everyone is convinced.
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Feb 22, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Michael Condon |Lara Webster
A semi-hard goats cheese made in South Australia has been named Champion Cheese. It's the first time a goats cheese has won the Royal Agricultural Society's top award. One judge said hard cheeses of this kind are "unusual and rare". For the first time in 150 years of judging, the Annual Trophy for the Champion Cheese of Show at the Royal Agricultural Society's dairy awards has been awarded to a goats cheese.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Amelia Bernasconi |Lara Webster
The embattled Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) is under fire for overstating logging data by almost 30 per cent over the past three years. Public data shows amendments to sustainability reports that drastically reduced the reported yield from native forest logging since 2021. The data shows FCNSW, which recorded a loss of $29 million in the 2022-23 financial year, retrospectively reduced yields from public native forests in NSW by 28 per cent.
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Feb 6, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Lara Webster |Joshua Becker |Tim Fookes
Australian wool production is forecast to drop to its lowest level in 100 years. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee (AWPFC) has predicted a 12 per cent drop in production for the 2024–25 financial year to less than 280 million kilograms. Production has not been that low since 1920–21. The bleak forecast hasn't dampened the spirits of 23-year-old Miranda McGufficke, a fifth-generation wool grower on the Monaro.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Lara Webster |Brigitte Murphy
An century-old pub in north-west New South Wales where generations of families have enjoyed a cold beer has burnt to the ground overnight. Emergency services were called to the Royal Hotel at Gurley, a town with a population of about 250 people, at 8.30pm Thursday. A post on the pub's Facebook page said it had been due to close for a summer break from Friday until March. Gurley Fire Brigade member Brendan Munn was one of the first on the scene on Thursday night.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Kristy Reading |Lara Webster
The decision to withdraw government funding for a rail trail project in northern New South Wales has been described as "heartless" by local community leaders. The New England Rail Trail project could be derailed after the state and federal governments withdrew their funding for the project. More than $14 million was granted to the Armidale and Glen Innes Severn councils as part of a program designed to rejuvenate communities affected by bushfires.
