EIGHTEEN months on from catastrophic floods, Lismore farmers continue to provide food and fibre for the nation, despite their difficult, ongoing flood recovery. Some farmers are living in sheds, some haven’t had income for months and exhaustion is rife. Rural…
THE Bellinger River Agricultural Society scooped the Innovation Award at the 2023 AgShows NSW Conference in Dubbo on Saturday 17 June. Called Celebrating Ag Shows, the conference was a full day of seminars and sessions curated to celebrate, motivate and…
LOCAL farmers joined an industry roundtable hosted by NSW Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty in Coffs Harbour on Wednesday 18 May. Held at the Cartoon Gallery, fifteen representatives from across Mid North Coast and North Coast primary industries including grazing, dairy,…
PRIZE fowl presented by members of Bellinger River District Poultry Club at the Sydney Royal Easter Show will be exhibited at Bellingen Show. “Our club’s three Easter Show winners will be exhibiting at Bellingen Agricultural Show and have, along with…
FARM cash income for all broadacre farms is projected to decrease nationally by around seven percent to average $327,000 per farm in 2022–23 but remain 46 percent above the ten-year average. “Good seasonal conditions and higher commodity prices have been…
A PARTNERSHIP between Local Land Services, the North Coast community and rehoming organisations has meant that 75 wild horses were successfully rehomed from the Corindi, Pillar Valley, Glenugie and Halfway Creek areas. Wild horses at Halfway Creek were accessing the…