GLENRAC’s hugely popular Farmer Update information evening is back for another year, with an interesting range of industry gatherings to discuss the future of carbon emissions and what net zero will mean for Australian farmers, farm safety, rural fire management and farm insurance.

Graziers from across the Northern Tablelands are keenly interested in preparing for the next drought, based on attendance at a GLENRAC sheep confinement and drought feeding workshop in late July.

Improving river health and habitat values on the Severn River between Strathbogie and Ashford in Northern NSW through baseline

This project will support the recovery of two vulnerable species, Squirrel Gliders and the Glossy Black Cockatoo, involving public and private land managers and raise community awareness of the impacts of the fires across the Torrington & Currys Gap areas.

At the last round of coaching sessions held as part of the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund’s Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes Grants Program, pasture was cut to ground level in 20 paddocks across the Northern Tablelands using a 50cm square quadrat and after measuring pasture height.

The Glen Innes Natural Resources Advisory Committee (GLENRAC) has welcomed a new Project Officer for Sustainable Agriculture to their team, with Katie Barnett stepping into the role.

The NSW Government is ramping up efforts to tackle rising feral pig populations across the state, providing an $8 million boost to help fund a new coordinated control program.

The NSW Government will spend an additional $80 million to protect the state from red imported fire ants, with the invasive and aggressive pest now on the march towards the NSW border.

The NSW Rural Fire Service (NSW RFS) has confirmed the start to the Bush Fire Danger Period (BFDP) in the Glen Innes Severn, Inverell, Tenterfield local government areas (LGAs) for 1 August 2023.

GLENRAC has arranged a workshop and farm visit to cover all aspects of how to set up a sheep confinement and drought feeding system, at Bukkulla on July 27.

Farmers who are members of the nine coaching groups of the Drought Resilient Pasture Landscapes project, have spent some time during their third round of coaching sessions looking at their predicted pasture availability for the coming spring.

GLENRAC recently hosted a stock water field day at Emmaville NSW, as part of the Armidale Node’s Best practice water infrastructure producer demonstration project where 23 farmers attended to learn about designing and building reliable droughtproof stock water systems

NORTHERN Tablelands MP Adam Marshall has called on the State Government to urgently act to curb the out-of-control feral pig population, which is wreaking havoc across rural and regional NSW, calling for more resources to address the influx.

9 June 2023

The culmination of GLENRAC’s project to provide habitat for Glossy Black Cockatoos and Squirrel Gliders will be celebrated at a Community Open Day, Thursday 22 June 2023 at Nomads Day Area, Torrington State Conservation Area (SCA).

The Future Drought Fund’s Science to Practice Forum is on again from 6-8 June, and the program is available now.

The 3-day forum is a showcase of the innovative tools and practices Australian farmers and communities are using to build drought resilience and a sustainable agricultural sector.

The initiatives include supporting climate-smart agriculture through the Natural Heritage Trust and improvements the collection, analysis and sharing of data on the impact of climate change and low emission technology on agriculture.

The season has changed, and the New England has experienced its first dry summer after three years of La Nina. For farmer participants involved in the Drought Resilient Pasture Landscapes project, navigating this change has been supported by new skills and confidence to make early management decisions after the first round of pasture coaching.

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has today launched an online, web-based greenhouse gas (GHG) calculator based on the Sheep and Beef Greenhouse Accounting Framework (SB-GAF) tool for Australian sheep and beef producers.